Posted on 05/25/2020 7:18:01 AM PDT by RandFan
A group of protesters in Kentucky on Sunday hung an effigy of Gov. Andy Beshear (D) outside the state capitol during a rally celebrating the Second Amendment and opposing coronavirus restrictions.
The demonstration was organized by the group Take Back Kentucky and billed on Facebook as an opportunity for individuals to "celebrate freedom and to fight back against the unconstitutional shutdown over the Coronavirus." The event attracted approximately 100 people to the Kentucky State Capitol, The Louisville Courier-Journal reported.
As the rally entered its final stages, organizers reportedly led a crowd to the governor's mansion as part of an attempt to deliver a message asking Beshear to resign. During their walk to the residence, individuals could reportedly be seen carrying signs saying, “Abort Beshear from office” and "My rights don’t end where your fear begins."
The crowd also chanted "Come out Andy” and "Resign Andy," though no one came to the door while they were there.
Following the trip to the governor's mansion, the crowd returned to statehouse and an effigy with a picture of Beshear's face attached to it was hung from a tree with the message “sic semper tyrannis."
The Courier Journal reported that the effigy was taken off the tree shortly after people captured photographs of it.
The episode prompted outrage from state leaders of both parties.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement on Twitter that the actions were "unacceptable" and that "there is no place for hate in Kentucky.”
"This is disgusting and I condemn it wholeheartedly," Kentucky Secretary of State Michael G. Adams (R) said. "The words of John Wilkes Booth have no place in the Party of Lincoln."
"Hanging Governor Beshear in effigy is beyond reprehensible, and yet it is also the logical conclusion of the hateful rhetoric we saw touted on the Capitol grounds earlier this month that was implicitly condoned by elected representatives from the legislature’s majority party," Kentucky House Democratic leaders said in a statement. "Doing this in front of our Capitol, just a short walk from where the Governor, First Lady, and their two young children live, is an act that reeks of hate and intimidation and does nothing but undermine our leading work to battle this deadly disease and restore our economy safely."
Kentucky began gradually lifting its coronavirus restrictions and allowing certain businesses to reopen in late April. On Saturday, the state permitted restaurants to begin offering dine-in services with limited capacity.
I do enjoy a Jefferson quote. Thanks!
What is Kentucky doing with a Democrat governor anyway.
Quoting Booth was a mistake. It will become the story. Think people.
He won by a few thousand votes...
Great job to the protestors. They made the Founding Fathers proid.
JoMa
Too bad it was an effigy. The government needs to start fearing the people, not the other way around.
“As the rally entered its final stages, organizers reportedly led a crowd to the governor’s mansion as part of an attempt to deliver a message asking Beshear to resign.”
Has the Governor responded the demands of the people who attended the rally?
What was the timeline for resignation that the people have specified?
Is there any indication that the Governor will abide by their demands and resign?
Booth wasn’t the first to say it, only the most notorious and recent.
Trying to be like Kansas?
Mitch McConnell: “there is no place for hate in Kentucky.”
Protests are now hate? The category of hate is getting overgrown and needs to be broken up like Ma Bell.
So much evil afoot and we are being discouraged from hating? How then should we regard evil?
“sic semper tyrannis” was actually the motto of Kentucky when it was part of Virginia.
Suffering just like Kansas... and maybe learning their lesson of how evil the Demonicrats really are.
I'm thinking SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS is on the Virginia flag and seal.
The republican running against him was a big ole meany
They should have one of those memes with a turtle perched on a fence post.
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