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Bevin Defends Pardon of Child Rapist

December 19, 2019 at 8:15 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) “defended his controversial last-minute pardon of a man convicted of raping a 9-year-old, saying there was no physical evidence of her abuse,” the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

Said Bevin: “There was zero evidence… Both their hymens were intact. This is perhaps more specific than people would want, but trust me. If you have been repeatedly sexually violated as a small child by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Blames ‘Harvested Votes’ for His Loss

December 4, 2019 at 1:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) told WFPL that he lost his race for reelection because the Democratic Party “harvested votes in urban communities.”

Said Bevin: “The left, those who think of a different ideological bent, they are getting so good at harvesting votes in the urban communities. They were able to go into urban communities where people are densely populated on college campuses and public housing projects.”

Filed Under: 2019 Campaign Tagged With: KY-Gov, Matt Bevin

Bevin Requests Election Recanvass

November 6, 2019 at 2:59 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Citing “multiple reports of voting irregularities,” the campaign of Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has formally requested an official recanvass of the results in Kentucky’s election for governor, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

The recanvass will be conducted on November 14.

Filed Under: 2019 Campaign, Election Administration Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Sued By His Hand-Picked Lieutenant Governor

August 15, 2019 at 5:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton (R) filed suit against Gov. Matt Bevin (R) on Thursday, asking for court orders that would restore her two fired staff members to their jobs, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

“The 12-page lawsuit, filed in Franklin Circuit Court, argues the Bevin administration illegally dismissed Hampton’s chief of staff, Steve Knipper, in late January and her deputy chief of staff, Adrienne Southworth, in late May.”

Associated Press: “The dispute threatens to complicate Bevin’s efforts to win a second term in a state that has tilted heavily toward the GOP.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Blocks Thousands from His Social Media Accounts

May 2, 2019 at 8:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“An ongoing federal lawsuit over Gov. Matt Bevin’s habit of blocking people on Twitter and Facebook shows the Republican leader has persisted in barring users from accessing his official accounts,” the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

“Newly released court records say the number of accounts prohibited from readily viewing Bevin’s social media has ballooned from about 600 to nearly 3,000 different users since the Courier Journal reported on his penchant for blocking two years ago.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Matt Bevin

GOP Governor Intentionally Gave His Kids Chickenpox

March 21, 2019 at 4:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) said that “he had intentionally tried to get his children infected with chickenpox and that he did not support the state’s mandatory chickenpox vaccine,” the Washington Post reports.

“Bevin said that every one of his nine children had come down with chickenpox — on purpose.”

Said Bevin: “We found a neighbor that had it. And I went and made sure every one of my kids was exposed to it and they got it. And they had it as children, they were miserable for a few days, and they all turned out fine.”

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Dismisses His Bad Poll Numbers

February 22, 2019 at 11:29 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) “dismissed polling that shows him struggling with voters as he runs for a second term — and said he welcomes having President Trump and vice president Mike Pence come to Kentucky to campaign for him,” McClatchy reports.

Said Bevin: “There has never been a poll ever taken… done by anyone, including people who want to be supportive, that has ever found me above water or likely to win anything, ever. I have never led in any poll or been popular in any survey that has ever been done.”

Filed Under: 2019 Campaign Tagged With: KY-Gov, Matt Bevin

Quote of the Day

January 31, 2019 at 12:48 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I just have to say, this nitwit governor in Kentucky, saying that ‘Oh, we’re weak.’ These are kids who are going to be in subzero wind chill. No, cancel school! Stop it! I’m glad you’re not a teacher!”

— Weatherman Al Roker quoted by the HuffPost, on Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) who said that America was “getting soft” for closing schools in anticipation of record-breaking low temperatures.

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Blames Zombie Shows for Gun Violence

November 13, 2018 at 7:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) said that new laws aren’t the solution to gun violence, but addressing a “culture of death” in media is the place to start, USA Today reports.

Said Bevin: “It starts with everything from the type of entertainment that we focus on. What’s the most popular topic that seems to be in every cable television network. Television shows are all about, what? Zombies! I don’t get it …  that’s what we are.”

