A spokesman for the Colorado Democratic Party apologized Friday for launching a misleading attack against Sen. Don Coram (R-Montrose.)
State party spokesman Eric Walker attacked Coram for a remark he made earlier in the week during a debate about a bill aimed at preventing youth suicide.
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Dems apologize for taking suicide remark out of context
Coram’s comment during a hearing Tuesday sounds abominable in the absence of, you know, context.
“I was just going to say I guess the positive side is, is uh, if we have enough suicides we can save cost of education,” Coram said.
The context that’s missing is: Coram was the sponsor of the suicide prevention bill in question – and he made this quip as an insult to his colleagues who were about to vote to kill that bill.
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