Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Claimed To Be a 'First Responder'
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Somewhere in Colorado’s Eighth Congressional District, a candidate is selling himself as a first responder. The only problem is that Manny Rutinel’s heroics amounted to sitting at a desk and working on spreadsheets after Hurricane Maria. That’s not responding to an emergency.
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The Democratic nominee in Colorado's competitive Eighth Congressional District, Manny Rutinel, routinely boasts that he was a "first responder" in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
But he wasn't treating critical wounds or rushing people to the hospital—he was sitting at a desk and working on spreadsheets. The post Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Claimed To Be a 'First Responder' After Hurricane Maria.
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Somewhere in Colorado’s Eighth Congressional District, a candidate is selling himself as a first responder. The only problem is that Manny Rutinel’s heroics amounted to sitting at a desk and working on spreadsheets after Hurricane Maria. That’s not responding to an emergency. That’s being an accountant with a government badge.
Spreadsheets don’t save lives. The people who saved lives in Puerto Rico were the ones hauling supplies through flooded streets, triaging the injured, and flying helicopters into the storm. Rutinel was reportedly none of those things. Yet he played the “first responder” card to look tough for voters. If he’ll stretch this truth, what else will he stretch? Plenty, apparently.
This is a habit on the left. They can’t help themselves. Every resume gets a glossy upgrade, every ordinary job becomes a noble sacrifice. But voters in Colorado’s Eighth aren’t stupid. They can tell the difference between a real first responder and someone who entered data into a laptop.
Rutinel owes the district a straight answer. Not a photo-op apology, not a press release full of nuance. Just admit he padded his bio and let the voters decide. Until then, this is just another Democrat who thinks a little fiction is fine, so long as the story sounds good. It doesn’t. And the voters deserve better.
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