Of Colorado’s 12 legislative and congressional candidates who, in one form or another, denied the results of the 2020 presidential election, only two lost their races in this year’s election, while nine won. Another candidate is ahead by only a few dozen votes. Most of the winning election deniers represent Republican districts in rural Colorado. (Trump, the country’s leading election denier, lost handily in Colorado.)
Following through on his announcement, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Aurora today at the Gaylord Rockies Resort.
Three decades after Christian conservatives sought to rouse voters’ fears of a “radical gay agenda,” Republicans are spending $65 million on election advertising about a “radical trans agenda,” according to The New York Times and other outlets.
According to a social media post from “America’s Mom,” Sherronna Bishop, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) had prior knowledge of Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters’ plan to breach the security of Mesa County’s Dominion Voting machines.
As part of the Colorado Times Recorder’s regular roundup, here are some of this week’s top headlines regarding extremism from CTR and beyond. This week’s coverage includes reporting from Heidi Beedle, Susie Glassman, and Erik Maulbetsch, as well as a report from Colorado Newsline regarding death threats that were made against the Vice Chair of the Colorado Republican Party.
When former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ trial begins tomorrow, she will face multiple felony charges related to her alleged role in copying secure voter data from county servers back in 2021. Two years ago, she claimed that Congresswoman Lauren Boebert dined with her and other election fraud conspiracists the day after the illegal copying occurred. Peters says she, Boebert’s former campaign manager Sherronna Bishop, an unnamed Mesa County Commissioner candidate, and ex-surfer turned election fraud conspiracist Conan Hayes, dined together on a Monday evening, following the Sunday afternoon breach of the voting data server.
Three days after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, federal investigators have yet to uncover the motives of the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. What little has been uncovered about Crook’s political views is ambiguous and inconsistent, with the New York Times reporting that he was a registered Republican who also donated to the Progressive Turnout Project.
The Colorado Times Recorder's resident poet takes an irreverent look at the rising star of one Republican congresswoman.
Controversial Christian conservative musician and activist Sean Feucht brought his “Kingdom to the Capitol” tour to Denver this weekend, performing on the steps of the Colorado Capitol with guest appearances from U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Colorado Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-Colorado Springs).
In today’s primary election, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and state Rep. Gabe Evans are both leaning hard on their Colorado endorsements from Donald Trump — and both are using the former president’s thumbs-up to attract Republican voters.
