Kentucky Democrats
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Official Twitter account of the Kentucky Democratic Party.
Kentucky USA
Joined July 2009
Kentucky's future is brighter tonight! . Together, we defeated the KY GOP’s voucher scheme and made it clear: public dollars belong in public schools.
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In his first public appearance of the August recess, Mitch McConnell was greeted by loud chants of #MoscowMitch that drowned out his speech. It infuriated him. Buying Say Nyet to #MoscowMitch merch would make him even more mad:
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You heard it here first, folks. J.D. Vance ain’t from here.
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Tonight, Kentucky just sent a message to the nation:. Anger politics is a losing bet. When we lift each other up, we win. And with four more years of @AndyBeshearKY and @JColemanKY, Kentucky’s best days are still ahead of us.
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For nearly four years, we've had a governor who has led from the heart. He's led through hard times. And he's led our biggest economic boom yet, with thousands of new, good-paying jobs along the way. @AndyBeshearKY is the leader we need. Kentucky is ready for four more years.
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Congratulations to Governor-elect Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov.-elect Jacqueline Coleman!
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It's official: @AndyBeshearKY filed his papers to run for a second term. In three of the hardest years Kentuckians have ever faced, Gov. Beshear has always had our back. RT if you have his.
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The Bluegrass State is ready to send Vice President Harris to the White House!. See our very own Gov. @AndyBeshearKY cast Kentucky Democrats’ votes for the next President of the United States.
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GOP cruelty in a nutshell:. 1) Gov. Beshear expanded Medicaid for dental/vision. 2) The GOP passed a bill to undo it. 3) Gov. Beshear vetoed it. 4) The GOP just overrode his veto. GOP lawmakers kicked 900,000 Kentuckians off dental/vision coverage to stick it to Andy Beshear.
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Turns out leading with compassion and integrity is pretty popular with Kentuckians.
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#MoscowMitch would hate it if you bought one of these shirts. Just say nyet to Moscow Mitch. #kysen.
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Congratulations to Colmon Elridge (@colmonelridge) who was elected as the new chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party moments ago. Elridge, a native of Cynthiana, Ky., will be the first African-American chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party.
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.@BernieSanders: "In this country, the economy belongs to all of us, not just a handful of billionaires." #ComeTogetherFightBack
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BREAKING: @AndyBeshearKY’s approval rating has soared to 64% — despite Daniel Cameron’s desperate attacks. Gov. Beshear “wins approval from roughly half of the state’s Republicans, making him the country’s most popular Democratic governor with GOP voters.”
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Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell just blocked the U.S. Senate from approving a $35 cap on insulin. Good thing @GovAndyBeshear and @PattiMinter4KY capped it at $30 in Kentucky first.
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"President Trump, President-elect Biden, Leader Chuck Schumer & House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are all in agreement. to raise the direct payments to $2,000.". Mitch made sure donors got 3 martini lunches covered, but won't let Kentuckians have $2,000 checks.
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Matt Bevin blew $15 million in taxpayer dollars on a failed project for an aluminum plant that never got built. @AndyBeshearKY just got every dime back. (And the land too.).
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.@Booker4KY made history as KY's first Black major party nominee for the United States Senate, shattering barriers and inspiring Kentuckians in every corner of the commonwealth. The campaign he ran will last and his vision for a better KY is something we can all be proud of.
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Four years ago, Kentucky made history by electing @JColemanKY, a teacher, as lieutenant governor. Tonight, she became the first woman to win re-election as lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
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BREAKING: New poll shows @AndyBeshearKY’s lead in the race for governor just got bigger. After three months of gross ads from Daniel Cameron and his allies, Kentucky voters are telling Cameron what they think of his disgraceful and empty campaign.
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Kentucky teacher @mskmayfield asks us to RT this a million times. We can't do that alone. Please help us along:
#TrumpLeaks Docs: Mitch McConnell linked super PAC took $2.5 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman last election cycle #trumprussia
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Kentucky Democratic Party Convention Delegation Endorses Kamala Harris:
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Prices would skyrocket under a Trump presidency. If you don’t believe us, just ask Mitch McConnell:
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Republican after Republican attacked Gov. Beshear for not being at Fancy Farm today. @AndyBeshearKY has been leading relief/recovery in EKY and WKY all week, but it's revealing that the GOP thinks the only way to show up for rural Kentucky is dropping by for a political speech.
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Nine out of 10 Kentuckians support legal medical cannabis. Why are Republican legislators ignoring the people of Kentucky?.
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Gov. Beshear is right: a little more love and lot less hate shouldn't be a controversial idea. Days after an unimaginable tragedy, @AndyBeshearKY showed the nation tonight what leading from the heart looks like.
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This headline isn't much of a surprise!. Gov. @AndyBeshearKY is the most popular Democratic governor — with voters across the political spectrum — because he’s committed to tackling the issues that KYians think about when they wake up each morning.
