{"id":2327852,"date":"2024-08-20T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-bashes-complete-loser-beshear-over-comments-about-rape-and-abortion-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T23:36:17","slug":"vance-bashes-complete-loser-beshear-over-comments-about-rape-and-abortion-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-bashes-complete-loser-beshear-over-comments-about-rape-and-abortion-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance bashes \u2018complete loser\u2019 Beshear over comments about rape and abortion &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fvance-bashes-complete-loser-beshear-over-comments-about-rape-and-abortion-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=2327852&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>In a recent event in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH)\u2062 criticized Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) over controversial remarks Beshear made regarding rape \u2064and abortion. During a press\u200d interaction, Vance condemned Beshear&#8217;s comments, which suggested that Vance&#8217;s\u200d family should \u200cconsider the implications of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-may-soon-release-scientist-who-gene-edited-babies\/\" title=\"Report: China May Soon Release Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies\">pregnancy resulting<\/a> \u200dfrom rape. Vance described these remarks as &#8220;disgusting&#8221; \u2064and accused Beshear of &#8220;effectively fantasizing&#8221; about a family \u2063member being raped to make a point. He expressed that the nature of Beshear&#8217;s comments was particularly troubling and \u2064offensive, marking\u200b it as a low blow in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-taunts-lara-trump-and-rnc-after-mass-firings-down-bad\/\" title=\"DNC mocks Lara Trump and RNC post mass layoffs: &#039;Struggling\">ongoing political rivalry<\/a>. Beshear later attempted to \u2062clarify \u200chis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-believe-when-experts-lie\/\" title=\"What to Believe When Experts Lie?\">statements made<\/a> on MSNBC, but Vance&#8217;s response highlighted \u200dthe emotional impact of the governor&#8217;s words.  <\/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\">Vance bashes &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-tries-to-launch-peace-talks-amid-mounting-losses\/\" title=\"Putin Tries to Launch Peace Talks Amid Mounting Losses\">complete loser<\/a>&rsquo; Beshear over comments about rape and abortion<\/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_1732423\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>KENOSHA, Wisconsin<\/strong> <strong>&mdash;<\/strong> Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a>&nbsp;(R-OH) said Gov.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-beshear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Beshear<\/a>&nbsp;(D-KY) was &ldquo;effectively fantasizing&rdquo; about a member of his family getting raped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3127423\/vance-slams-beshear-abortion-comment-disgusting-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>after controversial comments<\/a> Beshear made Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, speaking to reporters on an airport tarmac in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon, blasted Beshear for the remarks, which the governor later walked back. Beshear appeared to say that Vance&rsquo;s family should have to deal with a pregnancy resulting from rape. Vance called Beshear&rsquo;s comments &ldquo;disgusting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s effectively fantasizing about some member of my family getting raped so that I know what it feels like. I just think that&rsquo;s really gross and really disgusting,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;Look, I mean, the guy&rsquo;s a complete loser and he&rsquo;s gone after me repeatedly, but this particular thing going after my family really bothered me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On MSNBC on Tuesday morning, Beshear had referenced comments Vance made in 2021 in which opponents accused him of calling a pregnancy resulting from rape &ldquo;inconvenient&rdquo; but that Vance says were rather made in the context of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-on-eve-of-historic-scotus-abortion-case-send-roe-v-wade-to-the-ash-heap-of-history-where-it-belongs\/\" title=\"Pence On Eve Of Historic SCOTUS Abortion Case: Send Roe v. Wade To The \u2018Ash Heap Of History Where It Belongs\u2019\">unexpected pregnancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Think about what some people have had to go through because of these laws,&rdquo; Beshear said. &ldquo;J.D. Vance calls pregnancy resulting from rape &lsquo;inconvenient.&rsquo; An inconvenience is traffic. Make him go through this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance said Tuesday he &ldquo;never once called rape inconvenient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a total fiction of the Democratic National Committee,&rdquo; he told reporters. &ldquo;I never said it. I never said anything like it. What I was talking about was the context of an unexpected pregnancy, not one caused by rape. And I think that we shouldn&rsquo;t see unexpected pregnancies, babies that come from them, as inconveniences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course rape is a terrible, terrible tragedy and a terrible, terrible thing,&rdquo; Vance added.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a torrent of criticism, Beshear later returned to MSNBC and said &ldquo;of course&rdquo; he wasn&rsquo;t suggesting Vance&rsquo;s family should be harmed.<\/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_1732423\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1732423\"}});<\/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>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) criticized Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) as a &#8220;complete loser&#8221; for his remarks regarding rape and abortion, claiming that Beshear was &#8220;effectively fantasizing&#8221; about a member of Vance&#8217;s family being raped. This statement came after Beshear made controversial comments on Tuesday, which he later retracted. During an interview on MSNBC, Beshear suggested that Vance&#8217;s family should experience the consequences of a pregnancy resulting from rape, referencing past comments by Vance in 2021 where he was accused of labeling such pregnancies as &#8220;inconvenient.&#8221; Vance responded by calling Beshear&#8217;s statements &#8220;disgusting,&#8221; asserting that he never referred to rape as inconvenient and emphasizing the importance of understanding unexpected pregnancies in their proper context. He condemned the idea that unexpected pregnancies should be viewed as inconveniences and reiterated that rape is a horrific tragedy. Following backlash, Beshear clarified on MSNBC that he did not mean to imply any harm should come to Vance\u2019s family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3360,"featured_media":2327853,"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\/08\/vance-beshear-rape.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,25251,4948,15469],"class_list":["post-2327852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-beshear","tag-rape","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vance-beshear-rape.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327852","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\/3360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}