Brita Horn’s Titanic LeadershipFull Speed Toward the Iceberg

Well, if you were lucky enough to attend the Colorado GOP State Central Committee (SCC) meeting a week ago, congratulations, you saw a masterclass in how to steer a political party straight into the side of an iceberg and sink it. The Colorado GOP’s ship didn’t just hit rough waters under Chairwoman Brita Horn’s “leadership” (mostly the lack thereof)… it began taking on water the moment she couldn’t clearly handle the all-gender bathroom debacle. Nothing says Unity like men and women using the same restroom at a Republican event. I had no idea this was Brita’s plan for unity… well done, Brita.

From the start, the meeting resembled a poor community theater performance. Brita couldn’t start the meeting smoothly, couldn’t control the room, and the struggling parliamentarian looked like a man who mistakenly bought a one-way ticket on the Titanic and found himself on a lower deck when the iceberg hit. What should have been a focused, decisive session quickly turned into lengthy monologues from Ross Andrews and Richard Holtorf, ending with Brita Horn’s signature: a long, wandering, grievance-filled speech that somehow managed to be both self-pitying and condescending.

Brita spent a good chunk of time lamenting how “hard” her job is because the entire GOP body is not supporting her. No, Brita, the problem isn’t a lack of support. The problem is that you don’t have the faintest clue how to lead, and it shows.

The Meeting That Proved the Chair Has No Grip

After the pity party came the real clown show. A simple, standard procedural motion to move old business in front of new business (that is, the usual way to do it) turned into a nearly hour-long spectacle. Why? Because Brita couldn’t command the room. She couldn’t lead. She turned what should’ve been a 60-second motion into a parliamentary hostage situation. If the agenda had been done properly before the meeting, this would not have happened; again, incompetence.

Then came the votes, or whatever grade-school version of “voting” her team came up with. There were no ballots. No proper credentials verification. Just awkward “head counts” that would embarrass a third-grade student council. People with proxies were pushed to the front, those without were told to step back. I have zero faith in that methodology, and it's not the counters' fault; it's the incompetent ringmaster who directed the show. No one knows whether the counts were correct, and honestly, no one trusts them.

And let's not forget the meeting's grand finale, or the lack of one. With 15 minutes remaining, we find out the room is only booked until 2 PM, a detail Brita "forgot" to share until the cops arrived to force us out. Business unfinished, no adjournment, no closing gavel. Is the meeting still ongoing? Who knows, maybe we're all technically in session right now, waiting for Brita to figure out how to end it. 

We Opted Out. Brita Horn Refuses to Lead.

Let’s get one thing straight. The Colorado GOP voted to opt out of the disastrous semi-open primary. Period.

In April 2024, over 2,000 delegates at the State Convention voted overwhelmingly, more than 90%, to direct the party to opt out. That’s not just a majority. That’s a tidal wave.

Brita, in her infinite wisdom (or is it infinite arrogance?), has decided to play pretend. She's refusing to carry out the will of the governing body, writing deceitful letters to the Secretary of State, falsely claiming the vote didn't count because it needed 75% or some other twisted interpretation. Newsflash, Brita: It was a certification of the assembly's directive, not a fresh opt-out; it required a simple majority, which we crushed. She's now fighting her own previous rulings, her own words on the record, like an evil magician trying to make the rabbit disappear after everyone's seen the trick. Stubbornly defiant? Check. Obnoxiously dismissive? Double check. And now, she's got her puppet strings tangled in lawsuits, with grassroots warriors like Cody LeBlanc stepping up to force her to do her "ministerial duty" through the courts.

Follow the Money - Follow the Motives.

Why is Brita Horn fighting so hard to keep the semi-open primary? Follow the money.

Big donors (think AFP, among others) love open primaries because they let them handpick their preferred milquetoast candidates while grassroots Republicans are sidelined. Since Democrats forced this system on us in 2016, the Colorado GOP hasn’t won a single statewide race. Not one. But Brita is too busy conferring with her handlers to fight the real enemy.

Bottom Line

My fellow conservatives, we did opt out. The vote passed under her watch, and now she's the one doing the Establishment’s dirty work by refusing to implement it. It's time to call this what it is: a betrayal. Brita isn't a chair; she's a puppet. And if she truly believed in unity, she'd do the right thing, step away, and let real leaders pull us together. Until then, I will fight her every step, because Colorado deserves better than this dumpster fire.