Jared Polis actually said...

"Penalizing a company for not bending your political will is wrong. It is Soviet. It is authoritarian."

"This is a playbook out of Putin. And we saw where this goes. This is co-opting private companies, saying you got to bend to my will, or we`re going to directly penalize you."

"This is out of the playbook of authoritarianism, of government intervention in private business, saying, you don`t do what I want -- therefore, I will directly penalize your company."

"This is authoritarian and socialist and kind of creepy, you know, going after these companies over, you know, cultural issues."