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Darcy Schoening

Colorado GOP Assembly: Anti-Trans, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Media

·April 8, 2024

The 2024 Colorado Republican State Assembly in Pueblo this weekend showcased the priorities of the party heading into the November election — banning gender-affirming care for trans people, continuing to deny the validity of the 2020 election, downplaying the Jan. 6 insurrection, antagonism toward migrants and immigration, and full-throated support for former President Donald Trump. The keynote speakers for the event included Christina Bobb, the former Trump lawyer and subject of a Department of Justice investigation into obstruction of justice connected to Trump’s handling of classified documents, and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for alleged sexual misconduct with an underage girl. 

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Two Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Move Closer to November Ballot

·March 7, 2024

This week, the Colorado Title Board approved two ballot initiatives targeting transgender people in Colorado. “Public Athletic Programs for Minors,” which would require transgender athletes to compete according to their sex assigned at birth in school or intramural athletics, and “Prohibit Certain Medical Procedures for Minors,” which would ban gender-affirming care for anyone under 18, had their titles set during Tuesday’s meeting.

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Monument Mayor Subject of Ethics Complaint

·August 24, 2023

The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission (IEC) has deemed a complaint filed against Monument Mayor Mitch LaKind nonfrivolous, and, according to the IEC’s Rules of Procedure, will begin an investigation. The complaint was filed by former GOP Majority Leader Amy Stephens and former Monument Town Trustees Kelly Elliot and Darcy Schoening, who is currently co-chair of the El Paso County chapter of Moms for Liberty.

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CO Springs School District Bans Books

·May 16, 2023

Academy School District 20 in Colorado Springs has removed three books from school libraries after receiving a letter from members of a conservative activist group that claims the books meet the legal definition of obscenity, according to emails obtained by a Colorado Open Records Act Request. 

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