AFSCME to McConnell: Stop Playing Politics with State Budgets

July 26, 2010

This week, the National Conference of State Legislators is holding a legislative summit in Louisville, KY, to discuss issues important to state legislatures in the midst of record budget shortfalls across the country.

Scheduled to address the conference today is none other than Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate and the chief architect of a strategy to block critically needed federal aid for states, putting the national economic recovery at risk by forcing layoffs of thousands of teachers, police officers and firefighters.

We couldn't resist the opportunity to hold McConnell accountable.

AFSCME is running a full-page ad in today's Louisville Courier-Journal highlighting editorials from around the country calling on Congress to approve badly-needed federal aid for cash-strapped states.

We're also projecting a giant video on buildings in downtown Louisville near the NCSL meeting to call out McConnell for his efforts to block the aid, force layoffs and stall the national economy for political gain. Politico's Mike Allen called it the "ad of the day" in today's Playbook, and CNN's Political Ticker notes the ad targets McConnell on his "home turf".

See the larger-than-life message to McConnell and the Republicans here: