A move to fire Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams following the state GOP’s attacks on Pride Month gained steam Monday as a dozen county Republican parties added their names to a list of petitioners calling on state party officials to force Williams from office.
An organizer of the push told Colorado Politics she plans to deliver a letter to Williams on Tuesday demanding that the party call a special meeting of the state GOP’s governing body to consider whether to remove him.
Williams, a candidate in this month’s primary for the El Paso County-based seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, told Colorado Politics he relishes the chance to defend the state party’s recent messages targeting the LGBTQ community, including a mass email titled “God Hates Pride” and a call for supporters to “burn all the Pride flags.”
Jefferson County GOP Chair Nancy Pallozzi said she’s gathered signatures from more than 25% of the membership of the party’s state central committee, enough to require Williams to schedule a meeting within 30 days to determine his fate.
“Chairman Williams has made it clear that he will not step down, so the alternative is to call this special meeting to put this decision up to the 400+ voting members of the (state central committee),” Pallozzi said in a statement.