Filed Under: Gun Control Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

October 2, 2017 at 12:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“To all those political opportunists who are seizing on the tragedy in Las Vegas to call for more gun regulations… You can’t regulate evil.”

— Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R), on Twitter.

Filed Under: Gun Control Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Says Clinton Election Might Require Shedding Blood

September 13, 2016 at 7:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) says patriots might have to shed blood to “reclaim” America if Hillary Clinton is elected:

Whose blood will be shed? It may be that of those in this room. It might be that of our children and grandchildren. I have nine children. It breaks my heart to think that it might be their blood that is needed to redeem something, to reclaim something, that we through our apathy and our indifference have given away.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Threatened Legislator Who Refused to Switch Parties

August 30, 2016 at 11:03 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A Democratic state legislator alleges Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) left a message threatening him and his district on his voicemail in December, one day after he refused to change parties, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

“Bevin made the call to Rep. Russ Meyer (D) at a time when Republicans were furiously trying to recruit party-switchers in the House following the November election that saw the GOP make great strides. Meyer was a top target because he represents a district that votes heavily Republican.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Not Ready to Support Trump

May 9, 2016 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) said that he will remain silent on his preference for president until Republicans select a nominee at their national convention in Cleveland, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.

Said Bevin: “At this point, weighing in on who I am going to vote for, I think, is a mistake for me or any other person. The reality is let the thing unfold. Let a nominee come forward from each respective party.”

Bevin acknowledged that Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee, but he said he has “never been big” on telling people whom he votes for.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Donald Trump, Matt Bevin

Special Elections Set in Kentucky

January 25, 2016 at 12:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 8 Comments

Lexington Herald-Leader: “They have only eight weeks to campaign, but the outcome of their political races will greatly affect how Kentucky is governed. The field of candidates has been set for the four special state House elections that Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has scheduled for March 8.”

“Democrats have to win at least one of the elections to keep the majority they have enjoyed since 1921.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Will Take Down Obamacare Exchange

January 12, 2016 at 12:29 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 88 Comments

“Following through on a campaign pledge,” Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) “has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle kynect, Kentucky’s health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act,” the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Matt Bevin

Bevin Moves to Reshape Kentucky

December 24, 2015 at 8:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard 47 Comments

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) “filed five executive orders late Tuesday to start reshaping state government along conservative ideological lines, including one that removes county clerks’ names from marriage licenses, granting the request of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who opposes same-sex marriage,” the Lexington Herald Leader reports.

“Others reversed earlier executive orders by former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear to restore voting rights to felons and for a higher minimum wage for state workers and employees of state vendors.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: Kentucky, Matt Bevin

Bevin Calls Out Cartoon as Racist

November 20, 2015 at 1:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 60 Comments

The Lexington Herald-Leader published an editorial cartoon that Kentucky Gov.-elect Matt Bevin (R) called “deplorably racist,” according to the Louisville Courier Journal.

The cartoon shows Bevin hiding under his desk and an aide telling him, ‘Sir, they’re not terrorists… they’re your own adopted kids!”

Four of Bevin’s children were adopted from Africa.

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: KY-Gov, Matt Bevin

The GOP’s Obamacare Experiment Begins

November 4, 2015 at 9:39 am EST By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

First Read: “Perhaps the most significant consequence of Republican Matt Bevin’s victory in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race last night is that it could result in the dismantling of maybe the most extensive (and successful) effort to implement Obamacare in the entire country… And that would give national Republicans a statewide experiment to see how — or simply if — you can rollback the law.”

“And so we’re likely to see a political fight play out in Kentucky that might even be bigger than yesterday’s gubernatorial contest: Bevin and Republicans will be trying to — choose your term — reform/rollback/dismantle the state’s health-care system under the federal law, while Democrats will argue that the effort will result in taking away people’s health insurance that they liked or didn’t have before.”

“Bottom line: The aftermath of last night could answer these questions for national Republicans: If you want to repeal the health-care law, how do you do it? How big will the blowback be to changing people’s health insurance? And can repeal even be done?”

Wonk Wire: Could an upset in Kentucky herald a rollback of Obamacare?

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: KY-Gov, Matt Bevin

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