DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Republican party infighting continued throughout Labor Day weekend with a contingent of the party’s central committee meeting Saturday in Castle Rock and voting to retain Dave Williams as chairman.

The meeting comes exactly a week after another group of Colorado Republicans gathered in Brighton to vote Williams out of his position — 77 party members gathered for the meeting, alongside 104 proxies. Party members moved to oust Williams after he sent an email from the state party stating that “God hates flags,” and then posting to X that Americans should “Burn all the #pride flags this June.”

Both sides appear to be boycotting the other’s meetings, and Williams touted in a Colorado GOP email that 191.5 votes were cast for his retention as chairperson, while 10 members of the Colorado Republican State Central Committee voted against Williams (some committee members cast fractional votes, per the party rules).

According to Williams, 204 members gathered on Saturday and approved bylaw amendments to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. The group, which met for nearly five hours, also upheld and amended a statement from the State Central Committee “reaffirming that the meetings organized and held by Todd Watkins et al are invalid along with any actions taken as a result of his improper meeting efforts.”

Watkins is the El Paso County Republican Party vice chair and has been a key player against Williams, as has Nancy Pallozzi, the chair of the Jefferson County GOP. One of the votes held Saturday affirmed a ruling by the Colorado GOP Executive Committee stating that Watkins and the meetings he held are “invalid and have no effect.”

The fight has also moved into the courts: Both sides have filed legal documents, each purporting to be on behalf of the Colorado GOP, in different jurisdictions during the past week.

Parliamentary opinion: Meetings were improperly called

Williams also provided a parliamentary opinion from Aug. 11, that he commissioned, by Al Gage regarding the ongoing meetings called by Watkins and the votes therein. The opinion states that while the initial meeting, held on July 6, was proper; however, the following meeting on Aug. 24 was improper because a preceding meeting called for July 27 was not held due to court action.

Gage concluded that the only legitimate meetings of the Colorado Republican Central Committee were on July 19 and Aug. 31, and the meetings on July 27 and Aug. 24 were “illegitimate and any action taken there was or will be null and void b because they do not constitute properly called meetings of the CRC.”

“The majority has spoken, and your true State Party Leadership team will jealously defend these results against a vocal minority in and out of court,” Williams wrote in an email declaring his position as the Republican Chairman.

“With that all said, now is the time to move forward together, as one State Party, to elect President Donald J. Trump and all of our down ballot nominees,” Williams encouraged party members. “We can no longer afford to be distracted by those impersonating State Party Officials (or those who enable them). We invite all Party members in joining us as we focus on the most important election we have ever experienced.”

Williams also released a GOP party email on Aug. 28, calling party members to the Saturday meeting, declaring the Republicans who had met and voted he be removed as chairman a “minority” and said the group “have never shared your values.”

“They are supported by previous discredited and corrupt leadership teams and a cabal of consultants that bilk candidates of resources,” Williams claimed. “The self-anointed emperor of this grade school charade, Eli Bremer – who once declared, ‘the Trump Era is now officially over’ – is now masquerading as if he were a properly elected party official.”

“These identity thieves and their gullible band would continue to allow non-Republicans to vote in our primaries,” Williams wrote. “Those non-Republican voters would continue to vote for the softest candidates in our primaries – ensuring if a Democrat doesn’t win, the weakest Republican will be steamrolled by the Democrat machine.”

Williams also told followers they will “see plenty of fraud in the November elections,” and called the rival faction “Republicans in name only.”