{"id":1933656,"date":"2023-05-19T00:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beshear-appointee-scrubs-tweets-that-called-kentucky-voters-homophobic-bigots\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T00:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:33:25","slug":"beshear-appointee-scrubs-tweets-that-called-kentucky-voters-homophobic-bigots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beshear-appointee-scrubs-tweets-that-called-kentucky-voters-homophobic-bigots\/","title":{"rendered":"Beshear appointee deletes tweets calling Kentucky voters homophobic bigots."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbeshear-appointee-scrubs-tweets-that-called-kentucky-voters-homophobic-bigots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Kentucky Governor&#8217;s Pick for Poet Laureate Deletes Tweets Calling Kentucky Voters Bigots<\/h2>\n<h3>Left-wing writer Silas House, appointed as Kentucky&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/children-assigned-to-write-love-poems-to-coronavirus-vaccine-as-teachers-union-pushes-for-continued-restrictions\/\" title=\"Children Assigned To Write Love Poems To Coronavirus Vaccine As Teachers Union Pushes For Continued Restrictions\">poet laureate<\/a> by Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, has deleted tweets in which he called a majority of Kentucky voters homophobic bigots.<\/h3>\n<p>After House&#8217;s appointment, the Washington Free Beacon reported on his history of disparaging Kentucky voters. In now-deleted tweets, House claimed that Appalachia &#8220;as a majority IS homophobic&#8221; and told supporters of former President Donald Trump to kiss his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kiss-my-gay-country-ass-kentuckys-beshear-taps-new-poet-laureate\/\" title=\"'Kiss My Gay Country Ass': Kentucky's Beshear Taps New Poet Laureate\">gay country ass<\/a>.&#8221; He also wrote, &#8220;If you support Trump you&#8217;re a bigot. Just claim it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether House is still the state&#8217;s poet laureate. House deleted a January 2023 post that showed him shaking hands with a smiling Beshear, who has yet to address House&#8217;s posts critical of Kentucky voters. Neither Beshear nor House returned requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Local media outlets defended House, with the Lexington Herald-Leader writing that House &#8220;has a complicated relationship with Kentucky, but his deep love for it is palpable \u2026 in his tweets.&#8221; However, House&#8217;s decision to delete his past attacks on Kentucky voters suggests that Beshear is concerned that his appointee&#8217;s rhetoric could hurt his reelection prospects in a state that has backed Republicans\u2014and Trump\u2014by huge margins in recent elections.<\/p>\n<p>Beshear will face a more formidable challenger in the upcoming election: state attorney general Daniel Cameron, who secured the GOP gubernatorial nomination following an endorsement from Trump. Cameron was also on the ballot in 2019\u2014the Republican beat incumbent Greg Stumbo by a whopping 15 points.<\/p>\n<p>Besides his criticism of Trump voters, House has also blasted evangelical Christianity, a faith held by nearly half of Kentuckians. In a November essay, the Beshear appointee lamented being &#8220;raised in a church of terrorists&#8221; and warned that the &#8220;Christian nationalist forces that terrorized me as a child have grown only more powerful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Besides his appointment of House, Beshear has faced criticism for vetoing a bill that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leading-u-s-association-for-plastic-surgeons-lobbies-for-child-sex-changes\/\" title=\"Leading U.S. Association for Plastic Surgeons Lobbies for Child Sex Changes\">ban sex-change surgeries<\/a> for minors, a move that Cameron said &#8220;sets a dangerous precedent for our children&#8217;s future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>House&#8217;s tweets calling Kentucky voters bigots have been deleted.<\/li>\n<li>It is unclear whether House is still the state&#8217;s poet laureate.<\/li>\n<li>Beshear is concerned that House&#8217;s rhetoric could hurt his reelection prospects.<\/li>\n<li>Besides his criticism of Trump voters, House has also blasted evangelical Christianity.<\/li>\n<li>Beshear has faced criticism for vetoing a bill that would ban sex-change surgeries for minors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the controversy surrounding House&#8217;s appointment, Beshear praised his &#8220;unique gift&#8221; and identified House&#8217;s novel as an example of his ability to tell &#8220;his Kentucky story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the election approaches, it remains to be seen whether Beshear&#8217;s association with House and his controversial decisions will hurt his chances of reelection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear&#8217;s choice for the state&#8217;s &#8220;ambassador to the rest of the world,&#8221; Silas House, deleted tweets where he called Trump supporters bigots. 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