Climate-denier politicians under attack by new ad campaign
Sen. Ron Johnson will be the target of a new ad from LCV.
Here comes more bad PR for climate change–denying politicians.
Barack Obama’s advocacy group, Organizing for Action, began trying to embarrass denier Republicans earlier this year. Now the League of Conservation Voters is piling on, spending nearly $2 million on TV advertisements aimed at four GOP flat earthers.
Ads unveiled Monday ridicule the voting records and anti-scientific statements of Reps. Dan Benishek (Mich.), Mike Coffman (Colo.), and Rodney Davis (Ill.), and a fourth ad will soon target Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.). From a League of Conservation Voters press release:
This ad campaign follows the release of bipartisan polling [PDF] by LCV showing that young voters across the country are particularly concerned about climate change and support federal action to address it. A solid majority in the poll said they are willing to hold accountable those who ignore the problem, going so far as to describe climate change deniers as “ignorant” and “out-of-touch.”
The Hill points out that LCV has run a similar campaign before:
Last election cycle, the group launched a $1.5 million effort to defeat what they called the “Flat Earth Five,” five lawmakers who were skeptical of climate change science. All but one were defeated.
The new ad targeting Davis quotes him saying “global warming stopped” 16 years ago:
In the Benishek ad, the rep is quoted describing climate change as “baloney”:
And the ad targeting Coffman likens him to an ostrich:
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