Colorado Billboard Hits a Little Too Close to Home
So they took it down after protests from both Republicans and Democrats: A billboard in western Colorado that used caricatures to depict President Barack Obama as a terrorist, gangster, Mexican bandit and a gay man has been taken down. The sign along an Interstate 70 business loop in Grand Junction drew criticism from local Republicans and Democrats. Doris Downey, owner of J&S Fence Co., where the billboard was erected, said the sign’s presence was a major disruption to her business. “It was hard for my trucks to get out and hard for customers to come in,” Downey told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel hours after the sign was taken down Friday morning. “I defend the freedom of speech people have to put up the sign, but I have to say I’m thrilled it’s gone.” Truth hurts.
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Colorado Billboard Hits a Little Too Close to Home
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