Democrats Purchased A Billboard In This Republican Texas County. Then One thing Humorous Occurred.

For the previous three election cycles, Democrats in Kendall County, Texas, have put up billboards encouraging folks to vote Democratic.

The billboard is a sign that whereas the county could also be overwhelmingly Republican, it’s not totally Republican.

“Kendall County is a heavily red county, and we like to put up billboards because it just basically lets everybody know that, yes, there are Democrats here,” Laura Bray, chair of the Kendall County Democratic Get together, stated in an interview.

Kendall County will certainly go for Trump subsequent month, however the space has been trending bluer, ever so barely. Trump gained 75% of the Kendall County vote in 2020, down from his 77% share in 2016 and Mitt Romney’s 81% in 2012.

One thing completely different occurred after the Democrats put up their commercial on Interstate 10 in September. Inside a couple of weeks, an area enterprise put up a billboard simply beneath that stated “JUST KIDDING.”

It turned out the Democrats had rented their advert house proper above a gun store. Clint Voigt, proprietor of CGC Cerakote, an organization that focuses on making use of ceramic coatings to firearms, considers Democrats’ gun management agenda a risk to his enterprise. As quickly because the Democrats’ signal went up, he requested the native gun-owning neighborhood for assist arising with a response. A video exhibiting the before-and-after went viral on social media.

“We’ve had a lot of people that have been very supportive and donated, and it actually didn’t end up costing us any money,” Voigt stated.

Bray thought the second signal was “pretty clever” and made a psychological word to order each the highest and backside billboard areas within the subsequent election cycle. She and her fellow Democrats puzzled if they need to reply. Finally, they determined to take down their signal — and change it with a brand new one.

Bray known as the brand new signal, with its picture of Donald Trump supporters rioting on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a victory. “We don’t get many victories here as Democrats, and just seeing that and the fact that Republicans are having to pay attention to us and having to spend money here, we’ve done our job,” she stated.

Voigt stated he thinks his “JUST KIDDING” signal nonetheless works. He stated the picture of the Capitol riot is tough for drivers to see and doesn’t spoil his signal’s message.

“You can’t see it from the highway, and it looks like a big Trump rally. So it looks like my sign is still fitting,” Voigt stated.

Kendall County will certainly go for Trump subsequent month, however the space has been trending bluer, ever so barely. Trump gained 75% of the Kendall County vote in 2020, down from his 77% share in 2016 and Mitt Romney’s 81% in 2012.