Óscar A. Contreras is a Murrow-nominated journalist who has been writing for the E.W. Scripps Company since January 2014.
AURORA, Colo. — An Aurora councilman said Thursday he is quitting the Colorado GOP in the wake of what he called the party’s “latest hateful stunt.”
“To be clear, God hates no one - not those in the LGBTQ+ community and not Dave Williams. These hateful comments are despicable,” said Gardner. “The Republican Party, and specifically the Colorado GOP, no longer stands for the issues that I care about - individual rights, fiscal responsibility, restraint of government, limited foreign intervention, and encouraging economic mobility.”
Gardner also told Denver7 he's not the only Republican in Colorado who will move away from the party over the next several days. Abe Laydon, a Republican and a Douglas County commissioner, was also disgusted by the party’s messages.
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