President Donald Trump will head to Kentucky to try to dig out the unpopular Gov. Matt Bevin (R), who is in the race of his life against state Attorney General Andy Beshear.
According to the Washington Post, Bevin has molded himself into a Trump doppelgänger, prompting fights with local teachers’ unions and state lawmakers.
Republicans worry that a Bevin loss may spark broader concerns about the party’s liability in 2020.
However, Beshear’s lead has narrowed in recent weeks, as the impeachment inquiry got underway and polarization skyrocketed.
Kentuckians will take to the polls Tuesday, November 5.
I am not sure the Persuader-In-Chief is going to sway any hearts and minds that have already turned against the GOP. I know Democrats certainly didn’t like GWB, and Republicans certainly didn’t like Obama, but I think Trump is uniquely unsuited to “saving” any member of his party who is unpopular or has come under fire.
I do appreciate the fact that Trump feels compelled to do it, because you know in his own mind he is the most popular politician on the planet, and he must absolutely seethe at the notion that he needs to bumble around the country rescuing politicians who are not as great and big as he is.
I wonder if by the time Trump gets to Kentucky he’ll even remember what he’s there for? If he watches the news on the plane he’ll still be agitated. So what will be the percentage of Trump talking about Trump vs Trump talking about Bevin?
Kentucky - that’s one of the welfare states, right? Driving Cadillacs and what have you while their people can’t afford to pay into the Federal Govt?
100-0.
Yeah, but this is Kentucky. Still a bastion of the GOP and this will be a real feather in Trump’s cap if Bevin is re-elected - especially if it’s in a landslide.
I know, I know - the polls says not so much, but the ballot box is all that counts. The State needs a record turnout to say ‘enough is enough’ and hopefully that lights a fire under #ditchMoscowMitch to realize he isn’t there for life. He should somewhere else for life, but that’s another show.