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Colorado Republican House Minority Leader Mike Lynch has been in hot water since the Denver Post uncovered his arrest for drunk driving at 90 mph on I-25. The Post first reported on the September 2022 arrest last week and since then Lynch has survived a razor-thin 9-9 no-confidence vote in his leadership among state house Republicans.
Lynch, who is currently on probation, said, “I have fully accepted, and I own the mistake I made in 2022, that’s what leaders do,” in a statement after surviving the no-confidence vote.
However, as the scandal has played out in the state, Lynch has gone on the offense blaming everything from the media “hit job” to crime in Denver for his troubles.
“The media were upset they didn’t know about it a year and a half ago, so they took it to me,” Lynch, who is now running for Congress, told local radio’s Dan Caplis Show on Monday.
When asked why he was armed while driving drunk, Caplis cited the fact that the state house is in Denver and as a result, he needed to protect himself.