As a senator, Cory Gardner spent six years being wrong for Colorado. Armed with the First Amendment’s protection of satire and an intimate knowledge of niche Colorado culture, I started an Instagram account to explain why. You can check it out here.
Grew to 22k followers in six weeks
Average engagement rate: 20.35%
John Hickenlooper, Senator Gardner’s opponent, created a campaign video reading my memes. It was his best-performing campaign ad. You can watch it below.
Reposted by Colorado celebrities (and just plain-ol’ verified accounts) including SNL’s Bowen Yang, Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers, Ashley Spivey of The Bachelor, Betches Sup, and more.
The post that started it all. (I still have a few stickers left if you want one.)
Election Day 2020. A roundup of all the top @yeetcorygardner constituent suggestions. John Hickenlooper commented on this one: “You can count on me.” Here’s hoping.
On October 20, two weeks before the election, I hosted the first ever YCG Town Hall. (Just because Cory Gardner was bad at listening to his constituents didn’t mean I had to be.)
Followers submitted their best meme ideas, and I turned the top 10 most-requested into a post for Election Day.
Over 4.5k submissions
50% engagement rate on that post
Oh, and Cory Gardner lost the election
Frozen Dead Guy Days is an annual event in Nederland, Colorado. The mayor of Nederland, Kristopher Larsen, commented this post: “As the Mayor of Nederland, I guarantee Cory Gardner will never get an invite!”
A very YCG Halloween involves a costume and the Colorado hotel wherein Stephen King was inspired to write the shining. RENDRAG.
Colorado’s official state car.