General Discussion

I’ve followed and covered Colorado politics closely for 22 years. It’s been a long time since I encountered a major statewide candidate I’d never heard of before announcing.

I’d also never encountered any candidate for office who couldn’t answer the question, “How many people have you killed?”

That is, until Victor Marx, a Republican candidate for governor who isn’t passing the smell test. On Wednesday night, 9News anchor Kyle Clark released a most peculiar interview with Marx. Not two minutes in, Clark asked how many women and children have been rescued by the missionary organization he leads. He pointed to Marx’s own campaign website’s since-removed assertion that they’d rescued 45,000.

A candidate who raises money off rescues he won’t verify, claims credit for operations his organization didn’t conduct, and files campaign finance reports that raise red flags isn’t the “Dangerous Gentleman” he claims to be. Except to Colorado Republicans.