In the final hours of a special session on Tuesday, Colorado lawmakers voted to denounce former Rep. Ryan Armagost for his role in a harassment incident involving Rep. Yara Zokaie, sparking a heated exchange between party leaders.

An incident on April 11, in which Armagost, the third-ranking member of the House Republican caucus, took a photo of Democrat Zokaie and turned it into a mockery of her appearance, earned him a resolution from House Democrats condemning his behavior.

The resolution was offered rather than a censure resolution that had been planned for last week. But the resolution's reading turned into a battle between the majority and minority leaders of the House.

Armagost immediately resigned when news broke about the censure resolution last Thursday, and it did not move fo

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