DENVER — Colorado Republican leaders have submitted a petition calling for a special meeting in order to decide the fate of party chairman Dave Williams.
In a press release Wednesday, the Republican State Central Committee announced it had gathered signatures of more than 25% of the committee requesting a special meeting to vote on Williams’s removal.
The backlash against Williams follows a blast email from the Colorado GOP that was signed by the chairman, in which the party accused the LGBTQ+ community of being “godless groomers” who want to harm children.
On its official profile on X, formerly Twitter, the Colorado GOP also called for the burning of Pride flags.
In a lengthy statement, state Republican leaders decried the chairman’s behavior, which they said was “continually encouraging division instead of unifying the party” and added that the email signed by Williams “is not in alignment with the voices of over one million Republicans and Conservatives in the state of Colorado.”
“As County …