By Marianne Goodland | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS
The chairman of the Colorado Republican Party helped in ousting House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, who announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down from his leadership post in the wake of mounting pressure after a DUI arrest in 2022 became public.
Lynch did not disclose the arrest, which happened before he assumed the mantle of House Minority Leader, to his caucus, a sore point for his colleagues when the story broke last week.
How big of a role Dave Williams played in Lynch’s ouster is unclear. But the Republican Party official showed up at the state House on Tuesday and spoke with two members pushing for Lynch’s resignation from leadership.
Williams did not hide his animus toward Lynch in a text message on Wednesday to Colorado Politics.
“It’s unfortunate he would attack others for his criminality, and we certainly don’t apologize for calling on the disgraced Minority Leader, Mike Lynch, to resign for initiating a cover-up because he was arrested, and currently on probation, for endangering the lives of other motorists while driving drunk,” said Williams, who served three terms in the Colorado House before his election as party boss.