July 26, 2024 03:25 PM UTC

BREAKING: Restraining Order Stops Dave Williams Ouster Efforts Cold

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• by: Colorado Pols

That’s the latest highly consequential late Friday afternoon news from Ernest Luning at the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog, a restraining order has been issued shutting down tomorrow’s scheduled meeting of Colorado GOP central committee members in Brighton to consider removing chairman Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams and his leadership allies at the behest of El Paso County GOP deputy chair Todd Watkins and Jeffco GOP chair Nancy Pallozzi:

This court decision effectively rendering any vote that takes place tomorrow null and void comes after a dramatic day in which nearly every Colorado Republican congressional candidate led by Gabe Evans called on Dave Williams to resign today or be removed at this meeting tomorrow. Luning also reports that Lauren Boebert, who herself directly benefitted from Williams’ decision to endorse primary candidates, hypocritically calling on Williams to “reach out to candidates and organizations throughout Colorado” and “mend bridges” or be replaced.

Boebert said in her statement Friday that Republicans “in Colorado and nationally” will have to consider changing state GOP leadership if Williams doesn’t demonstrate a commitment from the party to support Republican nominees, whether or not they align on every issue.

“I stand ready to publicly help and provide support to Republicans up and down the ballot, regardless of whether or not I agree with them on every issue,” Boebert said. “If Chairman Williams can’t do the same and refuses to show candidates he will, Republicans in Colorado and nationally will look in a different direction for leadership over the final 100 days.”

Keep in mind that was Boebert’s primary opponent in CO-04 Richard Holtorf, now a candidate for Williams’ job, who first called for Williams to resign citing the party’s favoritism toward Boebert in that race. Boebert’s about-face betrayal of Williams is a sign that the opposition is intensifying, and Boebert wants to rewrite some of the details of her part of this story before Williams is sent packing. It’s also a signature Boebert backstab that Boebert’s former friends Sherronna Bishop and Tina Peters will instantly recognize.

Exactly when fate catches up to Williams, of course, is anybody’s guess–much more so this afternoon than it was this morning. Until the Colorado Republican Party’s leadership decides it’s time to consider Williams’ future, they make the rules everyone must follow.

A judge just said so.