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

"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.

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," Allen 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.

"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.

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 state."

The only outcome he predicts will result should the prostitution bill ever pass is "continued depravity in the state of Colorado."

"Prostitution is a natural outgrowth of human trafficking," he said. "The links are undeniable."

He explained that, in Colorado, "You've got two major corridors of travel that go through the state," which, he said, "are major arteries for human trafficking, and we see that in the Denver metro area as a huge hub for human trafficking."

As attorney general, Allen vowed to work to finally turn the tables on the rampant human trafficking in Colorado.

"The attorney general's office has the ability to use the statewide grand jury to investigate those crimes and then also prosecute those crimes and hold people accountable," he said.

He believes the upcoming midterm election in Colorado, including his race for attorney general, will be "pivotal."

"We need to have a better, stronger and more effective posture from our Colorado Attorney General's Office to combat criminal activity that is, frankly, affecting the entire state of Colorado," he said.