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.@AndyBeshearKY vetoed the raises Republican legislators gave themselves — and they overrode it. Still waiting to hear why Republican Senate President Robert Stivers (a lawyer who makes $97,912 a year off his part-time legislator job alone) needs a pay raise but teachers don't.
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Tomorrow, @staceyabrams wants to make sure you vote. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. If you have any issues voting, call our voter protection hotline at 1-833-GOVOTEKY. @fairfightaction
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#MoscowMitchMcConnell declared that he will defy his oath to conduct an impartial impeachment trial, and instead work in coordination with White House lawyers. Add your name and join us in saying: Mitch Must Recuse! #MoscowMitch #MoscowMitchRecuse.
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With his win tonight, @Booker4KY makes history as the first Black nominee to lead a major party ticket in Kentucky. 'From the hood to the holler,' he's uniting Kentuckians who know we deserve better. The choice is clear: Rand Paul has failed us. Charles Booker will fight for us.
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These are the faces of the 61 Republicans in Frankfort who tried to force 21,400 Kentucky kids to go without a meal. Remember them when you head to the polls this November.
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And there you have it, folks — despite support from 9 out of 10 Kentuckians, medical marijuana won't be legalized this year thanks to Republican politicians. This is what the Republican supermajority stands for: blocking bills that help you, passing bills that help them.
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You all voted in March to slash up to $230 a month in food benefits that feed 543,000 struggling Kentuckians — disproportionately working, low-income single moms and their kids. Let us know when the whole "supports children, mothers and families" thing is supposed to start.
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In a blistering ruling, the Supreme Court UNANIMOUSLY slapped down @DanielCameronAG and the @KYGOP's attack on public schools. The ruling also makes it clear Cameron doesn’t understand the Constitution and can’t present a competent, coherent legal case.
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Gov. @AndyBeshearKY and Kentucky Democrats are proud to be here in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. It's time to move Kentucky — and America — forward, together.
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While Republican politicians mocked @AndyBeshearKY at Fancy Farm this weekend for not being there to give a political speech, he and @BritainyBeshear were spending the day at a flood relief shelter in Eastern Kentucky with families who've lost everything. Priorities.
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Even after Kentuckians rejected Amendment 2, Daniel Cameron is still trying to keep Kentucky's extreme abortion ban, which cuts off options even for rape and incest survivors and threatens women's health care. We can't trust Daniel Cameron to keep us safe.
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In 2019, Matt Bevin said "there was no way around" tolls to pay for a Brent Spence Bridge solution. Some governors are just built different.
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In 2019, Kentucky elected a Democratic governor. Since then, he's led us through a pandemic, tornadoes, and catastrophic floods. And he's delivered a booming economy, with the lowest unemployment rate and record job growth. Democrats deliver. And @AndyBeshearKY is proof.
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In 2019, Kentuckians knew @AndyBeshearKY was the right man for the job. We didn't know all of the ways in which that would be proven true.
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Gov. @AndyBeshearKY and KY Dems are doing everything they can to defeat Amendment 2 to protect our public schools. Please do the same and vote no on Amendment 2 this November.
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Gov. Beshear's executive action paved the way for medical cannabis in KY, giving many Kentuckians safe and effective relief for the first time. Now, thanks to @AndyBeshearKY and tireless advocates from across KY, the legislature has finally sent a legalization bill to his desk.
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Mitch McConnell said 2022 was "the perfect storm" for a historic red wave. He couldn't even flip a 50/50 Senate. 🥂
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KY superintendents warn: Amendment 2's vouchers could cost our public schools of $1.9 billion annually. That's 9,869 educator jobs at risk. Our kids deserve better.
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Brett Guthrie had $4.3 million in federal PPP loans forgiven. (That's the equivalent of four years of tuition for about 97 WKU students.).
President Biden’s taxpayer-funded student loan debt cancellation plan is a bribe to score political points ahead of the election at the expense of Americans who decided to pursue careers that didn't require taking on student debt or who worked hard to pay off their debt already.
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Senator @cassieforky tried to remove the sales tax on diapers to help working families, but @KYGOP felt that the wealthy deserved a tax exemption on gold bars instead. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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Why should Kentucky taxpayers foot the bill for wealthy private schools?. The answer is plain and simple — they shouldn’t.
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🚨 POLLING UPDATE 🚨. The latest Morning Consult poll shows @AndyBeshearKY is still America's most popular Democratic governor. With multiple polls in the past year showing consistent support from 60% of Kentuckians, he's coming out of the 2023 gate strong.
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Yep, you heard @AndyBeshearKY right:. Daniel Cameron is “heckbent” on ripping away health care coverage from 100,000 Kentuckians.
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Kentucky’s candidates for lieutenant governor, in a nutshell.
