State Rep. Gabe Evans has been running for Colorado’s newest congressional seat since September, but despite being the most prominent Republican in the race, he’s mostly avoided bringing up the name of his party’s standard bearer, former President Donald Trump.
“So this is the Road to Red. We’re going to build an effective messaging machine. We’re going to build an effective movement, and we’re going to win elections again.” — former GOP gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl.
An anonymous conservative news site launched just last October went offline late last month, following an inquiry by the Colorado Times Recorder.
In a short video released this morning, Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams and insurrectionist attorney John Eastman teamed up to explain why they need loyal Colorado conservatives to pony up $50,000. The money won’t support the party’s political activity, but rather will pay Eastman to continue his attempt to overturn the state’s open primary process, which was passed by voters eight years ago. The QR code displayed on the screen takes viewers not to the state party’s website, but to Eastman’s own Claremont Institute.
State Rep. Scott Bottoms is optimistic about his caucus’ new leader. The most extreme right-wing member of the House Republicans praised Minority Leader Rose Pugliese (R-Colo. Springs) and her Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter (R-Trinidad) last week, telling his congregation that for the first time since he’s been a legislator, he felt that “leadership is actually fighting for us.”
It’s official: George Brauchler is once again running for office; he filed for the brand-new 23rd Judicial District Attorney race yesterday. Rumors about his entry have been circulating for months, sometimes even fed by Brauchler himself, who would avoid making any definitive statements when callers to his KNUS morning radio show would occasionally ask him about it.
Just days before her trial on numerous election-related charges, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is claiming she was framed by fellow Republican officials.
Several well-known Colorado conservatives including the chair of the Jefferson County Republicans signed a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief submitted by a QAnon-promoting conspiracy theorist. Among the nearly fifty amicus briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by those hoping to influence the justices’ ruling on whether Colorado must remove former President Trump from the 2024 ballot, one name stands out: QAnon promoter Terpsehore Maras, who also goes by “Tore.”
UPDATE: According to Bjorklund in an exchange following publication, Hanks is renting a room from him.
The Douglas County Republican Party promoted a white supremacist conspiracy known as the Great Replacement Theory on its Facebook page Wednesday.
