'It is pushing people away from our party. We need new leadership.'
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Archuleta is running to represent Colorado’s 1st Congressional District and secured an endorsement from the state Republican Party on Sunday for the primary election. But when the Colorado GOP sent the anti-Pride email the following day, Archuleta decided to Despite criticisms from party members, the Colorado GOP doubled down on its anti-Pride sentiments. The party called for people to"Burn all the #pride flags this June," in aWhen asked to respond to Republicans being offended by the anti-LGBTQ messages, Williams again re-commits.
"It is pushing people away from our party," Archuleta says."If there were races that were close, like House district races that were going to be close in Colorado, that email just lost those races for us. It's hard to overcome that. That email was blatantly hateful. There's really no condoning it in any way."The Denver Republican Party declined to comment about both the state party's anti-Pride email and the local chapter's views on Pride Month.
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