The winningest program in NCAA men&#8217;s basketball history couldn&#8217;t stop a 6-foot-3 three-point shooter who began his college career at the conservative Hillsdale College in Michigan before transferring just up the road to Oakland University — the team that pulled off the biggest upset so far in the 2024 March Madness tournament.
On Thursday evening, Jack Gohlke put on one of the most memorable performances in NCAA tournament history when he came off the bench to score 32 points, helping the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, a commuter college in Rochester Hills, Michigan, beat the eight-time national champion Kentucky Wildcats in the first round. Gohlke shot 50% from behind the arc, hitting 10 three-pointers and two free throws to cap off the remarkable performance in Oakland&#8217;s 80-76 win over the Wildcats.
The 24-year-old guard from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, committed to Hillsdale College in 2017. Gohlke played on the men&#8217;s basketball team for the liberal arts college in rural southern Michigan, which is a Division II school, where his lethal three-point shooting helped Hillsdale go on a run to the Elite Eight in the 2022 D2 NCAA Tournament.
After transferring to Oakland to play his sixth year of college basketball, Gohlke didn&#8217;t stop what he did best at Hillsdale: shooting threes. In fact, that&#8217;s just about all he did during the Grizzlies&#8217; 2023-2024 season. Of the 355 total shots Gohlke took throughout the season, 347 of them were three-pointers, which was the second-most for any player in Division I basketball. And he hit on 38% of his three-point shots, averaging nearly 13 points per game.
But even if Kentucky&#8217;s scouting report showed them to expect a lot of shots from Gohlke, nothing could&#8217;ve prepared the Wildcats for what the Oakland guard would do. Gohlke was unstoppable in the first half of Thursday&#8217;s game, nailing seven threes — most of which were heavily contested by Kentucky defenders.
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JACK GOHLKE LIT UP KENTUCKY IN THE FIRST HALF 🔥
7 THREES OFF THE BENCH 🤯 <a href="https://t.co/wtIKKqhShu">pic.twitter.com/wtIKKqhShu</a>
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While the Golden Grizzlies took a three-point lead into halftime, head coach Greg Kampe, who has been the team&#8217;s leader since 1984, knew that to pull off an upset of Kentucky, Gohlke would need to provide some more March magic.
“Well, he better hit seven more [three-pointers] if we’re going to win because we’re ain’t gonna win if he don’t do that,” Kampe <a href="https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/jack-gohlke-oakland-kentucky-march-madness-a649db9d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the half.
Gohlke didn&#8217;t hit seven more threes in the second half, but he added three huge buckets from behind the arc, which tied him for second-most three-point shots made in a single NCAA Tournament game. Gohlke&#8217;s teammates added some big shots and stellar defense down the stretch, and 14-seed Oakland finished what it started, winning a nail-biter against the three-seeded Kentucky.
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JACK GOHLKE IS UNCONSCIOUS 
LEGENDS ARE MADE IN MARCH <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkTitusShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkTitusShow</a> 
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After the game, Gohlke <a href="https://twitter.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/1770990622062662104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CBS, &#8220;We&#8217;re not a Cinderella,&#8221; adding that Oakland is &#8220;going to keep winning some games.&#8221; Later, Gohlke admitted that he&#8217;s not an NBA-caliber player like much of the Kentucky team he just helped take down, but said he and his teammates know they &#8220;can compete with those type of guys.&#8221;
&#8220;You have to think you have the same talent level as them. I know they have draft picks and I know I&#8217;m not going to the NBA, but I know on any given night, I can compete with those type of guys and our team can compete with those type of guys.&#8221;
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&quot;You have to think you have the same talent level as them. I know they have draft picks and I know I&#39;m not going to the NBA, but I know on any given night, I can compete with those type of guys and our team can compete with those type of guys.&quot;
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Oakland&#8217;s win pushed them to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. The Golden Grizzlies will take on 11-seed North Carolina State, who defeated 6-seed Texas Tech, on Saturday at approximately 7:10 p.m. ET.

