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4/14/2014

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Conservative Group Slammed for Ad Using Obama, Udall Image After Meeting Aurora Shooting Victims


BY MARK MURRAYA helpful reminder for all political TV ad-makers: Don't use an image of tragedies when making an unrelated point.

Democrats have seized on a TV ad that the Koch Brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity is airing in Colorado hitting Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) on the health-care law.

But here's the problem: The ad contains an image of Obama and Udall standing together when the president visited the state after the Aurora, CO theater shooting in 2012.

Here is the statement from Udall campaign manager Adam Dunstone, which calls on Republican opponent Cory Gardner to denounce the ad:

"All Coloradans, regardless of political party, agree that using the Aurora tragedy in political attacks is callous, insensitive and wrong. Congressman Cory Gardner should do the right thing by demanding his friends and allies stop using the Aurora tragedy for political gain.
"As someone who attended an Aurora memorial alongside Sen. Udall, Gardner surely has the decency to publicly condemn the Koch brothers for this cynical ad."

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also sent out a statement from some of the families of the shooting victims who are demanding the ad be pulled from the air.

"The use of an image taken from the president's visit to Colorado to meet with us after our children were killed in the Aurora Theater shooting is an utter disgrace. And to insinuate the somber expressions were for anything other than their compassionate response to our heartbreak is beyond unconscionable," the statement reads, which is signed by the parents of four victims.

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Aurora theater victims decry use of image in AFP ad against Mark Udall The Denver Post - ‎1 hour ago‎ This screenshot from a commercial that ran in Colorado by Americans For Prosperity shows Senator Mark Udall with President Barack Obama with the words "MARK UDALL VOTED FOR OBAMACARE." The image used in the commercial is from Sunday July ... AFP will remove photo from Aurora theater shooting used in anti-Udall ad after ... kdvr.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ The image used in the AFP ad (left) and the original from an Aurora hospital (right). DENVER — A television ad from the group Americans for Prosperity attacking Sen. Mark Udall is being criticized for its use of a photo from the Aurora theater shooting. The ad ... See all 25 articles »

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