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Daniel Cameron lied about what he told a grand jury in the Breonna Taylor investigation. He lied about shaking down a company for campaign cash while he was investigating it. And he is lying about @AndyBeshearKY's record. We can't trust Daniel Cameron.
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Kentuckians are fired up for one candidate in this race — and it isn't Daniel Cameron.
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🚨 @CassieForKY keeps Senate District 19 BLUE!. Senator-elect Cassie Chambers Armstrong is ready to go to Frankfort and fight for Kentucky families who need a champion in their corner. Meet Kentucky's next Democratic state senator!
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Congratulations to @CamuelForKY for a huge victory in House District 93!. Representative-elect Camuel is ready to continue the legacy of her predecessor Rep. Lamin Swann and give a voice to folks who are too often shut out of Frankfort.
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Republican lawmakers gave themselves an 8% raise, but they refuse to work with @AndyBeshearKY to guarantee a 5% raise for Kentucky's teachers and school staff. Kentucky can afford it. They just won't do it.
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Last year, @AndyBeshearKY expanded Medicaid coverage to include dental and vision benefits. Last week, Republican politicians reversed that. The GOP's cruelty will rip away dental care for 900,000 Kentuckians, despite Kentucky ranking as one of the worst states for oral health.
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No matter who wins the Republican primary for governor, Kentuckians already have a clear choice:. The GOP candidates' lies, cruelty and extremism. Or four more years of @AndyBeshear's strong, compassionate and popular leadership.
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“If he’s willing to lie about a grand jury, he’s willing to lie to you.”. @AndyBeshearKY is right: we can’t trust Cameron.
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In a post-Roe KY, incest victims will be forced to give birth to a relative's child. Same for rape survivors. Even some miscarriages could result in felony charges. All thanks to extreme Republican politicians. It's sick, cruel and far beyond what most Kentuckians believe.
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When you control the house, senate and presidency, you don't get to fail at running government and blame the other guys. You also don't get to hold children's health care hostage. You were sent to DC to work. Do your job and actually make a bipartisan deal #TrumpShutdown.
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Gov. @AndyBeshearKY is right:. Democrats can win everywhere when we “show up, work hard, get results, and care about everybody — and don’t get distracted by whatever the issue of the day is in Washington, D.C.”.
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To secure toll-free funding for the Brent Spence companion bridge, @AndyBeshearKY worked across the aisle, governor to governor, state government to federal government. That's what real leadership looks like.
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Ahead of Fancy Farm, Republicans are already attacking Gov. Beshear. Let's be clear: from Eastern KY to Western KY, @AndyBeshearKY has been leading disaster response from one side of the state to the other in the last week alone — showing up for all of KY like he always has.
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A week later we are still reflecting on Hadley's courage, strength, and resilience. All of us are watching her in awe. Here in KY, we know how much is at stake when it comes to basic reproductive freedoms.
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Women’s private medical records are none of Daniel Cameron’s business.
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.@AndyBeshearKY was the first governor in Kentucky history to speak at the annual LGBTQ Fairness rally at the State Capitol because he knows every Kentuckian deserves to feel seen and loved for who they are.
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Gov. Beshear did the right thing. SB150 is the most extreme anti-LGBTQ bill in America. It gives big government more control over your family's lives, rips away parents' rights, makes our children less safe and promotes hate. @AndyBeshearKY is standing up for kids and families.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Danny Alvarez. He will be a great loss to Louisville and our state. Our prayers go out to his friends, family and those that worked with him in the legal community .
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"Charles Booker has my full endorsement in the race for U.S. Senate. Kentuckians deserve a Senator that fights for good jobs, access to high quality, affordable healthcare and is a champion for public education.". — @AndyBeshearKY
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“It would be difficult to find a first-term governor who has weathered as much as Andy Beshear. Through it all, Beshear has been a stalwart, steady presence in the lives of Kentuckians, comforting people with big hugs and even bigger policies to get people back on their feet.”.
🚨 BREAKING: Gov. @AndyBeshearKY was just endorsed by the @HeraldLeader. ✍ "Beshear has been an unflappable presence throughout some of our most tempestuous history, rising above politics to emphasize the needs of all Kentuckians.".
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In last week’s debate, Daniel Cameron didn’t mention “jobs” once. Here’s what he talked about instead:
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Wow. Louisville just brought the house down for @AndyBeshearKY. This energy is off-the-charts — and we’re taking it straight into tomorrow and over the finish line. Polls open at 6 am local time. Let’s go win!
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Kentuckians deserve four more years of a governor we can trust. And we can't trust Daniel Cameron.
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Kentucky deserves a United States senator who will protect our democracy and tell the truth — not undermine our democracy with dangerous lies.
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Since he took office, @AndyBeshearKY has led Kentucky with calm and compassion through some of our hardest moments — even when those tragedies strike close to home.
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