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The legal team for former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kentucky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky</a> clerk Kim Davis say they are fighting back following a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kentucky-clerk-who-refused-to-issue-licenses-following-scotus-gay-marriage-ruling-must-pay-over-260k-in-fees-judge-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversial ruling</a> against Davis, and even suggested the case could end up undoing the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s landmark decision on gay marriage in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-would-be-more-than-a-little-chaotic-ted-cruz-explains-why-supreme-court-is-unlikely-to-overturn-gay-marriage-decision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obergefell v. Hodges</a>.
Davis in 2015 refused to hand out a marriage license to David Ermold and David Moore after the pair walked into the Rowan County Courthouse alongside journalists and protesters seeking the license. Last week, Davis was ordered to pay $260,104 in attorneys fees to the couple&#8217;s lawyers, on top of the $100,000 she was already ordered to pay to the couple directly.
&#8220;The plaintiffs in this case are part of a larger agenda that are intent on punishing people of faith who hold the values that marriage is the union of a man and a woman,&#8221; Liberty Counsel founder and chairman Mat Staver <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/kim-davis-case-overturn-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-ruling-legal-counsel?dicbo=v2-DlzGkzQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News. The organization is representing David.
&#8220;While it appears at this stage that they have been able to succeed, this case now is set up that it could possibly be the undoing of the very case that started this whole matter and that&#8217;s Obergefell v. Hodges from 2015 that has no basis in the Constitution,&#8221; Staver added.
The legal team will argue in an appeal that Davis &#8220;could not bring herself to violate her deeply held Christian beliefs,&#8221; and was entitled to a religious accommodation under the First Amendment, Fox noted.
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&#8220;Clerks in Kentucky (were) &#8230; provided conscience opt-outs for hunting and fishing licenses,&#8221; Staver said. &#8220;Kim Davis wanted a conscience opt-out for the same-sex marriage licenses.&#8221;
At the time, then-Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, doled out an exemption for his attorney general, who said he could not defend the state&#8217;s marriage amendment. Davis was not awarded one, however, and spent days in jail.
Currently, clerks in the state are allowed to opt-op from such participation.
Despite the legal team&#8217;s outlook, some conservatives do not believe Obergefell v. Hodges will be overturned. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R), for example, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-would-be-more-than-a-little-chaotic-ted-cruz-explains-why-supreme-court-is-unlikely-to-overturn-gay-marriage-decision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in 2022 that the 2015 decision was “clearly wrong,” but he does not believe the high court has any “appetite” to review the case. He added that it would be “chaotic” to disrupt such unions that occurred in accordance with the law.
“Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation’s history,” Cruz said at the time. “Marriage was always an issue that was left to the states. We saw states before Obergefell, some states were moving to allow gay marriage, and other states were moving to allow civil partnerships. There were different standards that the states were adopting.”
&#8220;In [Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision,] what the Supreme Court said is Roe is different because it’s the only one of the cases that involve the taking of a human life and that’s qualitatively different” than Obergefell, Cruz said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kentucky-clerk-who-refused-to-issue-licenses-following-scotus-gay-marriage-ruling-must-pay-over-260k-in-fees-judge-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky Clerk Who Refused To Issue Licenses Following SCOTUS Gay Marriage Ruling Must Pay Over $260K In Fees, Judge Rules</a>

owan County Clerk of Courts Kim Davis waves to a crowd of her supporters at a rally in front of the Carter County Detention Center on September 8, 2015 in Grayson, Kentucky.

Kim Davis Fighting Back After Ordered To Pay $100,000 To Gay Couple, Could End Up At SCOTUS, Legal Team Says

