A Colorado House Democrat yesterday called for the state legislature to consider stripping House District 60 Republican Representative Ron Hanks of his committees or even expelling him for attending the January 6th Trump rally in Washington, D.C.
The move by La Jara Rep. Donald Valdez on the opening day of the legislature came as a surprise to fellow Democrats as well as the House Speaker, who admonished Valdez for using his moment of personal privilege to condemn anyone’s motives outside the Colorado Capitol.
Although Hanks, a newly elected representative from Fremont County, was at President Trump’s rally, and told Heart of the Rockies Radio that he marched with supporters, nothing has placed him inside the Capitol during the insurrection.
