Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis is running for the Democratic spot in New Mexico’s open 1st Congressional District. In a new advertising campaign that’s gotten him a touch of press, Davis goes directly at the National Rifle Association.
Fuck the NRA. Their pro-gun policies have resulted in dead children, dead mothers and dead fathers.
One hundred percent agree with this sentiment. The NRA responded the way you would imagine they would.
That’s a hashtag that would make their orange-headed fascist leader proud. As our own Elections guru David Nir reported earlier, Davis’s chances for the seat are long.
Of course, "fuck" is one of George Carlin's famous "seven dirty words" you supposedly can't say on television, but as KQRE, the channel on which Davis purchased airtime,pointed out, federal law prohibits it from editing or censoring a congressional candidate's ads in any way. The station did say it would warn viewers immediately prior to the ad that potentially offensive comment was about to air, and why it was required to air it.
It's not clear how much Davis, a former police officer, is spending to air the ad, but heonly had $61,000 in his campaign account at the end of March, far less than his three main rivals. And even Davis' own recent polling showed him in third place, behind both former state party chair Deb Haaland and former law school professor Antoinette Sedillo Lopez. He may earn some attention with this ad, but he'll need more than that to pull off an upset.
Enjoy.