Man who called for death of gay governor is now headlining a Republican event

Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) spoke out against an event promoting his Republican opponent after it was announced that the headliner was a man who once called for his execution.

“I’m definitely not going to this event,” Polis wrote in response to a tweet from journalist Kyle Clark, who pointed out that the headliner for a Heidi Ganahl campaign event would be famed election denier Joe Oltmann.

On his podcast, Oltmann has been influential in pushing the far-right conspiracy theory that the presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. Referring to Polis, he also reportedly once declared, “Stretch that rope,” implying that Polis should be hanged. In fact, he…

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