Posted on 05/11/2015 9:48:20 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
LEXINGTON — A bitter Band-Aid was ripped off at the onset, but Kentucky’s gubernatorial candidates touched on a bevy of subjects during their final debate on KET’s “Kentucky Tonight” on Monday.
Bill Goodman, who moderated the debate, started the statewide broadcast by asking Agriculture Commissioner James Comer about allegations of abuse levied by a college girlfriend last week and former Louisville Metro Councilman Hal Heiner whether his campaign had any involvement in Marilyn Thomas’ decision to air the accusations that date back to 1991.
Comer said he has been truthful in his denials of Thomas’ allegations of physical and mental abuse and that he drove her to a Louisville abortion clinic in 1991.
“We’ve had countless interviews,” he said. “We’ve answered every question. I’m glad that this behind us and now we’re going to close this campaign out talking about the issues.”
Heiner declined to address the specific allegations — “Domestic abuse is a serious issue, and that’s between Jamie Comer and Miss Thomas,” he said — but he said his campaign had nothing to do with Thomas’ public statements on her previous relationship with Comer.
Comer, in an editorial board meeting with The Cincinnati Enquirer, accused Heiner’s campaign of offering money to coerce Thomas, but she and the Heiner campaign have denied any such activity.
“We’ve had no involvement whatsoever in the fact that this young lady felt the need to come forward,” Heiner said. “We’ve had zero involvement — never met her, never talked with her, and to my knowledge no one in our organization has as well.”
Louisville investment manager Matt Bevin zeroed in on Heiner when asked for his thoughts on the current tone of the Republican primary, saying pro-Heiner groups Citizens for a Sound Government and Bluegrass Action Fund “decided to soil the bed”
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Video of the debate: http://www.ket.org/cgi-bin/cheetah/watch_video.pl?nola=KKYTO+002222&altdir=&template=
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