The North Carolina ad, which features four congresswomen of color, was lambasted by activists as "dangerous" and "violent."
A North Carolina-based advertising company said it’s taking down a gun shop ad that disparagingly refers to four congresswomen of color as the “4 Horsemen” and “idiots.” Anti-gun violence and civil rights activists have lambasted the ad as “dangerous” and “violent.”
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence condemned the language in the ad as “disgusting anti-government violent rhetoric.” In an age of white nationalist attacks and rampant gun violence, *this is not a joke.*https://t.co/Y6EkktqZYFIn the face of the fierce backlash, Allison Outdoor Advertising, the advertising company behind the gun shop ad, said on Wednesday that it would be taking down the billboard.
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