As former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ trial on multiple election fraud-related felonies continues, a handful of supporters have gathered each day, both inside and outside the courtroom, to support her. Among them, at least for a time, is one of the Colorado Republican Party’s top officials: Republican National Committeewoman Christy Fidura. She posts on Facebook using the name, “Chrissy Ruckus.”
Fidura, who was elected earlier this year to her RNC office by local Republican leaders statewide, has been an election denier for years. In 2022, she repeatedly promoted election fraud conspiracies and gave trainings, which were advertised to conservatives as way they could lean how to “stop the steal.”
According to her speaker bio on the Eagle County GOP website, Fidura “served as a Co-captain in Pueblo for the US Election Integrity Plan (USEIP), collecting data that contributed to the Colorado Canvassing Report, which highlighted vulnerabilities in Colorado’s election system.” The so-called canvassing report, which did not, in fact, reveal vulnerabilities in Colorado’s election system, has been thoroughly debunked by experts.
Also in 2022, Fidura was recruiting poll watchers to oversee the recount of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District race between incumbent Lauren Boebert and challenger Adam Frisch, which Boebert ultimately won by 546 votes, the slimmest margin of any congressional race in the country.
Earlier that year, Fidura attended MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s election fraud conspiracy conference. She was joined there by former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, who has since pled guilty to a felony in Georgia and had her Colorado law license suspended for three years. News broke this week that Ellis is working with Arizona authorities, who have now dropped multiple felony charges against her pending her cooperation.
Peters was not able to attend the conference as she did not have permission from her judge to leave the state, but she did speak via video.
Fidura’s election denialism clearly hasn’t changed, as she posted another conspiracy theory earlier this week. On Monday, she shared a post from 2020 laying out the debunked Dominion Voting conspiracy theory and even referencing Sidney Powell’s Kraken conspiracy, which added international flair to the lie by blaming a dead Venezuelan dictator.
Among the leaders of the Colorado Republican Party, Fidura isn’t alone in her election denialism and support of Tina Peters. Every single officer, including Chairman Williams, Vice Chair Hope Scheppelman, Secretary Anna Ferguson, and RNC Committeman Randy Corporon, has promoted election fraud conspiracies. Williams, Ferguson and Scheppelman all signed an official party statement in support of Peters.
Just yesterday, the state party sent an email promoting another infamous election denier: Mike Lindell, who is headlining the El Paso County GOP’s upcoming fundraising dinner. The August 24 event takes place at the Hilton Doubletree in Colorado Springs, with individual tickets starting at $130.
Peters’ trial was initially expected to be concluded no later than this coming Monday, Aug.12, but lengthy witness examinations and at least one conspiratorial “tirade” by Peters’ lawyer have potentially extended the trial later into next week.
Fidura did not immediately return a voicemail request for comment on ht details of her trip to support Peters, and whether she had any concerns supports Peters given her leadership position with the Colorado GOP. This article will be updated with any response received.
