Brady PAC, the political action committee associated with Brady, the nation’s largest gun-violence prevention organization, this week threw its support behind Diane Mitsch Bush, the Democratic nominee for the open 3rd Congressional District seat.
Brian Lemek, the PAC’s executive director, compared Mitsch Bush to the organization’s namesake, James Brady, the White House press secretary who was shot during the 1981 attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.
“Much like Jim Brady, Diane Mitsch Bush knows how to reach across the aisle to get things done, and has been praised for her work by both conservatives and progressives alike,” Lemek said in a statement to Colorado Politics. “She doesn’t call people she doesn’t agree with ‘lunatics,’ and she knows that the best way forward is together. That’s why she will be an incredible representative for the people of Western Colorado and why we are honored to endorse her for Congress.”
Lemek’s statement was throwing some shade at Mitsch Bush’s Republican opponent, gun rights activist and restaurant owner Lauren Boebert, whose Shooters Grill boasts an armed wait staff. Boebert said in an ad run during her primary campaign against U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton that she wanted to go to Washington to “help President Trump build the wall, drain the swamp and stand up to all the left-wing lunatics.”
Brady PAC, which a spokeswoman said plans to spend heavily in the congressional race, cited additional reasons for endorsing Mitsch Bush, a former state representative and county commissioner.
“We’re proud to support Diane Mitsch Bush because she is not only a strong candidate, but a long time public servant,” Lemek said.