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At least six state capitol buildings across the country were evacuated after receiving bomb threats Wednesday morning. 
State capitol buildings in Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, and Montana all reported bomb threats, prompting investigations by state police and local authorities. Each of the threats appeared to be a hoax email sent to numerous government employees claiming explosives had been placed in the capitol buildings. 
“While everyone is safe, KSP has asked everyone to evacuate the state Capitol and is investigating a threat received by the Secretary of State’s Office,” Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear <a href="https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1742568209121730634">wrote</a> in a post on X. “We are aware of similar threats made to other offices across the country.”
A spokesman for Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams said that the threat was sent to multiple secretaries of state across the country as a “mass email,” the Lexington Herald-Leader <a href="https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article283779473.html">reported</a>. Adams’ office added that the email claimed bombs had been placed in state capitols. 
The Michigan State Capitol <a href="https://twitter.com/MIStateCapitol/status/1742571070509535685">posted</a> on X that the building would be closed for the remainder of Wednesday as authorities continued investigating. 
&#8220;Out of an abundance of caution, the Capitol will remain closed for the rest of the day,&#8221; Michigan State Police spokeswoman Lori Dougovito said, <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/01/03/state-capitol-evacuated-due-to-safety-and-security-concerns/72095198007/">according</a> to The Detroit News.
Michigan House Republican Floor Leader Bryan Posthumus said in a statement to The Daily Wire that he and his team were in his office &#8220;when security informed us of the threat and evacuated us quickly and professionally.&#8221;
&#8220;So far there’s no cause for greater alarm as we turn the building over for law enforcement to sweep,&#8221; Posthumus added. &#8220;This is unfortunately a reality for our modern world but I applaud the quick and effective work of the first responders and capitol security.&#8221;
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Capitol buildings in Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Montana all reopened after authorities investigated the threats and gave the all-clear. No state or local authorities have reported observing any suspicious activity or finding any suspicious objects on capitol grounds.

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Kim Davis, the former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kentucky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky</a> clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses after the Supreme Court&#8217;s landmark decision in 2015 on gay marriage, must pay $260,104 in fees to attorneys who represented a couple, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Despite Davis’ attorneys arguing that the fee request by the same-sex couple’s lawyers was excessive, U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning said that the former clerk’s lawyers exaggerated and “belie[d] logic,” the Lexington Herald-Leader <a href="https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article283727788.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The $260,104 in attorneys fees is in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury ordered Davis to pay David Ermold and David Moore, a couple who won a lawsuit against her last September. Davis’ attorneys are expected to appeal Bunning’s ruling.
“They sought to vindicate their fundamental right to marry and obtain marriage licenses, and they did so,” Bunning said of the couple.
The ruling is the latest in a more than eight-year legal struggle for Davis, an evangelical Christian who was the county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, in 2015, shortly after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled that same-sex couples are guaranteed a right to marry under the U.S. Constitution. Davis made headlines after the decision when Ermold and Moore walked into the Rowan County Courthouse followed by journalists and protesters, seeking to obtain a marriage license.
To avoid issuing any marriage licenses to gay couples, which Davis said was against her religious convictions, she refused to hand out marriage licenses to any couple. After entering the courthouse in September of 2015, Ermold asked Davis “under whose authority” she refused to issue a marriage license, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/us/same-sex-marriage-kentucky-kim-davis.html?smid=pl-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.
“Under God’s authority,” she responded.
Davis was then jailed for five days for contempt of court, and the gay couple’s marriage license was issued by a deputy clerk after Davis’ name was removed from the form while she was behind bars. The former county clerk was also sued by another gay couple whose license she denied, but a separate jury didn’t award them any damages, WKYT <a href="https://www.wkyt.com/2024/01/02/judge-kim-davis-owes-250k-attorneys-fees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Davis lost her re-election bid in 2018 to Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr. by eight percentage points, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-rules-former-clerk-refused-issue-same-sex-marriage-licenses-pay-260000-legal-expenses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Ermold, one of the men to whom Davis refused to issue a marriage license, also ran in the primary against Caudill Jr. in 2018, but came up short. After his primary loss, Ermold said he would prefer Davis win the election over Caudill Jr.
&#8220;I just want him to lose. I would rather Kim Davis win,&#8221; Ermold said. &#8220;At least Kim Davis has the integrity to stand up for what she believes in. Elwood Caudill is a liar.&#8221;

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Kentucky Clerk Who Refused To Issue Licenses Following SCOTUS Gay Marriage Ruling Must Pay Over $260K In Fees, Judge Rules

