April 23, 2008 03:49 PM UTC

Bruce Flap Turns Even Uglier

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the Grand Junction Sentinel reports:

A Western Slope state lawmaker has requested the Colorado State Patrol provide her with additional protection because of the number of threats sent to her this week by anti-illegal immigration advocates.

Rep. Kathleen Curry, D-Gunnison, said after she gaveled down Rep. Doug Bruce, R-Colorado Springs, for calling Mexican immigrants “illiterate peasants” during a Monday debate, she was bombarded with threatening messages via e-mail and telephone.

“The hate mail is off the charts, and there’s issues with people in terms of this response,” Curry said. “It has really bothered me.”

She said hundreds of threatening, acerbic messages have clogged her cell phone’s voicemail and her e-mail inbox.

“We attempted to restore decorum to the (House) chamber,” Curry said. “There are people out there that felt that was so inappropriate, they thought it was OK to threaten (a lawmaker).”

Curry said after she gaveled down Bruce and forbade him from speaking at the microphone, she remarked, “How dare you!” in reaction to Bruce’s subsequent comments.

As a result of the threats, Curry said she also has asked the State Patrol to keep tabs on her family’s Gunnison ranch…