Weld is a place that values its independence, fiercely protecting it from what many here call government overreach, as well as the Democrats who run the state and soon, after Inauguration Day, the nation.
Vivian Darby, 36, is finally where she’s supposed to be. The funny, gregarious Colorado native is playing in a big sandbox on a sunny winter day. She’s surrounded by a posse of young children. She sings with them. Runs with them. Screams with them. Gently admonishes them.
Colorado will begin a week-long vaccination blitz this week to offer at least partial coronavirus protection to as many as 40,000 more older Coloradans than originally planned.
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A fellow member of Congress on Monday said that he had seen Rep. Lauren Boebert giving a tour to a large group of people in the days before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He did not accuse her of any wrongdoing, but Boebert has said that his statement was false nonetheless.
For most of Sunday, the bulk of the small crowd hanging around at the state capitol were members of the media, waiting for protesters who, for the most part, never showed up.