Today, Hickenlooper for Colorado released a new TV ad, “Lightning,” in which John Hickenlooper contrasts the many critical issues the Senate has failed to act on with the urgency with which they are pushing through a Trump-picked Supreme Court nominee.
Senator Cory Gardner has failed to deliver on health care costs, rebuilding infrastructure, climate change, or another round of comprehensive COVID relief for struggling families. Yet he and Mitch McConnell are bumping Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to the front of the line and moving at lightning speed to ram the judge through the Senate just weeks before the election.
Transcript:
HICKENLOOPER: Cory Gardner has taken no action to lower health care costs, lower prescription drug prices, rebuild our infrastructure, fight climate change, or provide economic relief in this pandemic for five months.
But boy oh boy, Cory’s ready to rush through a Supreme Court Justice in lightning speed.
The next Court will decide whether to rip up protections for people with pre-existing conditions, whether women still have a right to choose, and really what justice means in this country.
I’m John Hickenlooper. I approve this message. Let’s get this right.
