U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner will be greeted by three billboards attacking him on climate change, birth control and gay marriage when he heads to Grand Junction this week for the Club 20 debate. (Provided by NextGen.)
Once again, Grand Junction billboards are making political news and this time the target is Republican Congressman Cory Gardner.
NextGen Climate Colorado had launched two digital billboards containing three separate messages attacking Gardner in advance of this weekend’s Club 20 debate in Grand Junction. Gardner is trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall.
The digital billboards kick off NextGen Climate Colorado’s effort to “remind Western Slope voters of Congressman Gardner’s reckless views on women’s health, marriage equality and climate science denial,” according to a news release. They provide the , which features Gardner peeking through window blinds.
“From issues of climate science to women’s health, there’s no debate that Congressman Gardner is attempting to impose his extreme views on Colorado families,” said Abby Leeper, spokesperson for NextGen Climate Colorado.
Over the years, political ads on Grand Junction billboards have made the news.
In 2012, the right leaning Compass Colorado paid billboards in Grand Junction . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee followed with a billboard going after GOP Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez. “Protecting millionaires instead of Medicare,” it read.
Then there’s the billboard featuring .
A 2010 billboard depicted President Obama as a gay man, a Muslim, a gangster and Nazi, a communist and a Mexican bandit, among other caricatures. Both the Democratic and Republican Mesa County chairs condemned the billboard, which .
