Colorado Dems are ‘poking the bear’ by defying Trump’s orders, GOP lawmaker warns

RepublicanRep.JarvisCaldwellsaysColoradoDemocratsare‘pokingthebear’withfourrecentlypassedbillsthatifsignedintolaw,coulddrawtheireoftheTrumpadministration. ARepublicanlawmakerhaswarnedthatDemocratsinColorado’sstatelegislaturecouldfacetheireoftheTrumpadministrationifaseriesofcontroversialbillspassedSunday—includingonelabelingparentalmisgenderingduringcustodybattlesas“coercivecontrol”—aresignedintolaw. “Itreallydoesfeellikewe’repokingthebear,”stateRep.JarvisCaldwelltoldFoxNewsDigitalonTuesday. Coloradoenactedlegislationtoexpandhealthcareaccesstoillegalimmigrantsthisyear,“aswellashousingandfoodandeducationforillegalimmigrants,whichisindirectviolationofsomeoftheordersthathavecomefromPresidentTrump,”accordingtoCaldwell. “Andthenthetransgenderissue,we’repushingthisfurtherthanweeverhavebeforeonchildreninthestateofColorado,andthatdirectlyg