Denver’s CBS affiliate reports:
The Colorado Republican Party marked the start of Pride Month with a mass email attacking “godless groomers” and a social media post calling for the burning of all Pride flags. The state GOP’s move to the far right after a series of electoral blowout losses continued with some of its harshest anti-gay rhetoric in recent years.
The Colorado GOP’s mass email titled “God Hates Pride,” read, in part, “The month of June has arrived and, once again, the godless groomers in our society want to attack what is decent, holy, and righteous so they can ultimately harm our children.”
The message to Colorado Republicans was headlined with an image reading “God Hates Flags,” a nod to the anti-gay slur on the picket signs of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. The party’s message was signed by chairman Dave Williams.
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Last month the Colorado GOP called on Christians to remove their children from public schools because Democrats are using schools to “turn more kids trans.”
Williams is running to replace retiring GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn. Williams, you may recall, lost a lawsuit seeking to have “Let’s Go Brandon” by his name on the ballot during his failed 2022 House bid.
During a December 2023 appearance on extremist Laura Loomer’s podcast, Williams told the Colorado Supreme Court to “go fuck themselves” after they removed Trump from the ballot.
As you can see below, the homocon head of Log Cabin Colorado, who is also running for Congress, is ever so upset.
At this writing, the official Colorado GOP account on X is busily retweeting dozens of hateful anti-LGBTQ memes.
Burn all the #pride flags this June. https://t.co/AqwnudUpYq pic.twitter.com/lLeJMtrhR1
— Colorado Republican Party (@cologop) June 3, 2024
In a mass email titled “God Hates Pride,” signed by state party Chairman Dave Williams, the Colorado GOP began Pride Month with statements referencing “godless groomers” and a call to burn all pride flags. https://t.co/09uJLyfeFK
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 5, 2024
NEW: The head of Colorado’s Log Cabin Republicans, CO-1 candidate @Archuleta4CO, says the @ColoGOP‘s recent anti-gay hate isn’t genuine. He says GOP Chair Dave Williams is trying to be Trump-like and get a reaction. Except Trump doesn’t peddle anti-LGBTQ bigotry. 1/5 #copolitics pic.twitter.com/YRZieSo5IQ
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) June 5, 2024
Archuleta called Colorado GOP leaders “morons” and their message “hateful.” He renounced the party’s endorsement in his longshot run for Congress. But he told me he wouldn’t leave the GOP unless he thought that rank-and-file voters were bigots. 2/5 pic.twitter.com/qlEPQZcHA1
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) June 5, 2024
Archuleta said the Colorado GOP’s “God Hates Flags” message is a clear nod to hateful signs carried by Westboro Baptist Church picketers. Archuleta says the Colorado GOP’s rhetoric should offend Christians as well as the LGBTQ community (sometimes one in the same). 3/5 pic.twitter.com/xIa45XLXQG
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) June 5, 2024
A fundraising email from Colorado’s Republican party called for LGTBQ Pride flags to be burned.
ABC News’ Mola Lenghi reports. pic.twitter.com/s6v7mgqE5j
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) June 5, 2024