Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has beaten his Republican challenger. Beshear is a blue governor in a red state, and the race saw national politics as a primary issue.

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    Now please, Kentucky, PLEASE STOP voting for Putin’s Puppet Rand Paul, the actual literal traitor, for U.S. Senate. Kthx

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        Qult45 has already given up on democracy and the US Constitution.

        In their words and their actions, many many times now.

        Coup 2: Electric Boogaloos, comming soon to a town near you.

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          Implication being that if Republicans are losing in states they think they should win, they’re not going to change their positions, candidates, or arguments, but instead try to rig the system so they still win.

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            There might be 4 or 5 examples, but can you name 6? If you can, I’m going to need 7! If 7 then 8! If 8 then…

            And you could, the Conservative Party of the US really, really likes this move.

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            Look at the other statewide races in KY though. Beshear is just popular enough as governor. This single race means nothing for the state on a national level. National Democratic politics will not swing KY in 2024.

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      For one, it shows that the centrist line about progressives not being able to win in red states is self-serving hogwash.

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    Wow, Kentucky racists accidentally did something good for once. Everyone gets a much better governor for the next 4 years because a bunch of hicks couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a black man.

    A win is a win, I guess.

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    we need to leave it to the states, they said. vote for us and we’ll overturn Roe, they said.

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      It’s hard to determine if you are talking about Republicans and states rights, or Biden calling RvW a states rights issue that belongs to the purview of the states.

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        Republicans since HW Bush have been saying that it should be a state issue, which is ridiculous. They’ve also said they would overturn Roe. They achieved it and now they reap the whirlwind. The states are turning against them.

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            I’ll let him defend a vote he made in 1981, but what I’m talking about is the promises Republicans made to evangelicals to get their votes.

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              Which is nothing like the DNC promising to codify for 50 years to get their votes. Abortion is a windfall for red and blue fascists alike.

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                  The point is Dems have never had any intention of codifying Roe, only to sell fear porn and make money. They fucked around and we found out.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Andy Beshear received attention and praise from voters for his leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic, deadly tornadoes, record flooding and ice storms.

    Beshear, who won the governor’s race in 2019, made increasing abortion access a focal point of his campaign, an unexpected move for a Democrat in the socially conservative state.

    Last year, Kentuckians rejected adding language to the state constitution that would make it harder to challenge abortion restrictions.

    Beshear specifically focused on adding exceptions for rape and incest to Kentucky’s law, which currently only allows abortion if the mother is at immediate risk of death or permanent injury.

    Jaime Harrison, who chairs the DNC, called the election result a “major blow to the MAGA agenda and awful news to Republicans running in 2024.”

    “As we’ve seen time and again following the overturning of Roe v. Wade – no matter how red the state – voters across the political spectrum oppose GOP attempts to rip away their freedom,” he said in a statement.


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