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Did a Douglas County official claim the Chinese Communist Party funded opposition to home rule?

Cassis Tingley, The Colorado Sun
yes

During a June 23 radio show appearance, Douglas County Commissioner George Teal claimed, without evidence, that the Chinese Communist Party bankrolled opposition to a 2025 home rule ballot question that later failed in Douglas County. 

While appearing as a guest on The Jeff and Bill Show on 710 KNUS, Teal alleged the CCP funded a “national conspiracy” to oppose conservative politics.  

Financial filings show the organization Teal said he was referencing, No Little Kings in Douglas County, is a state-registered issue committee founded by county resident and cancer doctor Eiko Browning. Dr. Browning, who is Japanese-American, contributed most of the committee’s roughly $14,000 budget from her own pocket. 

Teal’s claim led to criticism by local residents, politicians and media for stereotyping Browning based on her race.

The home rule measure failed with 71% of voters rejecting it. 

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