The U.S. Senate race between Colorado state Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) and businessman Joe O’Dea is highlighting a growing divide amongst Republicans on the subject of abortion. The debate over how extreme GOP politicians should be on abortion has not just affected Colorado’s Senate race, but was also front and center in Louisiana, where earlier this month House Bill 813, a near duplicate of Rep. Dave Williams’s (R-CO Springs) failed personhood bill, was blocked not by pro-abortion Democrats, but by Republicans and anti-abortion groups that felt it went too far.
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Capitol Gains: What You Were Supposed To Know About Two State Senators
A promising political career unraveled this spring when New York’s lieutenant governor Brian Benjamin was arrested. Benjamin, only 45 years-old, was an up and comer in state Democratic politics, having served four years in the state Senate before rising to the position of lieutenant governor in the wake of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s downfall.
Boebert Blasts O’Rourke, AOC, Argues Against Gun Laws in Wake of Mass Shootings
Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert on Wednesday tweeted lawmakers are powerless to stop mass shootings like Tuesday’s slaughter of 19 elementary school students in Uvalde, Texas, writing, “You cannot legislate away evil.”
If You Get COVID-19 Now, What Are the Newest Treatments and Medications?
COVID-19 infections are surging again, so if you are feeling sick, it’s important to get tested as quickly as possible.
El Paso County Leaders Address Recent Controversies at ‘Hold the Line’
Last Friday’s Hold the Line conference at The Road Church in Colorado Springs featured not just national evangelical thought leaders Sean Feucht and Eric Metaxas and federal legislators Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), but a slate of local elected officials as well. El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf, Colorado Springs City Councilor Dave Donelson, and Academy School District 20 and Pikes Peak Library District board member Aaron Salt spoke with Steve Holt, pastor of The Road Church, during a brief panel discussion.
Yet Another Colorado Republican Fundraiser Giving Away an AR-15 Rifle
To encourage citizens to attend its June 11 “Big Tent” candidate debate, Teller Country Republican Party will be once again giving away a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle to the winner of its “Awesome Silent Auction.”
Lamborn and Boebert ‘Hold the Line’ at CO Springs Event
Friday’s Hold the Line conference at The Road Church in Colorado Springs featured a host of prominent political figures, including U.S. Representatives Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO). Comprising nearly a third of Colorado’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, Lamborn and Boebert addressed the crowd of evangelical Christians and discussed their political agendas within the context of their faith.
‘Hold the Line’ Energizes CO Springs Evangelicals Over LGBTQ Issues, Abortion
The Christian political activist conference Hold the Line, led by controversial conservative worship leader Sean Feucht, made its Colorado stop at The Road Church in Colorado Springs on Friday.
Master of Ceremonies Leaps Off the Stage To Stop Candidate From Joining GOP Debate
Republican Steve Reams, the master of ceremonies at a GOP debate yesterday, leaped off the stage to cut off congressional candidate Lori Saine as she rushed to join the debate.
Denver Bishop Praises ‘Brother’ Bishop Who’s Refusing To Give Communion to Pelosi Because She’s Pro-Choice
Denver Catholic Bishop Samuel Aquila is praising Salvatore Cordileone, a Catholic bishop in California, who announced yesterday that he would not give communion to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) due to her support of abortion rights.