When Steve Bannon took the stage to raucous applause at last Friday’s fundraising gala for the Colorado Republican Party, he wasn’t just the keynote speaker, he was also the third convicted felon to address the crowd.
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DSA Chapters Lead Protests Against White Nationalists Across Colorado
Colorado chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) led protests against controversial speakers at two separate events last week. The Mesa County DSA led a protest against white nationalist Jared Taylor at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction on March 27, and the Colorado Springs DSA led a protest against conservative political strategist Steve Bannon, who headlined the Colorado GOP gala at the Phil Long Music Hall.
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Extremist Rewind: 03/21/2025
As part of our weekly roundup of articles about political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Heidi Beedle’s podcast episode going into one of the latest GOP leadership debates and Logan Davis’ column where he goes into how the Trump administration’s approach to immigration is violating peoples’ constitutional rights. We are also featuring reporting from Colorado Public Radio’s Molly Cruse on Elizabeth School District’s attempt to ban a series of books that a judge found to be violating freedom of speech and a Westword article by Bennito Kelty that follows Steve Bannon, a far-right provocateur who has been invited to headline a Colorado GOP gala and the state party’s attempt to find a location for it.
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Colo GOP Won’t Disinvite Bannon Over Nazi Salute, Says He’s a ‘Hero of the Right’
Just days after the Colorado Republican Party announced that longtime Trump advisor Steve Bannon would headline its annual fundraising dinner next month, Bannon made international news by concluding his speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) with a Nazi salute. While Bannon denies that he was invoking Hitler, the “wave,” as he called it, was enough to cause the leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, which was founded by Nazi collaborators, to cancel his own CPAC speech in protest.
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Trump Lawyer Eastman Complains Disbarment Trial Rules Take Away His Rights
Former Trump attorney John Eastman, author of the infamous coup memo, is currently on trial before the California State Bar which seeks to have him disbarred for numerous ethical violations related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Trump Coup Plotter Boris Epshteyn Advising Ganahl Campaign
UPDATE: The New York Times reports that Boris Epshteyn is likely the “Co-conspirator #6,” named in Trump’s indictment for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Assuming the report is accurate, Epshteyn will be the second Co-conspirator with a Colorado connection. Former CU Boulder Benson Center Visiting Professor John Eastman confirmed via his attorney that he is Co-conspirator #2. Eastman is currently representing the Colorado GOP in a lawsuit to overturn the state’s open primary law.
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Bannon: ‘Tina Peters Is Now a National Crusade’
“Tina Peters is now a national crusade,” said former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on his Bannon’s War Room podcast Wednesday, joining right-wing conservatives in Colorado who are standing behind Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Peters following her arrest earlier that day.