Routt County rancher and county commissioner Doug Monger likes to keep a low profile when he’s not making decisions at the historic county courthouse.
But the Democrat said Tuesday he felt too strongly about the future of healthcare to pass up chance to step in front of a camera and speak out about the issue.
“I’ll be the first to tell you Obamacare’s not perfect,” Monger says in the intro to the advertisement from Healthier Colorado, which is aimed at Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. “But Donald Trump’s healthcare plan will make things even worse.”
The ad, which is airing statewide, was filmed during a May 18 snowstorm on a ranch in Parker. It also aired Sunday during “Meet the Press.”
In the ad, Monger is filmed completing various ranching tasks and warns that Trump’s healthcare proposal would ding seniors and decrease access to care in rural areas.
“The senate can make this right,” Monger says, before urging Coloradans to send messages to Gardner.
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