Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears on a video monitor during the Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland.
Colorado initially cast 31 of its 37 delegates for Ted Cruz, only to correct total and add one more because of a mistake.
More than the distant seats at the convention, a far-away hotel and only one prominent guest speaker seen as snubs.
Brita Horn, a Colorado delegate, explains her switch to Trump.
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CLEVELAND — Colorado is at the Republican National Convention. And Donald Trump — many delegates believe — put them in the corner as a punishment.
The rebuke is obvious when you look at the red-carpeted convention floor. The seats for the state’s 37-member delegation are as far as possible from the stage in a not-so-subtle signal that it remains a “Never Trump” stronghold.
“We are behind all the territories. I don’t know know all the languages ahead of me,” exclaimed Brita Horn, a Colorado delegate and the Routt County treasurer.
From its back-corner position Tuesday, Colorado 31 of its 37 votes for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, drawing boos from the crowd inside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Only four delegates declared support for Trump.
To make matters worse, the state later requested a correction to its tally to add two more delegates for Cruz after the first tally was announced with an error.
The move came a day after much of the delegation to protest the convention rules that ensured Trump’s nomination and shut down the “Free the Delegates” effort launched in Colorado.
“There are consequences for your behavior,” said Ryan Call, a former state GOP chairman and a current alternate delegate. “And like it or not, if there is a concern that the actions of your state’s delegation are oriented toward embarrassing the presumptive nominee or being disruptive to the process, they are going to try to mitigate that.”
In 2012, Call asked Republican convention organizers to put Colorado in the back after Ron Paul supporters at the Tampa, Fla., event. “Itap appropriate,” he said. “This is a process by which our party tries our very best to send off our nominee in as enthusiastic and united a send-off as we can.”
Other not-so-subtle signs that Colorado isn’t the favored child: The delegation hotel, a Courtyard Marriott, is in Middleburg Heights, a suburb 15 miles from downtown, and its breakfast meetings will draw only one big-name Republican surrogate this week. The one bright spot: The convention featured five speakers from Colorado on its opening day, , thanks in part to a native son helping organize the party confab. Republican strategist Dustin Olson, whose wife is an alternate Colorado delegate, is working for the convention as one of the production managers.
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump introduces his wife Melania on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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Delegates pose for an official convention photograph on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18.
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Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Darryl Glenn delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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Florida delegate Dana Dougherty holds a Donald Trump doll on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The Republican Party opened its national convention Monday, kicking off a four-day political jamboree that will anoint billionaire Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee.
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Former Texas Governor Rick Perry delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18.
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Andrew Christie, right, takes a photo of a delegate and his father, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie while attending the first day of the Republican National Convention along with his son Andrew Christie, right, on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18.
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Donald Trump supporters attend a rally in downtown Cleveland in the first day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in downtown Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The convention runs through July 21.
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin along with members of the activist group Code Pink demonstrate near the site of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 in Cleveland. Protestors are staging demonstrations outside of the Republican National Convention which starts on Monday, July 18 and runs through July 21.
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A delegate becomes emotional while listening to the speech of Pat Smith, mother of Sean Smith, one of the four Americans killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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Protesters march during a "Dump Trump" demonstration near the site of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland. Protestors are staging demonstrations outside of the Republican National Convention which starts on Monday July 18 and runs through July 21.
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Actor Scott Baio gives two thumbs up after addressing the delegates during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Anti-Donald Trump protesters climb over a barricade as they march through closed streets in Cleveland, near the Quicken Loans Arena site of the Republican National Convention July 18, 2016.
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Police stand around a group of conservative protesters on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in downtown Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The convention runs through July 21.
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A Code Pink protester is surrounded by media, security and a Bikers for Trump member trying to block her view during the evening session of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland on July 18, 2016.
The Republican Party opened its national convention Monday, kicking off a four-day political jamboree that will anoint billionaire Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee.
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Vice presidential running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence claps while listening to a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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Members of the group Bikers for Trump watch during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Settlers Landing Park on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland. The Republican National Convention that starts on Monday.
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People cheer as delegates gather on the floor during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Reince Priebus, Chair of the Republican National Committee, speaks at the podium on opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Workers prepare the stage before the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Sharon Day, co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, speaks during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Tom Pauken, Republican Delegate of Texas, takes off his hat before the start of the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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A woman gives a high-five to a police officer outside the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 in Cleveland.
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West Virginia State Trooper Sgt. Dave Williams guards outside Quicken Loans Arena during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Karen Vaughn, whose son Aaron Vaughn, a Navy SEAL, was killed in a Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan, delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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Marlana VanHoose performs the Star-Spangled Banner before the eveneing session of the opening day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016.
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Television personality and CEO of Duck Commander, Willie Robertson speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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Protesters gather during demonstration near the site of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 in Cleveland.
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump introduces his wife Melania on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
, a leader in the quashed effort to upset Trump, is attending her eighth convention and expected to receive plenty of invitations to parties hosted to fete the Republican ticket. Not this year. “I asked my kids who’s taking the mail?” she said.
Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House disputed the notion that the state’s delegation is getting the cold shoulder, echoing a similar argument made by the Trump campaign. But then again, he didn’t have high expectations. “I don’t expect us to have any special treatment because the states that have large Trump delegate populations are clearly going to get the best treatment because itap his convention.”
The Republican National Committee organizes the convention with strong input from the Trump campaign. Trump’s attitude toward Colorado is clear.
The New York billionaire’s apparent began at the state GOP convention, where Cruz swept the delegates at stake. Trump “a crooked deal” — a in his first trip to the state this month, even as Republicans hoped to move forward in the name of party unity.
To add to the dissonance, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner left the convention after only a day, returning to Colorado , hours before other senators stood on the stage. Gardner has called Trump a “buffoon” and supported Marco Rubio in the primary.
“I look forward to continuing to hear what Donald Trump has to say about his vision for this country,” Gardner said Tuesday.
At the convention, Colorado delegates are infamous, drawing scorn from Trump die-hards and applause from his critics.
“Go, Colorado,” someone shouted at Tony Sanchez, a delegate from Littleton, at a restaurant near the convention hall.
In the roll call of the states Tuesday, Trump did manage to convert one of the state’s delegates who initially pledged to support Cruz as he clinched the nomination.
“The battle is over,” Horn told The Denver Post on the convention floor. “My general has left the field. I’m on to the next battle, Trump vs. Clinton.”
