Opinion: Dave Williams is abusing Colorado’s GOP — not for Trump but to help himself
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By Kelly Maher
Over the last two months, I have watched Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams destroy what was left of the Colorado Republican Party. Within days of Congressman Doug Lamborn’s announcement that he would retire after this term, Dave Williams used the full resources of the state GOP to promote his own candidacy for the seat, a clear conflict of interest with his position as GOP Chairman.
Williams announced his candidacy from the official Colorado GOP email account, assuring Republicans in the same email, to which he attached his official campaign press release, that he would remain in the role as chair and stay neutral in his own race — a laughable assertion.
He continues to use the official Colorado GOP email account to unapologetically attack his primary opponent for things he knows are untrue. Williams wants to paint Jeff Crank as a “RINO” and “Never Trumper” even when he knows his opponent voted for and supported former President Donald Trump in the past.