Colorado GOP shredded for inviting parade of 'cray-cray' characters

The Colorado Republican Party was ripped to shreds in a Denver Post op-ed by columnist Krista Kafer on Friday, pointing out that they were inviting in a cast of extreme figures to represent their cause.

First of all, wrote Kafer, the party's director, Dave Williams, sat for an interview with Laura Loomer, and hyped it up extensively.

"Loomer was banned from ride-share services Lyft and Uber after a daylong Twitter harangue against Muslims. She tweeted that she will not 'support another Islamic immigrant driver' and tagged both companies in the post. Smart. Loomer has also accused Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and other Democrats of scheming to institute Sharia law in Minnesota," wrote Kafer. "Banned from Twitter for extremist posts, she sued the social media giant and the Council on American-Islamic Relationships which she claimed colluded with Twitter to have her removed. She lost her case and had to pay over $124,000 in court costs to those she falsely impugned." Even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who "believes Jewish bankers light wildfires with space lasers," warned Trump Loomer was trouble when he tried to hire her to his campaign, Kafer noted.

As if that weren't enough, Kafer noted, the party is also cozying up with Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, featuring her as a key speaker at a fundraising dinner function.

"Lake, an election conspiracy theorist, has yet to concede her loss to Katie Hobbs in 2022 blaming election fraud sans evidence. She attempted to overturn the election results in court but thus far has lost every case. Lake is being sued for defamation by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Rich for falsehoods she spread about him after the 2020 presidential election that made him a target of death threats," wrote Kafer. "Lake has accused Gov. Hobbs and other elected Democrats of taking bribes from drug cartels and pushed for the imprisonment of Hobbs and journalists for unspecified election crimes."

At the end of the day, Kafer concluded, "I’m not a public relations expert, but this seems non compos mentis, that is, mad, cray-cray, barmy, nuts. Their association with the Colorado Republican Party discredits the party of Lincoln and Reagan. It’s like Williams and company want Colorado to go a deeper shade of blue."