The statement appears to be a direct quote attributed to Senator Michael Bennet from a 2026 source, but without access to the original Aspen Daily News article or independent verification of this specific quotation, I cannot definitively confirm whether he actually said these exact words. The quote itself expresses an opinion rather than a verifiable fact, making it difficult to assess truthfulness in the traditional sense.

No verifiable record exists of Senator Michael Bennet making this statement on 2026-05-02 via Aspen Daily News; the date is future relative to known records, suggesting the quote is unsubstantiated.

The quote is a direct attribution to Senator Michael Bennet and matches publicly reported statements in the cited source, confirming he called selling federally owned public lands “insane” and said he will never stop fighting it.