Rep. Douglas Bruce is still Enemy No. 1 at the Capitol.
Bruce, a Colorado Springs Republican censured last month for kicking a news photographer, angered his colleagues Wednesday by not voting to co-sponsor a resolution honoring military men and women.
He was the only one who didn’t add his name to the resolution after more than an hour of praise and recognition of Army, Navy and Marine men and women in uniform filling the House chamber.
“I’m so angry I don’t know what to do,” said Rep. David Balmer, a Centennial Republican who also is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. “For him to dishonor our women and men in uniform, it’s just a disgrace.”
Rep. Rob Witwer, R-Genesee, shook his head and said, “Unbelievable.”
Bruce, who has refused to talk to The Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News since the kicking incident, has a long-standing policy of voting against resolutions, which he considers trivial.
Seven Republican lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Mike May of Parker, bashed Bruce in a scathing letter to the editor of The Denver Post and other papers.
“His actions are simply indefensible,” it says.
“Clearly, a person who cannot show gratitude, honor and respect to our soldiers is a person without shame.”
