Colorado GOP Chair Plans To Bring Sheriff To Convention After Threats

A supporter shows a Donald Trump "Make America Great Again," flag before a campaign rally, Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House plans to take extra precautions when he attends the Republican National Convention in July, including bringing a sheriff along with him, according to a Wednesday report from Politico.

As Talking Points Memo previously reported, House received death threats following the state party’s convention last weekend. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was able to sweep the state’s delegates through Colorado’s unusual allocation process, upsetting many Trump supporters.

House told Politico in an interview that he no longer plans to bring his wife to the convention.

“I am certainly at the very least going to use my personal guest pass to bring along a Republican sheriff,” he said. “People might think that’s crazy, but not after what we’re growing through right now.”

Politico also noted that House hasn’t caught a break since Sunday, when he first began getting “50 to 60 calls an hour, emails, text messages and online death threats.”

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  1. In twenty years (if the GOP still survives) each delegate will have a bodyguard drone, hovering overhead. Oh, what a bloodbath the 2036 convention will be as Ivanka Trump screams that the nomination is being stolen from her, just like her father.

  2. ISIS: I think we don’t need to worry about USA. Its on the path we want it to be.

  3. Avatar for meri meri says:

    Pussy. A real man would just bring his gun.

  4. Reince Priebus: We want every person attending any GOP event to bring AK-47s. 2nd amendment guarantees you to have it. Don’t be afraid to use it to protect yourself, you are selecting leader of free world.

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