Washington DC – During the annual Winter Meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA), NGA Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and NGA Vice Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis welcomed U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett, who participated in a discussion on Governor Cox’s “Disagree Better” initiative.
“There’s an exhausted majority of Americans who are fed up with divisive rhetoric and feel their voices are drowned out by louder extremes,” said Governor Cox. “It’s on all of us – voters and elected officials alike – to speak up for civility and healthy debate. The best feature of American democracy is a constitutional system that helps us not merely tolerate people with differing views but to engage with them and debate them respectfully. Through Disagree Better, Governors are working to remind Republicans and Democrats alike that it’s ok to stop catering to fringes who demand extreme rhetoric and reckless behavior. We can still disagree, but let’s disagree constructively.”
“In Colorado and across our nation, people are looking to their leaders to solve problems, not engage in political name calling,” said Governor Polis. “Our political…
