A prominent advertising company nuked a Catholic group’s billboard design that included a prayer for former President Donald Trump, The Federalist has learned.
The incident occurred last month when Catholics for Catholics (CforC), a 501c(4) organization as indicated on the group’s website, signed a contract with the Lamar Advertising Company to install its pro-Trump artwork on billboards in Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The Catholics for Catholics’ design features a recreation of the iconic photo of a bloodied Trump raising his fist during the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The image is accompanied by the group’s name, website, and a prayer reading, “St. Michael The Archangel, Defend Us In Battle!”
According to CforC Media Director Veronica Flamenco, the group initially contacted Lamar Account Executive Brian Kuermaier on Aug. 6 to get a quote for, in addition to another potential location, placing their ads on billboards in Wisconsin. Flamenco indicated that Kuermaier was provided the design from “the very beginning.”
Lamar sent CforC lists of available billboard locations in Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay. Copies of the lists obtained by The Federalist show Lamar contracted with the Democratic National Committee for a billboard in Milwaukee.
After receiving the billboard location proposals from Lamar, Flamenco said she attempted to negotiate the costs of placing the design, at which point Kuermaier purportedly claimed he couldn’t offer any discounts because the company classified CforC’s billboard art as a “political ad.”
Flamenco said she contended that the design was part of a
