This Colorado Senate Joint Resolution was introduced on January 23rd, 2015 by Senator Larry Crowder (R, District 35). If one checks Azeri reports (such as the one posted at azeriamericannews.com on January 20th, 2015) one finds the exact opposite, in fact: “Colorado State Senate voices strong support for Azerbaijan, embarrassing Armenian lobby’s fiasco”. The local Armenian community, including those who fled Azerbaijan during the anti-Armenian pogroms in the early 1990’s, worked heartily to block the document’s passage. Why should the Aloha state of all places care about Azerbaijan, a country exactly 8,042 miles away, and barely known in Hawaii? As It turns out both legislators who presented these resolutions, Rida Cabanilla and Mark Takai, had previously traveled to Azerbaijan on all-cost paid trips.

Source: Huffington Post March 11, 2017 19:52 UTC