Colo Democrat congressional candidate morbidly reenacts parents dying days in ad

Reenacting the death of one’s parents has to be the most cringe-worthy political ad in the history of Colorado politics.

Losing both elderly parents in a short period of time is traumatic, no doubt.

But to exploit such a tragedy like congressional candidate Trisha Calvarese does in this nearly three-minute social media ad is kind of deplorable.

“I’m running against Lauren Boebert for two reasons. One because before he died, my dad told me to step up. That meant a lot coming from a guy who voted Republican his entire life, and two because Lauren Boebert supports gutting Medicare and Social Security. She voted against lowering prescription drug costs, including the ones that extended my dad’s life. And I can’t let that stand.”

Trisha is taking on Greg Lopez in June’s special election, a guy with more run-ins with the law than wins in an election.

Chip in to @trisha4colorado’s special election campaign today, sign up to knock some doors, and let’s get this done ✅ https://t.co/AVodJswmoZ

— Shad Murib 🤠 (@ShadMurib) April 17, 2024

Just to clarify, Calvarese is not officially running against Lauren Boebert, as her ad falsely claims.

Calvarese is the Democrat nominee to take on Greg Lopez in the special election to fill the 4th District seat vacated by Ken Buck to be served through January.

Calvarese is also running in the June Democrat primary against Democrats to be their nominee for the next term that begins in January.

She is not taking on Boebert until, and unless Boebert wins the June primary.

Also running in that Republican primary against Boebert are Deborah Flora, former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, Floyd Trujillo, Chris Phelen, State Rep. Mike Lynch, State Rep. Richard Holtorf and Peter Yu.

The tired Democrat strategy aside of accusing (insert Republican name here) of cutting Medicare — a tactic the party has used since the year after Medicare was created — claiming a parent’s wish before they died was for her to step up politically and take out Boebert, while using pictures of their parent in a hospital bed, is beyond undignified.

It’s morbidly sociopathic.

Her campaign manager should be fired post haste.