--- title: Colorado GOP Chair Says He's Getting Death Threats description: Some voters are angry that the state's system gave all its delegates to Cruz canonical: https://time.com/4292375/colorado-gop-death-threats/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-13T16:35:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:42:32.176Z article:section: Politics og:title: Colorado GOP Chair Says He's Getting Death Threats Over Delegates og:description: Some voters are angry that the state's system gave all its delegates to Cruz og:url: https://time.com/4292375/colorado-gop-death-threats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt680eb59847c7a797/69888ef1bc6cfc7e403dc8fc/trump-supporters.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Albany Campaign Rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colorado GOP Chair Says He's Getting Death Threats Over Delegates twitter:description: Some voters are angry that the state's system gave all its delegates to Cruz twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt680eb59847c7a797/69888ef1bc6cfc7e403dc8fc/trump-supporters.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Colorado GOP Chair Says He's Getting Death Threats Over Delegates by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 13, 2016 4:35 PM UTC  Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, right, signs autographs after a campaign event in Albany, New York, U.S., on Monday, April 11, 2016\. Trump's new convention manager accused Ted Cruz's campaign of using "Gestapo tactics" after the Texas senator swept the party's convention-delegate selection process in Colorado. Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, right, signs autographs after a campaign event in Albany, New York, U.S., on Monday, April 11, 2016\. Trump's new convention manager accused Ted Cruz's campaign of using "Gestapo tactics" after the Texas senator swept the party's convention-delegate selection process in Colorado.John Taggart—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 13, 2016 4:35 PM UTC The chairman of the Colorado Republican Party has [reported](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/276134-colorado-gop-chairman-getting-death-threats) that he is receiving death threats over Ted Cruz sweeping the state’s delegates. In a Facebook post, Steve House called out the people sending death threats to himself and his family “over running a caucus instead of a primary because it is the law here and over the fact that one candidate had a better strategy and a much bigger team on the field,” The Hill reports. “Shame on the people who think somehow that it is right to threaten me and my family over not liking the outcome of an election.” Frontrunner Donald Trump has complained that the party is [rigging](http://time.com/4291929/donald-trump-establishment-delegates/?iid=sr-link1) the system against him, and many of his followers were outraged when a tweet from the Colorado Republican party’s Twitter account announced the news and included the hashtag “#NeverTrump.” House said that Tweet was not authorized and is investigating how it got sent. \[[The Hill](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/276134-colorado-gop-chairman-getting-death-threats)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4292375/colorado-gop-death-threats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4292375/colorado-gop-death-threats/"},"headline":"Colorado GOP Chair Says He's Getting Death Threats Over Delegates","datePublished":"2016-04-13T16:35:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:42:32.176Z","description":"Some voters are angry that the state's system gave all its delegates to Cruz","url":"https://time.com/4292375/colorado-gop-death-threats/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt680eb59847c7a797/69888ef1bc6cfc7e403dc8fc/trump-supporters.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt680eb59847c7a797/69888ef1bc6cfc7e403dc8fc/trump-supporters.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Albany Campaign Rally","caption":"Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Albany Campaign Rally","creditText":"John Taggart—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4292375/colorado-gop-death-threats/","name":"Colorado GOP Chair Says He's Getting Death Threats Over Delegates"}}]}] ```