- In 2024, Hurd’s wife, Barbora Hurd, who was featured in his first campaign ad of the cycle, was a co-host of a “Strong Women In Pueblo” fundraising event with Tom Ready, who has spread conspiracy theories about aspects of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
¶ Hurd’s Wife Barbora Co-Hosted A “Strong Women of Pueblo County” Event With Tom Ready, A Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist
HEADLINE: Sandy Hook Denier Tom Ready Headlines "Strong Women Of Pueblo" With Barbora Hurd. [Colorado Pols, 8/6/24]
August 2024: Barbora Hurd Was Listed As A Co-Host Of A Strong Women Of Pueblo County Event That Also Featured Thomas Ready. According to Colorado Pols, "An event coming up this Saturday evening in Pueblo hosted by an organization calling itself the Strong Women of Pueblo County caught our eye for a reason that might be as obvious to you as it was to us: As you can see, one of the hosts of Saturday’s Strong Women of Pueblo event is not like the others! Susan Carr, Cathleen Culhane Howland, Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, Barbora Hurd, the spouse of CO-03 GOP nominee Jeff ‘Bread Sandwich’ Hurd and admittedly maybe the one who should be running for Congress… And a dude named Tom Ready." [Colorado Pols, 8/6/24]
- Tom Ready Questioned If Sandy Hook “Really Happened” During A Debate For Pueblo County Commissioner In 2014 And When Asked About The Incident Again In 2020 Defended His Beliefs And Said He Thought The Massacre “Happened” But “Some Of The Players Involved I Think Were Phony.” According to Colorado Times Recorder, "Colorado Republican congressional candidate Lauren Boebert, already labeled a QAnon supporter by national press, is appearing at a private fundraiser this evening hosted by a GOP donor who gained national notoriety of his own in 2014 when he raised doubts about whether the Sandy Hook school massacre actually took place. At the time Dr. Tom Ready was running for Pueblo County Commissioner. During a debate his opponent asked him to defend a Facebook post he shared claiming the shooting was fake. Ready responded that there was ‘still question as to whether it really happened…Nothing wrong with an open discussion.’ […] UPDATE: Dr. Ready responded by phone following publication. […] Asked whether he had any concerns that his statements on Sandy Hook could create a problem for the campaign, he answered, ‘not at all,’ yet reaffirmed his belief that some aspect of the mass shooting was staged. ‘I think I’m turning out to be more correct than not, before we’re done here.’ Asked directly if that mean he still thought that maybe the massacre didn’t happen, Ready replied, ‘oh no it happened. I never doubted that. Some of the players involved I think were phony.’" [Colorado Times-Recorder 9/16/20]
- HEADLINE: "Boebert Primary Challenger Jeff Hurd’s 1st Ad Features Wife’s Journey ‘From Communism To Colorado’" [Colorado Politics, 10/16/23]