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The New York Times reports: Colorado Republicans have voted to remove their party’s chairman amid mounting internal criticism of his leadership, including over recent posts that attacked the L.G.B.T.Q. community and accusations that he had fueled divisions within the party. Dave Williams, a hard-line state representative who was elected to helm the Colorado Republican Party last year, was ousted on …

The Colorado Sun reports: Conservative commentator and activist Jeff Crank, aided by $2.7 million in super PAC spending, overwhelmingly defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams in the 5th District Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday. The El Paso County district is considered a Republican stronghold, so Crank is likely to win in November, too, replacing longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, …

“While the national Republican Party has largely embraced the LGBTQ agenda because they say they want to create a quote, unquote, ‘big tent,’ there still remains committed conservative Christians who are rejecting Pride Month because, let’s face it, we should as conservatives. “Dave, I have to say I commend you strongly for standing up so firmly for what should be …

Denver’s ABC affiliate reports: The fallout from the Colorado GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric earlier this week continued Friday with state Republican leaders calling for party chairman Dave Williams to resign. The latest denouncement came from the Jefferson County Republicans, who on behalf of “numerous Colorado Republican County Chairs, other county party officers, members of the Colorado State Central Committee in all …

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: A group of neighbors in one Front Range community are wondering who took their pride flags and why. Neighbors in Arvada said they woke up to bare flag posts and are now wondering if recent political messages played a role. The neighbors FOX31 spoke to say they fly pride flags every June. This year, the flags …

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. …

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: The Colorado Republican Party is issuing a call to its members to pull their children from public school, saying Democrats are using schools to “turn more kids trans.” The message was delivered in an email blast to Republicans statewide Tuesday. “All Colorado parents should be aiming to remove their kids from public education,” read the directive …

The Colorado Sun reports: A Colorado Sun politics reporter was escorted out of the state GOP assembly by a sheriff’s deputy Saturday after being told that party Chairman Dave Williams found her “current reporting to be very unfair.” Reporter Sandra Fish, who has covered politics since 1982, received a text at 3:45 a.m. Saturday from a Colorado Republican Party event …

The Colorado Sun reports: Dave Williams, the divisive chairman of the Colorado GOP, announced Monday that he will run to replace U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the state’s 5th Congressional District and that he will remain in his party leadership position during his campaign. Lamborn, who lives in Colorado Springs, shocked the political world Friday when he said that he …

“From a party perspective, we certainly don’t think it was the best move. We felt that she was best suited for Congressional District 3 and that she was in the best position to win reelection and retain that for Republicans. “Time will tell whether or not we’re right, but I think she’s got a serious challenge on her hands, trying …

Newsweek reports: The Colorado Republican Party may withdraw from the 2024 presidential primary in protest of the state’s Supreme Court saying Donald Trump is disqualified from running for president again for allegedly engaging in an insurrection on January 6. Dave Williams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, said the state could instead have a caucus, instead of an open voting …

The Colorado Sun reports: The Colorado GOP’s state central committee is scheduled next month to consider a change to the party’s bylaws that would make it easier for Republicans to block unaffiliated voters from participating in their primaries, a major objective of the far right. A GOP effort to block unaffiliated voters from the 2022 primaries was soundly rejected by …

The Associated Press reports: The Colorado Republican Party selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a “wartime” leader as its new chairman, joining several other state GOPs this year that have elected far-right figures and election conspiracy theorists to their top posts. The move in Colorado comes as the party totters on the brink of political irrelevance …

The Colorado Newsline reports: Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams will not have “Let’s Go Brandon” appear as a nickname on the June primary ballot, a Denver District Court judge ruled Wednesday. “Upon consideration of all of this testimony, evidence, briefing, argument and authority the Court held a hearing today by videoconference and entered on the record findings of fact, conclusions …