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Rep. Richard Holtorf apologized but didn t directly refer to his remarks. Author: Associated Press Updated: 4:47 PM MDT May 6, 2021 DENVER A Republican lawmaker in Colorado was reprimanded Thursday after calling a colleague “Buckwheat” during debate on legislation a racist term that provoked outcry from Democrats at a time when America is confronting its history of discrimination. It wasn t clear who state Rep. Richard Holtorf was directing the remarks to Wednesday during debate on a stimulus measure. Holtorf, who is white, quickly said he was using the word as a “term of endearment,” furthering angering Democrats, before he apologized. “I’m getting there. Don’t worry, Buckwheat. I’m getting there,” Holtorf told someone in the chamber. That’s an endearing term, by the way.” ....
Colorado GOP lawmaker who used racist term is reprimanded by James Anderson, The Associated Press Posted May 6, 2021 2:50 pm EDT Last Updated May 6, 2021 at 2:58 pm EDT FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo, Republican state Rep. Richard Holtorf talks with a fellow representative as they wait for delivery of the State of State speech in the State Capitol in Denver. Holtorf has been reprimanded after calling a colleague buckwheat during a floor debate, that provoked angry reactions from Democrats. It wasn t clear to whom Holtorf, directed the remarks to on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, during debate on a stimulus bill. But he quickly said he was using the word as a term of endearment, furthering angering Democrats, before apologizing. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski,File) ....
A lawmaker shouted at Holtorf, and his remarks provoked a temporary break in legislative business. Democratic Rep. Leslie Herod, who is Black, rushed to the podium to confront him. Video of the remarks spread widely on social media. Buckwheat was a Black child character in the “Our Gang” or “Little Rascals,” serials of the 1930s, and is widely considered a racial stereotype. Holtorf told The Colorado Sun that he wasn’t aware of the racial connotations of the term. Democratic House Speaker Alec Garnett told a silent chamber on Thursday that he’d had a long conversation with Holtorf and with lawmakers who were offended by the remarks. ....
There were 21 candidates on the November 3 rd Colorado ballot for President including a slot for any write-in candidate. The unofficial tally for Colorado is 1,631,018 for Biden and 1,220,661 for the incumbent, Donald Trump. Prowers County residents cast 1,438 ballots for Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket and 3,977 for Trump for the GOP. There was an 81% voter turnout for Prowers County with 5,545 ballots cast from 6,840 eligible voters. Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper received 1,565,775 statewide ballots against the incumbent Republican U.S. Senator, Cory Gardner’s 1,280,289. Prowers County residents cast 3,933 for Gardner for a second, four-year term and 1,417 for Hickenlooper. Ken Buck, the republican candidate for the state’s 4th Congressional District, defeated challenger and political newcomer, Ike McCorkle by a vote of 162,263 to 262,621. Buck also won the county with 3,976 versus the tally for McCorkle at 1,269. ....