Posted on 11/06/2019 8:38:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind
President Trump’s reelection campaign manager, Brad Parscale, corrected the false notion that Gov. Matt Bevin’s defeat to Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear on Tuesday was somehow a referendum on President Trump.
“President Trump’s rally helped five of six Kentucky Republicans win clear statewide victories, including Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron, who will be the first black A.G. in Kentucky history and the first Republican to hold the office since 1948,” read a Trump campaign statement. “The President just about dragged Gov. Matt Bevin across the finish line, helping him run stronger than expected in what turned into a very close race at the end. A final outcome remains to be seen.”
Here's Trump Campaign statement via @parscale on #KentuckyElections.
"The President just about dragged Gov. Matt Bevin across the finish line, helping him run stronger than expected in what turned into a very close race at the end."
It's true he was down folks, significantly. pic.twitter.com/TDW971vrDF— Richard Baris (@Peoples_Pundit) November 6, 2019
On Twitter, Parscale reiterated that Bevin's loss (though he has not conceded), has nothing to do with Trump.
"The networks are already full of crap with Kentucky, be honest!" he said. "The Democrats nominated a moderate, who’s dad was a moderate, who didn’t talk about impeachment or Trump, and who acts like a Republican. Talk about Kentucky when an actual Democrat runs. #FakeNews"
The networks are already full of crap with Kentucky, be honest!
The Democrats nominated a moderate, who’s dad was a moderate, who didn’t talk about impeachment or Trump, and who acts like a Republican.
Talk about Kentucky when an actual Democrat runs. #FakeNews— Brad Parscale (@parscale) November 6, 2019
Others agreed, cautioning against drawing a connection between Bevin and Trump.
I'd caution against extrapolating too much from the statewide results. Bevin was uniquely unpopular, even within his own party. Barely won majority in primary. Lowest approval of any governor in America.
Rest of the GOP ticket doing fine in Kentucky.— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) November 6, 2019
If a Republican wins a state AG race for the first time in 70 years and a Republican also loses a Governors race in KY maybe it’s about the candidates and not a referendum on the President. It’s embarrassing I have to remind people of this.— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) November 6, 2019
No one energizes our base like @realDonaldTrump.
In Kentucky, the governor was down 17 points.
President Trump helped lift the entire ticket, winning 5 of 6 statewide races so far!— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) November 6, 2019
Our big Kentucky Rally on Monday night had a massive impact on all of the races. The increase in Governors race was at least 15 points, and maybe 20! Will be in Louisiana for @EddieRispone on Wednesday night. Big Rally!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2019
Bevin was one of the least popular governors in America, according to a recent Morning Consult survey.
It’s crazy Bevins lost.
HOORAY Chief and Brad Parscale!
Doesn't matter. Rush and Sean and Mark and every other Conservative talk show host will focus their time and energy "explaining" Bevin's loss never understanding that when you're explaining, you're losing. The glass is always 1/6th empty to them.
Not yet!
Why was Bevin so unpopular?
Bevins lost solely due to Libertarians splitting the vote.
Liberaltarians (hock ptui) are idiots.
Perhaps we should start calling Libertarians electoral “Leftoterrorists”.
Libertarian vote is just that. If you want that vote the nominate someone who will appeal to that vote.
Demotarians.
Gov. Matt Bevin was constantly at war with snowflake teachers...
....wanted to impose tolls on Kentucky roads...
...and was not a native Kentuckian.
Bevin moved there in 1999 from New Hampshire.
I’m not a Kentuckian so I had to look him up. Self made man from a poor family. Educated himself via partial rotc scholarship. Later saved the family business. Very conservative and a Christian. 11 homeschooled kids, half adopted. Rose to Captain in the Army.
In an unusual Saturday session, the Kentucky General Assembly passed seven fast-tracked bills on key Republican legislative priorities in January 2017. These bills included two that restricted abortion (one of which was a 20-week abortion ban), and three that reduced the power of labor unions, including a bill making Kentucky the 27th right-to-work state. Bevin signed all seven bills into law on January 9. On January 9, 2017, Bevin signed the two abortion bills.
On March 16, 2017, Bevin signed SB 17 into law, intended to “protect religious expression in public schools” by barring school districts from regulating student organizations in ways such as requiring them to accept LGBT people as members. Other bills Bevin signed into law included a “Blue Lives Matter” bill making it a hate crime to attack a police officer,[221][222] placing Planned Parenthood at the least priority for funding, and removing restrictions on local governments authorizing charter schools.
In April 2017, Bevin signed HB 128 into law, which ordered the Kentucky Board of Education to develop rules for Bible literacy classes. Bevin signed another bill authorizing Bible classes in June 2017.
In July 2017, Bevin had the Kentucky Capitol building cleaned, choosing to use private funds as payment. During his 2018 Kentucky State of the Commonwealth Address, Bevin said it was the first time the building had been cleaned, echoing a belief expressed in July by an administration cabinet spokesperson.
In February 2018, following the Parkland school shooting and the Marshall County High School shooting in Kentucky, Bevin declared that it was time to discuss what “should not be allowed in the United States as it relates to the things being put in the hands of our young people”. “These are quote-unquote video games ... It’s the same as pornography. They have desensitized people to the value of human life, to the dignity of women, to the dignity of human decency.” On November 13, 2018, Bevin said that a cultural popularity of death, as evidenced by zombie television shows, is to blame for mass shootings, and that gun regulation is not the solution.
In March 2018, Bevin sparked some controversy among local teachers’ associations when he criticized their protesting of a pension reform bill as “selfish and shortsighted”. In April 2018, he “guaranteed” that the teachers’ labor stoppage had resulted in unsupervised children being sexually assaulted, physically harmed, or exposed to poison and drugs.
On March 11, 2019, Bevin signed a bill into law removing the permit requirement to carry a concealed firearm in the state, becoming the 16th state to enact such legislation after South Dakota and Oklahoma had done it earlier in the year. On March 16, 2019, Bevin signed into law a bill banning abortions after the heartbeat is detected, though a federal judge blocked the bill a few hours later. On March 26, 2019, Bevin signed a bill that required public universities to protect free speech rights by banning them from disinviting speakers. On April 25, 2019, Bevin blamed teacher strikes for the death of a 7-year old. According to an April poll, Bevin is the least popular Governor in the United States, with a 52% disapproval rating versus a 33% approval rating, a 19-point gap. During the 2019 Kentucky Derby, Bevin was booed while making a speech during the trophy presentation, following the disqualification of the original race winner, Maximum Security.
On July 12, 2019, Bevin announced his support for a proposed bill to ban sanctuary cities in Kentucky.
Anti violent video game and spoke bad about zombie shows. Bet that cost him a lot of popularity. Seems like if he kept his mouth shut more, he might have been ok. Legislatively, he seems great.
Libertarians are LIBTARDS! They LOVE Abortion!
[Anti violent video game and spoke bad about zombie shows. Bet that cost him a lot of popularity.]
Toll roads suck. Not smart there. But what would this other guy do?
Blame the Libertarians for installing a pro-abortion socialist in the Kentucky governor’s mansion.....all because Bevin would not get behind legalizing marijuana.
Looks like this is ‘glass is empty ‘ thread also, along with the president’s spokesman.
[Toll roads suck. Not smart there. But what would this other guy do?]
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