Posted on 11/07/2019 6:23:51 AM PST by Hojczyk
What I am sure of is that McConnell cemented a part of his legacy in the state -- and may have put in place his successor -- on Tuesday with the election of Daniel Cameron as the state's attorney general.
Cameron is the first black candidate ever elected as attorney general in Kentucky and the first Republican to hold that office in seven decades. He is also a McConnell protege, having served as the senator's general counsel from 2015-2017.
"Mitch McConnell did what no @KyDems was able to do, and that is get a non-white Kentuckian elected to statewide office," tweeted Louisville Courier Journal political reporter Phillip M. Bailey. "A serious feather in the cap for @Team_Mitch and the @KYGOP."
At 33 years old, Cameron will almost certainly become a national figure within a party absolutely desperate for younger and more diverse faces. He will be installed as the GOP frontrunner for the 2023 race against all-but-certain Gov. Andy Beshear (D). And, whenever McConnell decides to step down -- the majority leader is 77 years old -- Cameron could well be his preferred replacement.
"A star is born," Trump said of Cameron at a presidential rally for Kentucky Republicans on Monday night in the state. On Tuesday night, after Cameron's victory, Trump tweeted: "Great going Daniel, proud of you!
Added McConnell: "Congratulations to @DanielCameronAG, a phenomenal candidate that ran an incredible race. Proud to support the next Attorney General of Kentucky."
Cameron ran as an unapologetic conservative, which, along with a major assist from McConnell's organization, helped boost him to a primary win over a sitting state senator and then a relatively easily general election victory over Democrat Greg Stumbo, the former speaker of the state House.
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President Trump’s populism, that scares the old guard Republicans , really put Cameron over the top,” big league.”
Mitch had better have the President’s back within the Senate. If not, Cameron simply will represent just another another token , an Uncle Tom for the whyte peebles.
Step up Mitch.
The Black American vote for Trump is astounding. Democrats are toast.
A big part of that smile on Turtle Head’s face can be attributed to the fact that he really, really doesn’t like Matt Bevin. Like a lot of the republican establishment, he’d rather see a democrat win than an outsider republican.
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“The Black American vote for Trump is astounding. Democrats are toast”.
It is said that if a Republican candidate gets over 15% of the Black vote, the Rats are toast. In that case, the Rats are toast.
An example is John James who will become the first Black US Senator from Michigan next year and he will help carry Michigan for Trump.
More and more Blacks are walking and running off the Plantation.
There Goes My Social Life: From Clueless to Conservative Hardcover – June 6, 2016
by Stacey Dash
If you wonder why people of color in the intercities can not get ahead
Read this Book
https://www.amazon.com/There-Goes-Social-Life-Conservative/dp/162157413X
Well, my own hope is that Cameron really IS a conservative, and ties Gov.-elect Beshear up in knots, the way Beshear did to Bevin.
Karma, baby...
Stacey Dash is top notch
Thanks for the link. All good reviews.
But...but...but, that can’t be! Republicans are RACISTS!!! He must’a been elected in SPITE of them! < /lib reaction >
No, he certainly doesn’t - but he sure spent a lot of time and resources to get him elected and then tried to get him re-elected. One phone call would have turned off that spigot of millions and millions of dollars pouring in to help Bevin. There is no way McConnell prefers having a Democrat retaking the Governorship going into the year he is running for re-election.
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