The next Democrat debates are coming up next week, and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper wanted to make everybody aware of his meteoric rise in the Dem field:

"BREAKING: Hickenlooper polling at 2%" You did this. This campaign is gaining serious momentum and we're just getting started. #GiddyUp https://t.co/9IVJ4tsBk3 — John Hickenlooper (@Hickenlooper) July 25, 2019

He’s trending upwards, y’all!

It's the pronouns what did it https://t.co/Gcz3bSkQHK — Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 26, 2019

Could be:

He’s at the cutting edge of wokeness. But he might not want to pop the cork on the champagne just yet:

“Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ± 3 percentage points.” https://t.co/doVRtOWoGr — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 26, 2019

The real news is that given the +/- 3 margin of error, I'm tied nationally with Hickenlooper in this poll. https://t.co/eFSgho64mC — Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) July 26, 2019

What a buzzkill!

Breaking: I am polling only 2% behind Hickenlooper! If you support my cause, please send money through Paypal… https://t.co/SINSGgUZQJ — Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) July 26, 2019

How is this a real tweet https://t.co/ZFsrUSMDkB — Alex Hamilton (@SKRollins) July 26, 2019

Hickenlooper got booed by some Dems last month for saying “socialism is not the answer,” so he’s probably not going to go much higher than that 2 percent.