Trump Dispatched To Kentucky To Try To Save Embattled Governor

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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.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1259846
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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.

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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?

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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?

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100-0.

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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.

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Tomorrow, election day, will be interesting. If the races are really close or Dems take them, will the meter move and more people will testify and more GOP senators will waffle?

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This is the real reason the GOP, by that I mean McConnell, is scared. If Bevin loses, that means there is a chance MoscowMitch does too in 2020.

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Well, we all know where @valgalky23 will be later today-- don’t forget to wear your MAGAt-Gear!

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Bevin who?

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It might be worth catching a minute of this rally just to take in the crowd behind Trump.

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Close only counts in horse-shoes and hand grenades.

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Protesters did manage to raise the money to bring Trump Baby Balloon to Rump Arena this afternoon. Kentucky’s repug country, but downtown Lexington is a rainbow sea of liberal Dems. Beautiful weather this afternoon: partly cloudy and 50s. Should be a good protest crowd.

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Trump poisons things, he doesn’t redeem them. C’mon!!

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The gop doesn’t actually have to die in this election, they just have to be really afraid they will die in the next and that dumping trump will save them.

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“All right Bevin, I’d love come and hold a rally to save your bacon, but first you’re gonna have to do me a favor…look under that bluegrass and find some Clinton emails. “

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Lordy, I hope there are boos.

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The underlying premise here is that Republicans won’t be able to steal enough votes to save Bevin’s bacon. Which is a good sign.

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Here’s hoping every booer in Kentucky can show up for this to just let these creeps know how much they’re hated.
We’re there in spirit Dems!

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It counts in elections too, but only if you control the non-verifiable electronic voting systems…

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