'Pro-Life' Candidate Flails When Asked About Assaulting Pregnant Wife

The modern Republican Party is about Greg Lopez.

The Colorado gubernatorial candidate has voted by mail in every election since Colorado began mail-in voting. He uses anti-LGBTQ dog whistles to score political points, but denies he is gay.

He calls himself pro-life without exceptions, but fails to understand how he was arrested in 1993 for abusing his pregnant wife.

He sat for an interview with 9 News Denver's Kyle Clark that aired Tuesday night.

You are going to want to watch that last one.

The transcript is here.

Clark: “You are pro-life, without exceptions for rape and incest and life or health of the mother. Additionally, in 1993, you were arrested for violently assaulting your then-pregnant wife. Some people might see those two things at odds, but they both involve you exerting control over a woman’s body. Is that what Coloradans want from their governor?”
Lopez: “Well, first of all, it wasn’t a violent situation. If you go back and look ―”
Clark: “You were arrested for assault.”
Lopez: “We were both arrested for assault. Both of us, OK?”
Clark: “... and one of you was pregnant. So, again, the question is: Do Coloradans want somebody who has a history both in word and action of controlling the bodies of women?”

Lopez said he is not Jesus, the one perfect man that has ever walked this Earth.

Lopez, who secured top-line billing on the party's ballot at the Republican state assembly last month, will face off against Republican rival Heidi Ganahl for the party's nomination in the June 28 primary.

The article was originally on HuffPost.