After state Rep. Ken DeGraaf (R-Colorado Springs) nominated his GOP colleague Scott Bottoms to be speaker of the Colorado state House in January, Bottoms – who, like DeGraaf, had only just been sworn in for his first term in the Legislature that morning — startled some in the chamber by speaking up and seconding his own nomination.
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‘It’s Make-Believe,’ Colorado GOP Hears from Authors of Monument Academy’s Transgender Policy
Colorado Rep. Don Wilson (R-Monument), attorney Brad Miller, and Monument Academy Board of Education President Ryan Graham discussed conservative education policy goals during yesterday’s bi-monthly Capitol Club luncheon.
Denver Mayor & Senate Dem Leader Join Groups at Right-Wing Conference
For a keynote speech Thursday to attendees of a right-wing conference featuring major conservative and religious right organizations, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston was tapped to explain how the conservative ideas explored at the conference “can be implemented in the Denver community,” and “how can these concepts work in a city as ideologically diverse as Denver?” according to a description of Johnston’s talk posted online prior to the speech.
Former CO Republican Secretary of State Argues Trump Should Be Barred From Ballot
Mary Estill Buchanan, a former Republican Colorado secretary of state, argues in court papers filed Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be barred from the Colorado presidential ballot in 2024.
DAVIS: I’m Glad Henry Kissinger Died
At age 100, after decades of fame, fortune, and acclaim, Henry Kissinger has finally died. While etiquette traditionally discourages dancing on graves, I believe that an exception should be made in this case: Henry Kissinger was not a good man. He was not a genius. He was not a public servant. Henry Kissinger was a paranoid, narcissistic, egomaniacal warmonger. He was a man unbothered by the buckets of blood on his hands; an avatar of unrepentance.
Group Fights for ‘Jobs With Dignity’ for Low-Wage Workers, Including Migrant Venezuelans
Upward social mobility in America hardly works when an employer would rather discard an injured worker on the street than take them to the hospital.
Boebert Again Celebrates the Repeal of Roe After Study Shows Impacts of Abortion Bans
On Sunday, Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert again voiced her support for last year’s overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Colorado GOP Leader Predicts Civil War if Trump Is Forced Off Ballot or If Election ‘Fraud’ Continues
The chair of the Colorado Republican Party says he doesn’t want civil war, but he’s sees one in America’s future under two scenarios: one, if courts remove Trump’s name from the ballot or, two, if “they’re successfully able to keep engaging” in blatant election fraud (even though Williams or other Republicans have yet to produce evidence for such “blatant fraud”).
Conservatives Face Off in DougCo Commissioner Race
Douglas County Republican commissioners Abe Laydon, George Teal, and Lora Thomas have spent the last two years embroiled in a series of public infighting spats that have led to censures against Thomas and a lawsuit against Laydon and Teal.
CO GOP Alleges Election Fraud Without Evidence, Tells Canvas Boards Not To Certify November Election
The Colorado Republican Party is advising county canvass boards to not certify results from this November's statewide election.