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GOP Condemns Klingenschmitt

colorado springs state representative?? ?? is under fire again. this time over comments about the boy scou?? the boy scouts. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller has the political and personal reactions to this latest controversy. welcome back and thanks for watching. representative gordon klingenschmitt causing controversy agai this time, talking about gay boy scout troop leaders. 14:21 they’re going to promote homosexual men, to camping with your boys in the woods …and it will lead to child abuse. quoting scripture, he compares homosexuals to predators – who should be drowned. 0:51 he should be ashamed, asking the boy scouts of america to drown their gay leaders in the organization it’s going over the top to me. bill mead is gay and a former scout… he’s part of “one colorado” a group calling on klingenschmitt to resign. 1:47: targeting violence at any individual, is not reasonable just because of who they are or who they love. it’s not the first time klingenschmitt has drawn fire from constituents and fellow politicians. in march, he called the attack on longmont woman michelle wilkins, a curse from god for america’s abortion laws. wilkins baby was killed in that attack he mentioned. he drew condemnation from house republicans then, and he has again this week. and representative daneya esgar of pueblo is on an lgbt caucus asking house leadership to denounce klingenschmitt. sot:i know the words he uses are violent, vindictave. whatever he does in his offtime, he’s still an elected ?? ? re? ? representative and he needs to rember that when he spews his hate. the colorado republican party issued a statement saying in part… as we’ve said in the past, gordon does not speak on behalf of the party, nor do his words reflect our party’s values,” greg miller, krdo newschannel 13. we called representative klingenschmitt several times to klingenschmitt has drawn fire from constituents and fellow politicians. in march, he called the attack on longmont woman michelle wilkins, a curse from god for america’s abortion laws. wilkins baby was killed in that attack he mentioned. he drew condemnation from house republicans then, and he has again this week. and representative daneya esgar of pueblo is on an lgbt caucus asking house leadership to denounce klingenschmitt. sot:i know the words he uses are violent, vindictave. whatever he does in his offtime, he’s still an elected representative and he needs to rember that when he spews his hate. the colorado republican party issued a statement saying in part… as we’ve said in the past, gordon does not speak on behalf of the party, nor do his words reflect our party’s values,” greg miller, krdo newschannel 13. we called representative klingenschmitt

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