DENVER — Colorado Republican Party officials who want to fire state GOP chairman Dave Williams submitted a petition Wednesday demanding that Williams call a meeting of the party's state central committee to consider whether to remove him from office.
Williams, a former Colorado Springs legislator, lost a primary Tuesday to former talk show host and conservative operative Jeff Crank for the 5th Congressional District seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn.
Fellow Republicans began gathering support to oust Williams earlier this month after he signed a mass email sent by the state party attacking the LGBTQ community's Pride Month, referring to its participants as "godless groomers."
Criticism mounted after the state GOP posted a call on social media to "Burn all the #pride flags this June," and by last week more than a dozen county Republican parties had passed resolutions calling on Williams to resign or face removal.
"He has 10 days to call that meeting," Todd Watkins, the El Paso County GOP's vice chair, told Colorado Politics. " If he does not call that meeting in 10 days, we will call it."
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