Former Vice President Adlai Stevenson once said, “The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.” Given today’s political climate, and the Democratic focus on what they deem as “misinformation,” one would presume that not telling the truth about one’s previous political party registration would be proof that someone is unworthy of winning. Yet, that is what Adam Frisch, the Democratic nominee for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, allegedly has done. Frisch will face Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in the midterm elections.
But Frisch does not appear all that confident about his Democratic Party politics. While on the campaign trail, he has positioned himself as a centrist candidate, albeit as a Democrat. He has repeatedly denied ever being registered as a Democrat. Yet, a recent discovery of a previous political registration appears to refute such claims.
Frisch is a former currencies trader and member of the Aspen City Council, according to Bloomberg. He has generally shied away from identifying himself as a Democrat (and given the failures of the Democratic-controlled Congress and Biden administration, who can blame him?) Frisch describes himself as a “Western business man” who wants to build a “bipartisan coalition” but claims he has been “unaffiliated” with any political party until recently.
It’s a claim Frisch has repeated on multiple occasions. He’s said that until Dec. 27, 2021, less than nine months ago, he’s been “unaffiliated his entire life” and never registered as a Democrat. But, unless the 54-year-old was somehow born in 1993, the facts don’t seem to agree with him. A voter registration from New York City in 1992 shows Frisch was registered as a Democrat. And, assuming this registration is legitimate, and at the moment there’s no reason to suspect otherwise, Frisch has some explaining to do.
At a recent debate, Boebert questioned Frisch about his previous voter registration. He claimed to not have remembered registering that way in 1992. Yet, Frisch’s explanation that he “forgot” how he registered, doesn’t feel like the truth. Plus, if he forgot about that, it raises the question, what else did he tell voters that he may have forgotten isn’t true?
Being dishonest about one’s political registration is such an odd thing. Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense. What’s the point of Frisch trying to pretend he’s never been a Democrat, especially when he is running against Republican Lauren Boebert — as a Democrat? If he is that ashamed of his party affiliation, then why is he running as one?
Think about it. Frisch is a Democrat, running as a Democrat, who appears to be lying about previously being registered as a Democrat. Other than potentially trying to hide radical political views from his constituents, what is the point? Moreover, if someone has to lie about their voter registration history, what’s that say about their belief in the political platform of that party?
Actions such as this suggest he’s nothing more than an opportunist, desperately trying to get into power. And since there’s now skepticism behind Frisch’s credibility, voters in Colorado’s 3rd District should be asking, what else has Frisch not told the truth about? Nevertheless, if it has revealed anything, it is, as Adlai Stevenson said, proof that Frisch is not worthy of winning.
