All posts tagged "Scott Bottoms"

A GOP candidate for governor in Colorado doubled down on his shocking promise to hire a MAGA podcaster with anti-Semitic views.

Republican Scott Bottoms claimed on the debate stage last week that he would hire MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann, who called for the executions of the "Synagogue of Satan Jews" running Colorado. Bottoms said it wouldn't be a problem to have Oltmann work alongside him if he's elected as governor, "assuming it's not around Jewish people."

The wild statement was mocked by comedian John Oliver on his weekly show. Bottoms reacted to Oliver's segment on X by thanking him "for the exposure" and accusing the debate moderator of "Gotcha journalism."...

A Republican running for governor suffered a brutal on-stage embarrassment as the moderator tore apart a wild claim about Venezuelan gangs.

Scott Bottoms, a GOP primary candidate for Colorado governor, walked back his claim that upwards of 50,000 Venezuelan gang members are in the state, in a video posted by local journalist Kyle Clark.

"You have claimed without offering evidence that there are 45,000 to 50,000 Tren de Aragua gang members in Colorado," Clark told Bottoms. During the 2024 presidential election, MAGA politicians and influencers insisted that members of the gang Tren de Aragua were taking over parts of Colorado....