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Colorado Republican Party attacks 4 of their own in anti-trans fundraising email
Colorado Republican Party attacks 4 of their own in anti-trans fundraising email
State party “went out of their way to eat their own” in attack on elected Republicans
By NICK COLTRAIN | ncoltrain@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: June 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | UPDATED: June 22, 2023 at 1:07 p.m.
he Colorado Republican Party officially reprimanded four elected GOP officials Monday for joining Democrats in defense of a Montana lawmaker who was kicked off the chamber’s floor while defending gender-affirming care for that state’s youth.
New Colorado Republican chair Dave Williams announced the reprimand Wednesday morning in a fundraising email loaded with anti-trans and anti-drag rhetoric. The email and the formal resolution admonished state Reps. Ron Weinberg and Rick Taggart, Castle Pines Councilmember Roger Hudson and Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon, all Republicans.
Weinberg, a Loveland Republican who just finished his first legislative session and is one of just 19 members of his caucus, said he felt abandoned by his party for standing up for First Amendment rights. Republicans have less power and less representation in Colorado state government than at any point since World War II.
“They went out of their way to eat their own,” Weinberg said of the fundraising letter. “This was intended to make Republicans look bad. It wasn’t a simple ‘statement and read the letter.’ It was a blatant attack on Republicans.”
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State party “went out of their way to eat their own” in attack on elected Republicans
By NICK COLTRAIN | ncoltrain@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: June 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | UPDATED: June 22, 2023 at 1:07 p.m.
he Colorado Republican Party officially reprimanded four elected GOP officials Monday for joining Democrats in defense of a Montana lawmaker who was kicked off the chamber’s floor while defending gender-affirming care for that state’s youth.
New Colorado Republican chair Dave Williams announced the reprimand Wednesday morning in a fundraising email loaded with anti-trans and anti-drag rhetoric. The email and the formal resolution admonished state Reps. Ron Weinberg and Rick Taggart, Castle Pines Councilmember Roger Hudson and Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon, all Republicans.
Weinberg, a Loveland Republican who just finished his first legislative session and is one of just 19 members of his caucus, said he felt abandoned by his party for standing up for First Amendment rights. Republicans have less power and less representation in Colorado state government than at any point since World War II.
“They went out of their way to eat their own,” Weinberg said of the fundraising letter. “This was intended to make Republicans look bad. It wasn’t a simple ‘statement and read the letter.’ It was a blatant attack on Republicans.”
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More at link:
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/21/colorado-republican-party-montana-zephyr-admonishment/
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... as usual. 
