Top Colorado Republican leader reports death threats

Hope Scheppelman, who was elected vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party in August 2023, has received death threats and other forms of harassment by phone starting in late July, Scheppelman reported to the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office.

The harassing calls began July 22 and continued periodically until at least until Aug. 10, according to what Scheppelman told a sheriff’s deputy on Aug. 12. The deputy documented information from Scheppelman in an incident report obtained by Newsline.