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Twenty-one states, led by Kentucky Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/daniel-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Cameron</a>, are challenging a new rule from the Biden administration that would mandate that states create emission standards and report back to the federal government on their progress. 
The rule from the Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) would mandate that state departments of transportation come up with goals to reduce CO2 emissions. The Republican attorneys general say that rule is unconstitutional and would harm rural areas where more driving is necessary. 
“President Biden is unconstitutionally ramming his radical climate agenda through administrative agencies that lack Congressional authority to implement such actions,” Cameron <a href="https://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&amp;prId=1492" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We will not stand by while this administration attempts to circumvent the legislative process.”
The rule, which is <a href="https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/states-sue-biden-administration-over-highway-emissions-rule?utm_source=daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set</a> to go into effect on January 8, &#8220;requires State departments of transportation (State DOT) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) to establish declining carbon dioxide (CO2) targets for the GHG measure and report on progress toward the achievement of those targets. The rule does not mandate how low targets must be.&#8221;
The FHWA will also be <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/07/2023-26019/national-performance-management-measures-assessing-performance-of-the-national-highway-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">empowered</a> to “assess whether State DOTs have made significant progress toward achieving their targets.”
A  joint <a href="https://www.ag.ky.gov/Press%20Release%20Attachments/Complaint%20(as%20filed).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> was filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky by Cameron and the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
&#8220;Congress has not given FHWA or DOT authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions,&#8221; the complaint says. &#8220;Nor can the Agencies compel the States to administer a federal regulatory program or mandate them to further Executive policy wishes absent some other authority to do so — which is lacking as to this rule.”
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The complaint challenges President Joe Biden, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the FHWA, and FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt. It says that the rule is unconstitutional and violates the principles of federalism. 
Montana AG Austin Knudsen said the rule was another aspect of the Biden administration’s attempt to implement a “radical green agenda.”
&#8220;This rule is another unlawful and overreaching regulation by the Biden Administration to force the President’s radical green agenda onto Americans regardless of the costs,” Montana AG Austin Knudsen said. &#8220;This one-size-fits-all approach might work for the Washington, DC bureaucrats who cooked it up, but it won’t work for Montana.&#8221;

