(Barton Glasser, Special to The Colorado Sun) Lauren Boebert, then a Republican Candidate for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, observes a prayer during a get-out-the-vote-rally at the Grand Junction Motor Speedway in Grand Junction in 2020. They overlooked her possible felony crimes, and even made her their nominee for Colorado secretary of state. Right-wing Republicans went on to support Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters as she was indicted for her role in compromising her own voting equipment. The 3rd Congressional District that includes Mesa County had elected pistol-packing political newcomer Lauren Boebert and cheered her mean-girl tweets and political stunts. Vocal groups of zealots had drowned out the voices of citizens who considered themselves civic-minded, rational moderates, Sarmo said. But going back to Tea Party fury more than a decade ago - fury kicked into overdrive by the extreme brashness of Donald Trump - noxious behavior had engulfed normal partisan differences. Its voting history colors it unabashedly scarlet. Mesa County had long been a bastion of conservative politics in Colorado. They saw the same extremism erupting locally in hateful letters to the editor, unruly crowds in public meetings, and flag-festooned pickup trucks gunning their engines around the streets of Mesa County. They were bemoaning the ugly partisanship and misinformation that had led to the attack. 6, 2021, storming of the nation’s capital. Tim Sarmo, former regional manager for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, was having a brew with a friend after the Jan. GRAND JUNCTION -The push for civility in a county marred by toxic disagreements began with a beer. Resisting the political extremist "bomb throwers" on the Western Slope Close
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