There were snow flurries in the air on the day in early 2022 when two FBI agents knocked on my door. I was taking an afternoon power nap at the time, but my partner answered the door, then came to wake me up with words I will never forget.
Ron Hanks
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Electioneering & Evangelizing: Christian Nationalist Flags Fly at Colorado Candidate’s MAGA Rally
A religious undercurrent was present at a rally for former state Rep. Ron Hanks, who is vying with six other Republicans to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. Approximately 35 people attended the June 1 rally, which began at the parking lot of Mesa Mall in Grand Junction. From there, Hanks supporters drove across town with various flags waving from their vehicles, ending up at a Big Lots store on North Ave.
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DAVIS: I Asked Every Colorado GOP Congressional Candidate About 2020 Election Fraud. Here’s Where They Stand.
A parallel reality opened up on November 3, 2020, and tens of millions of Americans fell into it. For the past three and a half years, while the rest of us have been attending to the necessities of our daily lives, those in the parallel dimension have been living through an authoritarian nightmare in which American democracy has been supplanted by the rule of an illegitimate impostor president. In their reality, Donald J. Trump won a second term that day – securing victories in both the popular vote and the Electoral College tally – only to have it yanked away from him by a cabal of Democrats, global elites, and voting machine companies. In their reality, this is possibly the greatest crime ever committed; it has suspended their liberty, forced them to live under an unelected regime, and left them in doubt as to whether this nation, conceived in liberty, brought forth by our fathers upon this continent, will last.
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Colorado Congressional Candidate Hurd Says Trump Did Not Win 2020 Election
In a party dominated by election deniers, running against at least one election denier to replace another election denier, can a Republican willing to say Trump lost in 2020 win a primary election? Attorney Jeff Hurd is going to find out.
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Frisch Slams Mayorkas Impeachment, Failure of Border Bill as Republicans Cheer Trump Policies
Tuesday likely underscored a couple of key lessons for Democrats in Colorado’s massive, mostly rural 3rd Congressional District (CD3), which stretches from Pueblo to Grand Junction, leans nine points Republican, and may be up for grabs in November.
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Civil War & Feeding Migrants to Wolves: Western Colo Congressional Forum Gets Extreme
Immigration policy dominated the discussion among five of the Republican candidates vying to win Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District primary election in June, and it included some eyebrow-raising statements.
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Republican Congressional Candidates on Abortion
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, has had the unintended consequence of potentially turning federal elections into referenda on abortion. Without the federal protections of Roe, a future Republican majority could pass a national abortion ban.
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Insurrectionist Runs for District Abandoned by Boebert; Ignites Debate Over Who’s Trumpiest
In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s Jan. 23 triumph in the New Hampshire primary, Colorado congressional candidate Russ Andrews of Carbondale, called on his GOP rivals in his race to demonstrate party unity and embrace presidential frontrunner Trump.
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Why is a CO GOP Officer’s Address on Campaign Filing of Election Conspiracist Running for Boebert’s Seat?
UPDATE: According to Bjorklund in an exchange following publication, Hanks is renting a room from him.
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Five GOP County Chairs Refuse to Certify Election Results at Direction of Party Leader Who Calls Sec. of State Hitler
The Colorado GOP’s new point man on election integrity, notorious election denier Ron Hanks, who kicked off his efforts by telling the Republican members of local election boards to refuse to sign off on certifying their county election results, escalated his rhetoric recently by calling Secretary of State Jena Griswold Hitler. He also convinced five local party chairs, four of whom represent some of the largest counties in the state, to refuse to certify the election results.