As GOP senators' principles fly the coop, an Austin-based PAC brings their chickens home to roost

AUSTIN, TX, October 6 - Today, Supreme Billboards, a Super PAC founded in late September by Austin software engineer Jesse Kelly, 33, unveiled the first of 29 nationwide billboards that highlight the hypocrisy of GOP senators’ mad dash to confirm the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The billboard, located near the heart of Dallas, shows the title of a press release from John Cornyn (R-TX) from 2016: “Texans Agree, Give the People a Voice on Supreme Court Vacancy”.

“A few days after [Justice Ginsburg]’s death, I went through the usual song and dance of calling Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, leaving them messages, and writing them emails,” says Kelly. “I was frustrated by the hypocrisy of it all, given their positions on Merrick Garland, and I was frustrated by how easy it was for them to ignore me.”

That frustration drove Kelly to rally together neighbors and friends, register with the FEC as a Super PAC, and launch a nationwide advertising campaign to oppose the re-election of Republican senators who have flip-flopped on the question of SCOTUS appointments during an election year. Each of their billboards is targeted to a specific senator, and each uses a statement made by that senator in 2016 to highlight the hypocrisy of their current rush to confirm a Supreme Court Justice.

“We’re starting with John [Cornyn] because he’s the worst at returning my calls,” Kelly jokes.

Supreme Billboards is encouraging citizens to take action by visiting their website at www.supremebillboards.com, and by voting as early and as safely as possible in the general election.