Kentucky Republicans took part in the state's premier political event this weekend in a bid to win post-November elections, but the governor Some candidates aspiring to become had trouble coming to terms with stateswith the 2020 defeat of Donald Trump.
Democrat Joe Bidenwon the presidential election against Trump pretty much. Their tiptoeing is a sign of Trump's continued hold on many Republicans in the Republican Party, including Kentucky, which he easily did twice.
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As people gathered for political speeches at Fancy Farms in western Kentucky Saturday on his picnic, the impact was felt as Trump supporters held up big "Trump Victory" signs. It was clear. Signs promoting Trump's false claims of his rigged 2020 election received cheers from Republican followers. The stump-style speech at the picnic, which was televised statewide, is a rite of passage for Kentucky's statewide candidates.
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The Republican gubernatorial candidate will contest the party's nomination next May.
Trump is already in his 2023 gubernatorial race in Bluegrass, endorsing Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Second-term Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear skipped the picnic and comforted flood victims in eastern Kentucky on Saturday.
Cameron noted his support for Trump during his speech at his picnic. But over the weekend, he was furious with questions about the former president's unsupported allegations that the 2020 election fraud was rampant.
"The election was fair and safe here in Kentucky." And Cameron answered his one of the questions from reporters. "Look, we have to focus on the future. That's what this campaign is about."
But Cameron said the results of the 2020 presidential election should be reversed. He has distanced himself from the views of some die-hard Trump supporters who believe that
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"President Biden is the president of the United States, America. State election officials and Trump's own attorney general say there is no credible evidence that the election was tainted. The former president's fraud allegations were also dismissed entirely by courts, including Trump-appointed judges.
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Cameron from Kentucky He, who works under Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and counts him as a mentor, also refused to discuss the Jan. 6 uprising at the Capitol. A House panel investigating the attack said the attack was not spontaneous, but a "coup attempt" and a direct result of the defeated president's attempt to overturn the election, blaming Trump. inflicted.
Instead of discussing the Capitol siege, Cameron points to the 2020 demonstrations spurred by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other black Americans in encounters with police. He said he was not asked about the protests that destroyed property in several cities in the country.
Cameron, who is black, joked about Trump's support during his picnic speech.
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"Now people are asking about how I got that endorsement." I'm guessing... So I'm going to bean sowing today, and it was actually pretty easy... All I had to do was tell Trump that Mitch McConnell wasn't Mackenze's grandfather. All I could do was guarantee," Cameron quipped, referring to his wife. was the only gubernatorial candidate to mention
Another gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Savannah Maddox, in a picnic speech, called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis "fight for your constitutional rights and freedoms." Republican," he said.
Cameron wasn't the only Republican candidate to have trouble answering Trump-related questions.
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}When asked if he thought Biden won fairly, Ryan Quarles replied that Kentucky had a "safe election" and Trump "won tremendously" in Bluegrass. Agricultural Commissioner Quarles is also among the gubernatorial candidates seeking the Republican nomination, which will be decided next spring.
"If President Trump were in office today, I think he would have done a much better job than President Biden," Quarles added.
State Comptroller Mike Harmon, another gubernatorial candidate, gave a more than 140-word answer when first asked whether Biden won fairly. Harmon later said that some important election-related "controls had been removed", but that "it could not be judged either way." } Story continues below ad
Harmon said he wished there hadn't been an attack on the Capitol, but of property damage and destruction during a police-related period. also pointed out that it is protesting that no attention has been paid to it.
"Sure, President Biden is our president," Harmon later said. “Just like you pray for the president, you have to pray for him, and hopefully he will provide guidance. There are several.”
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