The Colorado House voted Tuesday to condemn the conduct of a now-former legislator who surreptitiously photographed a Democratic colleague and shared it in a private Republican group chat, where more lawmakers ridiculed her clothing.

“A number of you made comments about my appearance in that chat,” Rep. Yara Zokaie, a Fort Collins Democrat, told her Republican colleagues from the House floor before the resolution was passed. “You called me a stripper and a prostitute. Some of you sat silently by. You are complicit, too.”

The lopsided vote served as a public reprimand of Ryan Armagost, a Berthoud Republican who resigned from the legislature last week after Democratic leadership announced plans to pursue his censure.

In April, Armagost photographed Zokaie, who was wearing a dress an

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