Local and national leaders of a right-wing movement that seeks to violently overturn the results of the 2020 election rallied outside the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday, rehashing an array of baseless conspiracy theories and telling a crowd of hundreds of supporters that they’re fighting a “spiritual battle” against evil.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a close ally of former President Donald Trump and one of the country’s most prominent election deniers, headlined Tuesday’s rally, which also featured speeches from four sitting Colorado lawmakers and Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, who was indicted by a grand jury last month for her alleged role in allowing election conspiracy theorists to access secure voting equipment.
“You guys here in Colorado, you’re in a battle — you’re like the tip of the spear (against) evil of epic proportions,” Lindell told the crowd in a rambling 45-minute speech on the steps of the Capitol.
“If we don’t get people like Tina Peters and other people that have courage, we could lose our country forever,” Lindell said. “The good news is, we’re not going to. God’s got a bigger plan than we had.”
Speaking to reporters prior to his speech, Lindell reportedly said he’d contributed “maybe $800,000 of my own money” to Peters’ legal defense fund, according to The Colorado Sun. That fund is the subject of an ethics complaint filed against Peters, on top of her other legal...
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