A retired Marine colonel’s daughter was sexually assaulted in broad daylight, and her attacker got 36 months.
That personal tragedy is now the driving force behind George Markert’s run for Colorado lieutenant governor. Markert, a retired Marine colonel and the GOP nominee on the ticket, appeared on Fox News’ My View with Lara Trump and laid out exactly why he stepped into politics.
He did not hold back. Markert described the night his daughter was attacked and the cascade of failures that followed. Emergency responders took 45 minutes to arrive after the 9-1-1 call. When police finally got there, their assessment was blunt. “We know who he is. We just can’t catch him,” an officer told Markert.
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The attacker was eventually prosecuted. The sentence handed down was 36 months. According to Markert, the prosecutor acknowledged the man would be released and reoffend.
As originally reported, Markert directed his frustration squarely at Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, calling him “horrible at his job protecting Coloradans.” In Markert’s words, the broken system around his daughter’s case traces directly back to Weiser’s leadership, or the lack of it.
Weiser is not just the current state attorney general. He is also the Democratic nominee for governor, having spent eight years as Colorado’s top prosecutor. He is now going up against the Republican all-veteran ticket of gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx and Markert.
Marx is a fellow Marine veteran and, like Markert, a first-time candidate. Their pairing is deliberate. Both men served overseas, and both say they watched socialist-style governance collapse economies and destabilize societies abroad. On the Fox News appearance, the two candidates warned that the Democratic Socialists of America’s grip on the Colorado state legislature is pulling the state in a dangerous direction. They described the trajectory as one leading toward anarchy and economic collapse.
The connection between Marx and this case runs deeper than politics. A commenter on a social media post featuring the interview clip noted that Marx’s daughter was also among the same offender’s victims. The post stated there were 12 women in total targeted by that individual.
Markert confirmed his motivation plainly. He wants to be in office to make real changes in Colorado. For him, the case is not a talking point. It is the reason he is running.
Colorado voters will ultimately decide whether the all-veteran Republican ticket can unseat the Democratic establishment in a state that has trended increasingly left in recent election cycles. For Markert, the stakes are already personal.
