In a 9News debate, congressional candidate Barbara Kirkmeyer denied saying that she’d advocated for making Medicare a temporary program, when — in fact — in a candidate questionnaire, she stated that Medicare should be made “temporary.”
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He Swiftly Ushers Me Away From O’Dea and Out the Door
The assignment seems easy. Cover an event for Joe O’Dea, the Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senate.
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Autoimmune Disease and COVID-19: a Complicated Relationship, Say Colorado Experts
Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were plenty of questions about autoimmune diseases. The 80 or so that have been identified can affect nearly every part of the body with a bewildering variety of symptoms. The diseases can be difficult to diagnose, and it is unclear what causes them. The concept of a disorder that causes the immune system, which is designed to protect us from foreign invaders, to launch an attack on healthy organs and tissues is mysterious and frightening.
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Varela Won’t Comment on 2017 Domestic Disturbance
Records obtained by the Colorado Times Recorder show that the Pueblo Police Department was called to the home of Republican Senate Candidate Stephen Varela for an alleged domestic disturbance on the morning of Dec. 11, 2017.
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State Senate Candidate Tim Walsh Said He Would Ban Abortion
Colorado state Senate Candidate Tim Walsh, who’s running for a Jefferson County Senate seat, launched an ad this month claiming that his opponents were “outright” lying in an advertisement that stated he wants an abortion ban in Colorado.
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Solomon Campaign Buys 131 Copies of His Own Book He Says Is Being Used Against Him
Republican state Senate candidate Matt Solomon says lines from his book “Fortunate Accidents” are being taken out of context and used against him by his opponents in the Nov. 8 election, but that’s not stopping his campaign from buying the book to distribute on the campaign trail.
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Satirical Ads Depict ‘Billionaires’ Who Support a Tax Cut Proposal on Colorado’s Ballot
“Cut roads! I literally look down on you and your roads,” says a woman as she steps into a private jet, depicted in an online advertisement against Proposition 121, a ballot measure that would lower Colorado’s single-rate income tax from 4.55% to 4.4%, threatening funding for health care, education, human services, and … roads.
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Election Conspiracy Group — Which Has a Militia Division — Organizes ‘Parties’ at Ballot Dropoff Locations To ‘Deter Crime’
FEC United, the Colorado-based election conspiracy group led by election denier Joe Oltmann, is organizing “ballot box watching” events, during which members of the group — which has a militia wing — will gather near ballot dropoff locations in Colorado in an effort to “deter crime.”
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Colorado State Board of Ed Candidate Peggy Propst Pushed Election Fraud Conspiracy
Peggy Propst is running for Colorado’s State Board of Education. She believes kids should be able to read by the time they complete the third grade. She also advocated for the debunked conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen but says that shouldn’t matter because it has nothing to do with education.
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WARNING: These Republican Election Deniers Are on Colorado’s Election Ballot
The Colorado Republican Party has at least 15 candidates on Colorado’s current election ballot who baselessly promote election conspiracies. Depending on how you define “election conspiracist,” there could be many more.