{"id":2310110,"date":"2024-07-27T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T14:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2310110"},"modified":"2024-07-27T10:20:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T14:20:51","slug":"kentucky-gop-quick-to-defend-trump-vance-against-beshears-attacks-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-gop-quick-to-defend-trump-vance-against-beshears-attacks-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky GOP quick to defend Trump, Vance against Beshear\u2019s attacks &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fkentucky-gop-quick-to-defend-trump-vance-against-beshears-attacks-washington-examiner%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=2310110&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--><p>Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, less than a year after his \u200bre-election, has\u2064 been positioning himself as a potential vice-presidential\u2064 candidate for the Democratic \u200dParty. \u200dIn this context, he has been critical \u200cof the\u2062 Republican \u200bticket,\u200d particularly targeting President\u200d Donald Trump and Ohio\u200d Senator J.D.\u200b Vance. Beshear has focused on Vance&#8217;s alleged ties to Eastern Kentucky and has accused him of exploiting the struggles of the region, notably issues like drug addiction and \u2063poverty. <\/p>\n<p>In response, Kentucky&#8217;s Republican leadership has \u200ddefended Vance, contrasting his humble upbringing with Beshear&#8217;s\u200d background of \u2062privilege, given that Beshear&#8217;s father was a former governor. Republican officials have pointed out the inconsistency in\u2062 Beshear&#8217;s recent combative rhetoric, given his previous appeal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">political unity<\/a> during his re-election\u200b campaign. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2063exchange between Beshear and Vance has stirred significant political \u2062discourse, with GOP lawmakers questioning the motives behind Beshear&#8217;s attacks as he\u2062 appears to shift toward a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vp-shortlist-published-3-names\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s VP shortlist released, includes 3 candidates\">aggressive political stance<\/a>. \u200bthe situation illustrates the ongoing tension between Kentucky Democrats and Republicans as they navigate \u200bthe upcoming election landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kentucky GOP quick to defend Trump, Vance against Beshear&rsquo;s attacks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714758\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Less than one year after winning re-election, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has emerged as a potential vice-presidential candidate in the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>While he has used that opportunity to attack the Republican ticket, it also opens him up for the same kinds of rebukes, and GOP members in the Bluegrass State have fired back on his claims against President Donald Trump and Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance.<\/p>\n<p>After hammering Vance on his purported Eastern Kentucky roots in appearances on MSNBC and CNN, the governor continued zeroing in on Vance during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-delivers-remarks-on-border-crisis-dem-court-packing-efforts\/\" title=\"McCarthy delivers remarks on border crisis, Dem court packing efforts\">weekly press briefing<\/a> in Frankfort.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, whose family roots trace back to Eastern Kentucky, has written about his travels to the state, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-suffocating-birthday-girl-tossing-body-in-shallow-grave\/\" title=\"Illegal Immigrant Accused of Suffocating Birthday Girl, Tossing Body in Shallow Grave\">family&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s issues with drug abuse and the perpetual cycle of poverty in the region. Beshear and other Democrats have focused on the latter, claiming Vance insults the people living there and capitalizes off them.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to The Center Square, Republican Party of Kentucky Communications Director Andy Westberry strongly disagreed with the governor&rsquo;s comments, adding that Vance&rsquo;s upbringing was the polar opposite of Beshear&rsquo;s, whose father served as the state&rsquo;s governor from 2007 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hillbilly Elegy is a story written from the perspective of a kid growing up in a broken home marred by addiction and abuse, that was at best unstable,&rdquo; Westberry said. &ldquo;Our governor comes from extreme privilege. His father was a high-profile politician, a managing partner of one of Kentucky&rsquo;s largest law firms. Sen. Vance, on the other hand, wasn&rsquo;t born with a silver spoon in his mouth at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers also have noted the different tone Beshear has shown in the past week. Beshear often talked of rising above politics in his successful re-election campaign last year, saying he wanted to move the country forward instead of to the left or right.<\/p>\n<p>Beshear also has not been shy of talking about his faith and how he has used that to call for protecting and supporting transgender youth.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Robby Mills, a Henderson Republican who was then-Attorney General Daniel Cameron&rsquo;s lieutenant gubernatorial running mate last year, took to social media after the governor&rsquo;s CNN interview where Beshear described Vance as a charlatan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Was that a Matthew 22:39 response?