white supremacy

10th Circuit rebuffs appeal of attempted Pueblo synagogue bomber

Apr 26, 2022

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Michael Karlik

The federal appeals court based in Denver has turned away an appeal from a man serving nearly 20 years for his attempted bombing of a Pueblo synagogue who had challenged a portion of his sentence on First Amendment grounds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit did not actually reach the question of…
‘The only enduring brand’? Tom Tancredo ponders 3rd run for Colorado governor

Oct 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Tom Tancredo strolled into the packed conference room in the back of a Wheat Ridge bowling alley on a recent Thursday evening and took a seat. He was the headliner at the monthly North Jeffco Tea Party meeting, but first the group of about 50 activists heard from school board candidates and a young man…
Colorado church leaders join summit against white supremacy

Oct 11, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado will be well-represented at an Indianapolis summit to stand up to white supremacy, “environmental degradation” and other political issues as a matter of faith this month. The 300 delegates to the Prophetic Resistance Summit Oct. 23-25 will include faith leaders from Denver, Grand Junction, Colorado Springs, Parker, Lakewood and Boulder County, according to organizers.…
Colorado’s congressional delegation rips Trump’s latest ‘both sides’ remarks about white supremacists

Aug 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation from both sides of the aisle came down hard on President Donald Trump’s latest comments defiantly blaming “both sides” for the weekend violence between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican, tweeted scathing criticism Wednesday of the president’s remarks, calling them “unacceptable and…
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner renews Trump criticism at town hall: ‘There is no moral equivalent to the hatred we saw’

Aug 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner kept his cool even as hundreds of constituents lost theirs time and again Tuesday afternoon at a town hall meeting in Lakewood. After more than a year without holding a traditional town hall – Gardner has held several tele-town halls and numerous roundtable discussions with small groups – the Colorado Republican…
Colorado officials, politicians react to violence surrounding white nationalist rally in Virginia

Aug 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado officials, candidates and organizations reacted with anger, derision and sadness to the violence that occurred Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., where white nationalists, neo-Nazis, skinheads, members of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups gathered to protest the removal of a Confederate statue. One woman was dead and dozens injured after a car plowed…
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner demands Trump ‘lay blame on white nationalists and on hatred’

Aug 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, turned up the heat on President Donald Trump Sunday, demanding the president explicitly condemn white supremacists and white nationalists for the violence that left one dead and dozens injured in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend. “This is not a time for vagaries, this isn’t a time for innuendo or…
Republican Cory Gardner reprimands Trump for Charlottesville remarks: ‘Call evil by its name’

Aug 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, called out President Donald Trump on Saturday for failing to blame white supremacists for escalating violence in Virginia that has claimed at least one life. “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name,” Gardner said in a tweet. “These were white supremacists and this was domestic…
Colorado senators Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner denounce violent white nationalist rally in Virginia

Aug 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s two U.S. senators, Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Cory Gardner, condemned the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, calling it “deeply disturbing” and “contrary to all we stand for as a country.” Politicians across the country and on both sides of the aisle denounced the “Unite the Right” rally, organized by a…
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet condemns Saturday’s March Against Sharia for ‘inspiring hate’

Jun 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Calling the protests “anti-Muslim,” U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on Saturday denounced the “March Against Sharia” events taking place in 28 cities across the country, including one scheduled for Saturday afternoon in Denver. “The marches in Denver and other cities across the country today further add to the fear that many have been feeling in recent…