It's finally official, the new Kentucky Governor is Democrat Andy Beshear!!!:
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WaPo: Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a Trump ally, concedes reelection bid, clearing the way for Democrat Andy Beshear to be sworn in
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I feel like Trump has been really unsuccessful in the people he chooses to support. Is he better or worse than any other candidate though?
He was hoping for a recanvassing, so it actually wasn't official until he gave up on that.
It does mean he's not going to try to contest the election in the Kentucky legislature, though based on various comments from legislative leaders that option was looking like a dead end already.
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Damn, Bevin must've had a lot of fuckups occurring during his term to be not supported by his own political party despite Trump endorsing him.
I did my part. Now to hope we can kick McConnell out next year too, but I am not holding my breath.
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Thank you for your vote, also congratulations on getting Bevin kicked out of office.
Hopefully McConnell can be next.
Wait you are from Kentucky and was shocked to see a Confederate flag flying?
More how prominent and massive it was on the side of the road as we were driving through NC the other week. Surprisingly, I don't see that many Confederate flags here in KY.
The right scandal can sink anyone, even in states like Alabama. And McConnell has 100% done some awful, illegal, and immoral things during his time in office.
Next year has the potential to be really fucking weird with this Matt Jones stuff. But I also expect McConnell to survive
I actually believe there was one missed vote and it ended up being a write-in for a fourth candidate.
Here is a few,
Took away teacher's pensions, leaving them no retirement.
Said that teachers taking days off to protest meant that their students were being molested and abused at home.
Said that marijuana was killing people with overdoses.
Compared public workers to drowning victims in that you need to knock them out and drag them to shore.
There are many more things he did to piss off people here.
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Feels kinda bittersweet actually.
He only conceded because the Republican legislature signaled that they weren't willing to steal the election for him (even though in recent years they've been more than willing to steal other seats in state government). They only weren't willing to do this because the Governor is pretty hamstrung in Kentucky without the legislature (has no real veto power) and the state AG is a different party and will sue his pants off if he tries anything too progressive with executive authority (the same way Beshear himself sued the pants off Bevin) (and a large part of the executive is GOP controlled anyway).
Still wonderful that Bevin is gone any way it's sliced though.
He only conceded because the Republican legislature signaled that they weren't willing to steal the election for him (even though in recent years they've been more than willing to steal other seats in state government). They only weren't willing to do this because the Governor is pretty hamstrung in Kentucky without the legislature (has no real veto power) and the state AG is a different party and will sue his pants off if he tries anything too progressive with executive authority (the same way Beshear himself sued the pants off Bevin) (and a large part of the executive is GOP controlled anyway).
Still wonderful that Bevin is gone any way it's sliced though.
I know a lot of people in Kentucky and even a lot of the republicans there hate him, he's been that bad.
