Democrats in Colorado chose a Marxist teacher who has called for a “FORCEFUL Cultural revolution” to fill an open seat in the state’s House of Representatives.
Tim Hernández was selected by a committee of Democrats Saturday to represent the Denver area after state Rep. Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez was elected to the Denver city council, Fox News reported. The teacher, who worked at Aurora West Preparatory Academy last year, openly advocated for Marxism while calling for “White systems” to be dismantled.
“Your [communist] theory will not save you. The revolution… will happen in the hood. It will not be led by who understand Lenin best, it will not be led by the deepest Marxists,” Hernández said while speaking at a union protest. “The revolution will be led by the people…. And I say all of this because I’m a teacher.”
To the oppressed, never our oppressors. On we press. La lucha sigue. 🌱🌹✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/hT6uKMYAku
— TIM HERNÁNDEZ (@_timhernandez) August 28, 2023
Hernández joined the staff at Aurora West Preparatory Academy after he said he was fired from another Denver public school for being “aggressive, divisive, and attacking,” according to an administrator. The teacher’s contract was not renewed by Denver Public Schools following the spring semester, sparking a walkout from students demanding his reinstatement, CBS News reported.
“The people of Denver’s Northside and Westside deserve a representative who has lived experiences with our community’s struggles. I am happy to say today that the people of HD4 elected a teacher, a Chicano and a Northsider,” said Hernández after being chosen to fill the seat. “I am hopeful and excited that we will work to dismantle oppressive policies in Colorado and in the communities I have the privilege of representing.”
The teacher’s social media revealed that he regularly shared communist talking points and displayed flags supporting leftist causes in his classroom, such as Black Lives Matter and Palestine.
“Am I denying the freedom to uphold White supremacy? If so, I am in favor of that denial. And, White supremacy is CURRENTLY upheld by force. So yes, I’m advocating a FORCEFUL cultural revolution wherein we assert the dignity of life for all at the expense of White supremacy,” Hernández wrote on Twitter in 2021.
“We’re talking about Whiteness and White supremacy. And I’m willing to advocate for any form of disruption to it and every manifestation it has,” he added.
The communist teacher also wants young children to be exposed to Marxist thought by showing them the movie “A Bug’s Life” and then teaching them about the “proletariat revolution,” Fox News reported.
“A lot of people call me a ‘unicorn.’ I am not an anomaly,” Hernández said, according to notes for a rally in Memphis in 2021. “I am a testament to the work we still have to do; this is sacred; this is powerful; this is necessary. I tell my students the truth.”
Both the Colorado House of Representatives and the state Senate are controlled by Democrats. In 2022, the party’s majority increased by eight seats in the state House and four seats in the state Senate.