In a heavily lop-sided vote, Colorado state Republicans removed state party chairman Dave Williams amid internal criticism of his leadership, recent anti-LGBTQ social media posts about burning Pride flags, and accusations that he had fueled divisions within the party.
Colorado Republicans Vote Out Party Chair Following Anti-Gay Posts State Republicans accused Dave Williams, who was ousted in a landslide vote, of dividing the party with “hateful narratives,” most recently against the L.G.B.T.Q. community. https://t.co/V8aByZJ4uw #copolitics
— Reuben Espinosa (@reubenesp) August 26, 2024
From the New York Times:
Dave Williams, a hard-line state representative who was elected to helm the Colorado Republican Party last year, was ousted on Saturday, two months after dozens of state Republican Party members signed a petition to hold the vote.
Party members selected Eli Bremer, a former chairman of the party in El Paso County in Colorado, to serve out Mr. Williams’s term.
According to Michael J. Allen, a Republican district attorney in Colorado Springs, about 88 percent of the 182 or so eligible members voted for the motion at the Saturday meeting to remove Mr. Williams.
Mr. Allen, who prosecuted a 2022 mass shooting at an L.G.B.T.Q. nightclub in Colorado Springs, said he was particularly sensitive about what he criticized as Mr. Williams’s “hate-fueled” posts and emails that vilified the L.G.B.T.Q. community, which included a call to burn all Pride flags.
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