{"id":617305,"date":"2023-03-11T17:51:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T23:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/11\/colorado-gop-picks-election-denier-dave-williams-to-lead-party-into-2024-election\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T17:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T23:51:55","slug":"colorado-gop-picks-election-denier-dave-williams-to-lead-party-into-2024-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/11\/colorado-gop-picks-election-denier-dave-williams-to-lead-party-into-2024-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado GOP picks election denier Dave Williams to lead party into 2024 election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"au-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-cy=\"StoryImage\" alt=\"Dave Williams, a former state representative, on the House floor\"   src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/wcHY2IhPsNquZcb9Vbo9l6XMzeE=\/0x278:6048x3680\/1920x1080\/2023\/03\/11\/1678573177780.jpg?w=1920\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"><figcaption>\n<p>Dave Williams, left, a former state lawmaker, talks to a colleague in the Colorado House in May 2022. Photo: Hyoung Chang\/Denver Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Colorado Republican Party&#8217;s new leader believes Donald Trump won the 2020 election and considers Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell a &#8220;feckless leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>The party&#8217;s roughly 400-member central committee selected Dave Williams, a former state representative who <a data-vars-link-text=\"challenged incumbent GOP congressman\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/elections\/2022\/us-rep-doug-lamborn-beats-challenger-dave-williams-two-others-in-5th-cd-gop-primary\/article_799a3528-f721-11ec-a653-3fa2d257e5b0.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/elections\/2022\/us-rep-doug-lamborn-beats-challenger-dave-williams-two-others-in-5th-cd-gop-primary\/article_799a3528-f721-11ec-a653-3fa2d257e5b0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged incumbent GOP congressman<\/a> in 2022 and lost, as the party&#8217;s new chair. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Williams, an ardent Trump supporter and anti-abortion advocate, won on the third vote at the party&#8217;s meeting in Loveland after being endorsed by Tina Peters, the <a data-vars-link-text=\"indicted\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/03\/09\/colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-indicted-2020-election\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/03\/09\/colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-indicted-2020-election\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">indicted<\/a> former Mesa County election chief. In the first two votes, no candidate reached 50%.<\/li>\n<li>He defeated six other candidates, most of whom were election deniers or skeptics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> The vote affirms the state Republican Party&#8217;s <a data-vars-link-text=\"embrace of conspiracy theories\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/02\/14\/tina-peters-arrest-2020-election-fraud-colorado\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/02\/14\/tina-peters-arrest-2020-election-fraud-colorado\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">embrace of conspiracy theories<\/a> about the nation&#8217;s voting system and will make it harder for GOP candidates to win in a state where voters <a data-vars-link-text=\"overwhelmingly rejected Trump-aligned candidates\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/11\/17\/colorado-republicans-donald-trump-2024\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/11\/17\/colorado-republicans-donald-trump-2024\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">overwhelmingly rejected Trump-aligned candidates<\/a> in the 2022 election.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moreover, the chair is the spokesperson for the Republican brand and holds strategic power within the party when it comes to the 2024 presidential nominating contest and selecting poll watchers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;re saying: <\/strong>&#8220;The party will be led by a MAGA-stolen-election-conspiracist who wants to reject unaffiliated voters from the Republican primary,&#8221; Dick Wadhams, the former GOP chairman tells Axios Denver. &#8220;None of them understand a changing Colorado electorate that rejects Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> The ascension of Williams, is part of a broader wave of election deniers who are taking over state parties, <a data-vars-link-text=\"AP reports\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-us-republican-party-colorado-6ab686410f80d67b4fe0950a54f16bdb\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-us-republican-party-colorado-6ab686410f80d67b4fe0950a54f16bdb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Michigan, Kristina Karamo, a former community college instructor, <a data-vars-link-text=\"won the race for chair of the state GOP\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-michigan-state-government-c0f56b7f9b6af7bb4a3c12a92f0edc01\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-michigan-state-government-c0f56b7f9b6af7bb4a3c12a92f0edc01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won the race for chair of the state GOP<\/a> chair in February, and in Kansas, conspiracy theorist Mike Brown rose to the party&#8217;s top post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom in:<\/strong> In a speech to the party&#8217;s loyalists, Williams said Republicans can only rebound from <a data-vars-link-text=\"its historic losses\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/11\/09\/colorado-blue-purple-state-2022-election\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/11\/09\/colorado-blue-purple-state-2022-election\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">its historic losses<\/a> in Colorado&#8217;s 2022 election if they go on the offense and stop trying to reach across the aisle. He said the party needs a &#8220;wartime leader&#8221; and a &#8220;fighter, not another timid politician.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Our party doesn&#8217;t have a brand problem,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Our party has a problem with feckless leaders who are ashamed of you and ashamed of our conservative principles.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Williams is known for his showmanship politics. He attempted to make the slogan &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Brandon,&#8221; a slur against President Biden, <a data-vars-link-text=\"part of his name on the 2022 ballot\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/04\/28\/lets-go-brandon-colorado-candidate\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/04\/28\/lets-go-brandon-colorado-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part of his name on the 2022 ballot<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Between the lines: <\/strong>Peters won only 10% of the vote on the first ballot just days after <a data-vars-link-text=\"being found guilty\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/colorado-clerk-tina-peters-election-conspiracy-obstruction-927167c8d3739ad40cfb5c7057f0f412\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/colorado-clerk-tina-peters-election-conspiracy-obstruction-927167c8d3739ad40cfb5c7057f0f412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being found guilty<\/a> of obstruction of justice in a separate charge related to her 2022 <a data-vars-link-text=\"indictment for an election security breach\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/03\/09\/colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-indicted-2020-election\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/03\/09\/colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-indicted-2020-election\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">indictment for an election security breach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of note: <\/strong>Williams fills the role being vacated by Kristi Burton Brown, who decided not to seek another term.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brown had <a data-vars-link-text=\"called on Peters\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/03\/09\/colorado-gop-leader-tina-peters-suspend-campaign-indictment\" data-vars-content-id=\"ae836ba5-ccc6-431b-8f35-9081fce819bb\" data-vars-headline=\"Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/03\/09\/colorado-gop-leader-tina-peters-suspend-campaign-indictment\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">called on Peters<\/a> to end her campaign for secretary of state after being indicted. Peters refused and finished second in the GOP primary contest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/11\/dave-williams-colorado-gop-chair-election-denier\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n John Frank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Williams, left, a former state lawmaker, talks to a colleague in the Colorado House in May 2022. Photo: Hyoung Chang\/Denver Post via Getty Images The Colorado Republican Party&#8217;s new leader believes Donald Trump won the 2020 election and considers Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell a &#8220;feckless leader.&#8221; Driving the news: The party&#8217;s roughly 400-member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":617306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110,301,534],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-colorado","category-election","category-financial"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}