&rdquo; Mills posted on social media Tuesday. &ldquo;I guess partisan barbs are okay if you are vying for VP.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Much of the tone Beshear has displayed in the past week is reminiscent of his time as Kentucky&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> when he often challenged then-Gov. Matt Bevin&rsquo;s administration in court. Beshear would narrowly defeat Bevin in 2019 to win his first term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beshear has also not been afraid to offer zingers against Trump. In the same CNN interview, the governor said Vance had no convictions but Trump had 34. That was in reference to the New York trial from earlier this year where the former president was found guilty of forging business records. Trump is appealing that case.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Beshear agreed Trump was a threat to democracy because he allegedly provoked the crowd that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Republicans have said such claims fuel political discord across the country and perhaps led to the assassination attempt on the former president in Pennsylvania earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Westberry told The Center Square the governor doesn&rsquo;t get that the Kentuckians he represents prefer Trump as president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump speaks for an electorate that is often forgotten until an election year,&rdquo; Westberry said. &ldquo;Democrats often belittle these people with derogatory insults and question their intelligence. In contrast, Trump and the Republican Party embrace the hard-working people of all backgrounds and circumstances by championing policies that uplift everyday Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead of using rhetoric like &lsquo;threats to democracy,&rsquo; let&rsquo;s focus on policy. Beshear clearly knows the failed policies of Kamala Harris won&rsquo;t resonate with everyday Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714758\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714758\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky GOP swiftly counters Beshear&#8217;s criticisms of Trump and Vance (The Center Square) \u2013 Just under a year after his re-election, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is being considered as a possible vice-presidential candidate for the Democratic Party. He has taken this chance to criticize the Republican candidates, but it also makes him vulnerable to similar pushback. GOP members in Kentucky have responded strongly to his allegations against President Donald Trump and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance. After targeting Vance regarding his claimed Eastern Kentucky heritage during appearances on MSNBC and CNN, Beshear continued to focus on him in his weekly press briefing in Frankfort. Vance, who has familial ties to Eastern Kentucky, has shared insights about his experiences there, including issues related to drug addiction and ongoing poverty in the area. Democrats like Beshear have accused Vance of disrespecting the local residents while profiting from their struggles. In response, Republican Party of Kentucky Communications Director Andy Westberry expressed strong disagreement with Beshear\u2019s remarks, highlighting that Vance&#8217;s background starkly contrasts with that of Beshear\u2014whose father was governor from 2007 to 2015\u2014and emphasizing that &#8220;Hillbilly Elegy&#8221; tells a story of hardship rather than privilege.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have also pointed out the shift in tone from Beshear recently; he previously campaigned on rising above partisan politics during last year&#8217;s election by promoting unity rather than division. Additionally, he has openly discussed his faith and its role in advocating for transgender youth support. State Senator Robby Mills criticized Beshear\u2019s comments about Vance being a charlatan following an interview on CNN by questioning whether such remarks align with Matthew 22:39&#8217;s call for love towards others.<\/p>\n<p>Beshear\u2019s recent rhetoric mirrors his confrontational approach as attorney general when he challenged former Governor Matt Bevin legally before narrowly defeating him in 2019 for governor. The governor hasn&#8217;t hesitated to make jabs at Trump either; during the same CNN interview where he mentioned Trump&#8217;s legal troubles\u2014specifically referencing Trump&#8217;s conviction related to business record falsification\u2014he stated that Trump posed a threat to democracy due to inciting the January 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue that such statements contribute to national political strife and may even be linked to recent threats against Trump\u2019s life. Westberry remarked that many Kentuckians prefer Trump as president and feel overlooked until election time while criticizing Democrats for belittling them with insults about their intelligence compared with Republicans who advocate policies benefiting hardworking Americans across various backgrounds instead of focusing solely on divisive language like &#8220;threats to democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-vance-michigan-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6203,12830,3634,15469],"class_list":["post-2310110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gop","tag-kentucky","tag-trump","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-vance-michigan-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}