After the midterm bombings, what now for Republicans in Colorado? | app

DENVER — Thirty-six hours after Republicans suffered historic election losses in Colorado, and as elected officials rallied, state Rep. Richard Holtorf of Akron defined the party’s position in heroic terms .

“I think of the Spartans and Leonidas, as the Persian army descends to take over and destroy Greece and Sparta,” Holtorf said, referring to the legend of a group of Spartans vastly outnumbered – and doomed. – who fought to hold off their opponents. .

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