Legalize prostitution effort left candidate ‘shocked’ in blue state with rampant human trafficking

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Michael Allen, a Republican candidate for Colorado attorney general , said he was "shocked" by a Democratic proposal to legalize prostitution, warning it would "open the floodgates" to human trafficking in Colorado. " It's hard for me to even decipher why they've decided this is the time and place to introduce a radical bill like this," Allen said in an interview with Fox News Digital. The bill, which sponsors said would "decriminalize adult commercial sexual activity," was introduced last month by Democratic state Sens. Nick Hinrichsen and Lisa Cutter and Reps. Lorena García and Rebekah Stewart. NEWSOM KNOCKED FOR ‘INSANE’ CALIFORNIA GAS PRICES AFTER BLAMING TRUMP FOR RISING COSTS According to Allen, the bill would go far beyond Nevada’s law allowing prostitution and would make Colorado "the leader in the entire country on legalized prostitution." " I was shocked," he admitted. "It doesn't make any sense to me. It would not solve any issue that is happening on the ground in Colorado, it would not help with our huge budget deficit, it will not help our crime deficit," he said, adding, " It is frankly very appalling to me that we've got four members of the left-leaning Democrat legislature who thought it would be a good idea to just open the floodgates and let these criminal actors run free without any repercussions." The bill sponsors did not respond to requests for comment. A current Colorado district attorney, Allen is one of two Republicans running to flip one of the state’s top offices red. If successful, Allen would be the first Republican elected attorney general in over a decade. Allen said that despite the state being dominated by Democrats, he believes that after 10 years of "devastatingly bad criminal justice reform ," voters are ready for a Republican attorney general. Though the bill appears to have stalled for now in the state legislature, Allen said it demonstrates how the Democratic Party is "not doing the right things on behalf of the people in this…