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Chairman of Colorado redistricting commission ousted over social media posts
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Fellow commissioners said Danny Moore’s statements threaten to erode public confidence
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Danny Moore was removed Monday from his role as the chairman of Colorado’s newly formed Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission after scrutiny of social media posts where he touted unfounded claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election and referred to coronavirus as the “China virus.”
Fellow commissioners voted unanimously to remove Moore, a Republican appointed from the 6th Congressional District, after he refused to resign voluntarily. They cited concerns about his ability to lead the panel impartially and maintain public confidence in the commission.
Colorado’s inaugural Congressional Redistricting Commission chairman Danny Moore has been voted out of his leadership position, days after his inflammatory social media posts were reported by The Gazette and other media outlets.
Moore authored posts that questioned the 2020 election outcome and called it “The Democrat steal,” as well as posts defending using “The Chinese virus” to describe COVID-19 as not racist, posts accusing media of lying about the coronavirus pandemic and posts accusing a Denver TV station of staging a confrontation that led to a security contractor hired by the station shooting and killing a man at a protest in the summer of 2020.