Andy Beshear to President Joe Biden as they work to take back the governor’s mansion in November, a strategy that state Democrats have pushed back on with a focus on local issues. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell similarly tied Kentucky’s governor to the president telling voters, “Biden and Beshear aren’t working for Kentucky. Andy might as well be on the White House payroll.”The Beshear campaign, however, has argued the race is not about Biden or national politics. “Daniel Cameron will show up for a political rally but not for tornado survivors,” Beshear said at the picnic. One Kentucky GOP voter, Brian Smith, told CNN on Saturday of Beshear: “I think he’s absolutely chasing the National Democratic Party.

Source: CNN August 06, 2023 03:07 UTC