The Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Covington, Kentucky, to Cincinnati, Ohio, is badly in need of repairs. Many Kentuckians who work in Cincinnati depend on the bridge for their daily commute. However, the Cincinnati Enquirer recently called the bridge "one of the most hazardous bridges in the nation."
In true Mitch McConnell fashion, the senator opposes allotting new funds to repair the bridge unless a law protecting a prevailing wage for federal contractors is repealed. In other words, Mitch McConnell won't do anything to help workers in Kentucky unless it comes at the expense of screwing workers in Kentucky.
If that weren't bad enough, McConnell's campaign even mistakenly included footage of the Duke University men's basketball team celebrating its 2010 title win in a campaign ad. His campaign team tried to fix the mistake by splicing in an image of 2013 Kentucky star player Julius Randle where the Duke celebration was. But using a current player's likeness in a political ad is forbidden by the NCAA, so the ad had to be pulled altogether. As a native Kentuckian and UK fan, I know full well that rooting for Duke anywhere in the commonwealth is a criminal offense. I also know that using the image of a Kentucky Wildcats basketball player for political purposes without his knowledge is sacrilege for Big Blue fans, which is pretty much the entire state outside of Louisville. The icing on the cake? Mitch McConnell doesn't even know the words to "My Old Kentucky Home," our state anthem.
Kentucky voters, I'm talking to you. It's on you to forcibly remove this disgustingly corrupt, parasitic, cancerous tumor from the Senate this November. He's done literally nothing for anyone who hasn't directly put money in his pocket. And he'll continue to screw you in favor of his corporate sponsors the longer you allow him to collect a paycheck. He's already down in the latest polls. Finish the job, ditch Mitch, and make your nation proud of you.
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*Carl Gibson, 26, is co-founder of US Uncut, a nationwide creative direct-action movement that mobilized tens of thousands of activists against corporate tax avoidance and budget cuts in the months leading up to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Carl and other US Uncut activists are featured in the documentary "We're Not Broke," which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. He currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. You can contact him at carl@rsnorg.org, and follow him on twitter at @uncutCG.
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