Colorado Democrats are dumping money and phony mailers into the critical 3rd District Congressional Race to prop up the Libertarian candidate and steal votes from Republican candidate Jeff Hurd.
It’s the same dirty trick Dems used in the primary to try and defeat Hurd then by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of GOP candidate Ron Hanks, who lost with only 25% of the vote.
One new mailer falsely claims that Hurd is weak on the border and other issues near and dear to Republican hearts.
And yet, Republicans would be horrified to read the Libertarian platform on immigration, which supports open borders except for criminals.
The Sun News reports the Libertarian Candidate has thanked the Democrats publicly for supporting his campaign with at least one of the mailers.
The Frisch campaign, which donated $115,000 to the party this month, denied any involvement in the mailer.
Other mailers are also circulating making false claims against Hurd, which the Sun reports do not contain the legal disclaimer as to who paid for the advertisements — a violation of federal campaign law.
The 3rd District seat that covers the Western Slope and to the south including Pueblo is a historically conservative district.
The Democrats’ dirty tricks are a likely indicator that their candidate, who has dumped more than $16 million into this race compared to Hurd’s $2 million raised, is circling the drain towards defeat.