Denver City Council Debates Adding Slavery Acknowledgement to Meetings

Denver … it's the city that voted for Ethiopian immigrant and Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros to be its Democratic nominee for Congress. As we've reported, Kiros has expounded on the importance of electing more people from the "Global South" (the DSA term for everywhere that isn't the United States, Canada, Europe, or Australia … the First World, basically). She also denies she's a communist, while pointing out that some "big tent" Democrats call themselves capitalists.

In other words, Denver is lost. The city council has already been opening its meetings by reading a land acknowledgement, but now the city council is debating the finer details of adding a "slavery acknowledgement" before meetings.

Denver City Council debating reading a “slavery acknowledgment” at the start of meetings in addition to the “land acknowledgment” to talk about how terrible America is

Councilwoman Shontel Lewis who proposed it says it might be “uncomfortable” for white people.

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— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 3, 2026

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… acknowledgement calls for reparations and says our country’s economy and infrastructure was built on slavery and it’s still like that today.
They’re currently debating if it’s “inclusive” enough.
Total clown show

Colorado was never a slave state. Slavery was abolished in 1865. The territory of Colorado joined the Union in 1876. Amount of slaves before joining the union was zero.
— Veru Latino (@VeruLatino) August 3, 2026

Moving out of Denver was one of the best decisions I ever made.

I watched the decline happen in real time.
— AmericanPapaBear™ (@AmericaPapaBear) August 3, 2026

The goal is to make you hate yourself and your country.
That's been achieved with people on the American political Left.

The next step is to replace your elected officials with foreigners. We're in this step right now.

The final step is they control you.
— Unimpressed Buffalo (@unimpressedbufl) August 3, 2026

Denver should immediately free any remaining slaves they hold. This has gone on long enough.
— Jonathan Rolfe (@JonathanAKRolfe) August 3, 2026

Apparently, at the end of last month, council member Shonel Lewis also introduced a "labor acknowledgement."

Someone pointed out that Lewis also faced felony charges for stealing thousands of dollars of social services while working at the food stamp office. So, of course, they elected her.

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