The Leadership Conference Launches Mobile Billboards to Oppose Barrett

Ads will run in Phoenix, Ariz.; Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, and Asheville, N.C.; and Spartanburg, S.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rafael Medina, [email protected], 202.869.0390

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights today launched mobile truck billboard ads to oppose the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate should focus on passing legislation to get the pandemic under control, not recklessly press forward with a hearing for a nominee who jeopardizes health care access for millions of people.

The ads will be displayed on trucks that will stop at various locations with high foot and car traffic in the following cities: Phoenix, Ariz.; Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, and Raleigh, N.C.; and Spartanburg, S.C.

The ads will read as follows:

Arizona

Arizonans know what’s at stake:
Our health care. Our rights. Our future. Our Supreme Court.
Senator McSally must oppose Barrett.

Taking away my health care during a pandemic?
Senator McSally, you’ve got to be kidding me.
Fight for Arizonans. Oppose Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Health care access – and a U.S. Supreme Court that won’t take it away.
That’s OUR priority, Senator McSally. What’s yours?
Senator McSally must oppose Barrett.

North Carolina

North Carolinians know what’s at stake:
Our health care. Our rights. Our future. Our Supreme Court.
Senators Tillis & Burr must oppose Barrett.

Taking away my health care during a pandemic?
Senators Tillis & Burr, you’ve got to be kidding me.
Fight for North Carolinians. Oppose Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Health care access – and a U.S. Supreme Court that won’t take it away.
That’s OUR priority, Senators Tillis & Burr. What’s yours?
Senators Tillis & Burr must oppose Barrett.

South Carolina

South Carolinians know what’s at stake:
Our health care. Our rights. Our future. Our Supreme Court.
Senators Graham & Scott must oppose Barrett.

Taking away my health care during a pandemic?
Senators Graham & Scott, you’ve got to be kidding me.
Fight for South Carolinians. Oppose Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Health care access – and a U.S. Supreme Court that won’t take it away.
That’s OUR priority, Senators Graham & Scott. What’s yours?
Senators Graham & Scott must oppose Barrett.

Statement from Lena Zwarensteyn, Fair Courts campaign director, The Leadership Conference:

“There is real urgency to getting the pandemic under control. With people still out of work, getting sick, and struggling to make ends meet, it is shameful that the Senate, despite the recent outbreak of COVID-19 on Capitol Hill, is still rushing forward with a hearing instead of providing needed relief for our communities. The Senate majority’s priorities are wrong, and Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans can no longer pretend that a rushed process to put their nominee on the Court is its most important business. The Senate should instead pass legislation to address the devasting effects of this pandemic and not rush through a nominee who would take away our health care access.”

The ads can be found here:

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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.