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A train derailment in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kentucky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky</a> on Wednesday caused molten sulphur to spill out of two cars, starting a fire and leading to some residents evacuating the area. 
The derailment, which involved 16 cars, <a href="https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/media/press-releases/csx-responds-to-livingston-kentucky-derailment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">happened</a> at around 2:23 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in an area just north of Livingstone, Kentucky. By Thursday afternoon, CSX, the train operator <a href="https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/media/press-releases/livingston-kentucky-derailment-update-4-00-p-m/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the fire had been put out and residents could go home. 
&#8220;CSX and local emergency responders in Rockcastle county, Ky. have extinguished the fire that resulted from yesterday’s train derailment just north of Livingston, Ky. Specialized equipment has been deployed to conduct air monitoring in the area and local authorities have determined it safe for residents to return to their homes,” CSX said in a statement. 
The previous day, CSX said that it had sent specialized equipment to the area to test air quality because burning molten sulphur releases sulphur dioxide. The train operator paid for about 112 residents to go to stay in nearby Mt. Vernon while the fires were put out. 
Evacuation wasn’t required, but government officials did allow residents to decide for themselves if they wanted to leave the area.
&#8220;[Evacuation] wasn&#8217;t mandated but we went to each one of the homes twice and highly recommended that they evacuate,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/small-kentucky-town-urged-evacuate-train-derails-spilling-chemicals-rcna126481" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a government spokesperson. &#8220;Some people chose to stay at home: that was totally their own decision.&#8221;
On Thursday, Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1727806265307324616" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement that he was thankful for those who responded to the fire. 
“Thank you to the first responders who worked hard to put out the fire at the train derailment site in Rockcastle County. While there is still work to be done, we are thankful for the good news that our families in Livingston are able to spend the rest of Thanksgiving at home,” he said. 
In the last year, there has been a spate of train derailments across the country from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-norfolk-southern-train-derails-as-ceo-testifies-to-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama</a> to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trains-with-potentially-hazardous-material-crash-into-montana-river" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Montana</a> to Ohio, where a derailment in East Palestine cost over $800 million and the release of toxic chemicals into the air. 
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After the derailment in East Palestine, train operator Norfolk Southern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/norfolk-southern-says-cost-of-east-palestine-derailment-has-doubled-as-chemical-cleanup-continues" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opted</a> to burn several cars filled with the dangerous chemical vinyl chloride over fears that the cars would explode. The fire sent a cloud of smoke that remained over the town of 4,700 for days. Nearly six months after the disaster, chemicals from the derailment appear to still be present in a creek as trucks continue to haul contaminated water and soil out of the town, the Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ohio-train-derailment-norfolk-southern-update-cb5815ee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kentucky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky</a> Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, won a second four-year term in the election on Tuesday in the red state.
With 87% of votes counted, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/results-kentucky-governor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data showed</a> Beshear with 654,537 votes and 52.5% support, beating out Republican candidate Daniel Cameron, who had 592,884 votes and 47.5% support.
The numbers were sufficient enough for the Associated Press and others to call the contest in Beshear&#8217;s favor and for Cameron to concede the race.
Cameron, the state&#8217;s attorney general, said in his concession speech that he called the governor to congratulate him and encouraged supporters to pray for the winner.
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“I ask that you pray for Gov. Beshear … What ultimately matters is that we know that Christ is on the throne.”
— Republican Daniel Cameron in his concession speech to Andy Beshear (D) in the Kentucky governor&#39;s race <a href="https://t.co/e3JhuPq6E8">pic.twitter.com/e3JhuPq6E8</a>
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&#8220;I know from his perspective and from all of our perspectives that we all want the same thing for our future generations: a better commonwealth, one in which it can ultimately be a shining city on a hill — a model and example for the rest of the nation to follow,&#8221; Cameron said.
Beshear ran a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-kentucky-gov-focuses-on-abortion-as-2023-race-heats-up-gop-opponent-calls-strategy-desperate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">staunchly pro-abortion campaign</a> in a state where voters last year <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134835022/kentucky-abortion-amendment-midterms-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> a constitutional amendment to enshrine Kentucky&#8217;s near-total ban after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade while Cameron set his focus on issues related to crime and radical gender theory.
Race <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/epitome-of-racism-tim-scott-blasts-despicable-racist-attack-on-kentuckys-daniel-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shook up the contest</a> with ads from a liberal Super PAC funded by billionaire George Soros suggesting that Cameron, who is black, is an &#8220;Uncle Tom.&#8221;
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Former President Donald Trump, who won Kentucky by double-digits in the 2020 election, endorsed Cameron, but polling <a href="https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article281207713.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that Beshear was popular even among Trump voters.
&#8220;Tonight, our Commonwealth rejected anger politics and proved there is more that unites us than can ever divide us,&#8221; Beshear <a href="https://twitter.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/1722087227428118744" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Tuesday celebrating his victory.
But in his victory speech, Beshear took political shots, including at Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who <a href="https://www.lex18.com/news/kentucky-votes/cameron-rounds-out-campaign-with-arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with Cameron on the campaign trail in the final stretch.
“Tonight, Kentucky made a choice &#8230; of Jack Harlow over Sarah Huckabee Sanders,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1722079952432934920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, referring to the Louisville native rapper who appeared <a href="https://twitter.com/WLKYMark/status/1720096053637386494" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with Beshear</a> at a rally last week. Beshear also <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1722079952432934920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bragged</a> of his success against other GOP officials and conservative groups who opposed him.
President Joe Biden, who may face Trump next year in a 2020 rematch, spoke with Beshear to congratulate him on winning re-election, according to the White House.
Republicans fared better in other state-wide contests, with the GOP candidate handily winning in the Kentucky <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/results-kentucky-attorney-general.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attorney general race</a> and in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/results-kentucky-secretary-of-state.html#:~:text=Michael%20Adams%2C%20Republican%2C%20wins%20the,of%20state%20race%20in%20Kentucky." target="_blank" rel="noopener">secretary of state</a> race.

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Democrat Wins Second Term In Kentucky Governor’s Race

Democrat Wins Second Term In Kentucky Governor's Race

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Voters across the country head to the polls on Tuesday to decide key elections, including a bid by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kentucky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky</a> Republicans to flip the governor’s office and a referendum in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ohio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio</a> on whether to establish abortion as a constitutional right. 
In Kentucky, Democratic Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andy-beshear" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andy Beshear</a> is facing a challenge from Republican Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/daniel-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Cameron</a>, with recent polls showing a <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/11/03/andy-beshear-daniel-cameron-tied-kentucky-governors-race-emerson-poll/71435638007/">tight race</a>. One survey released on Friday from Emerson College Polling showed Beshear and Cameron tied, with both taking 47%. 
Cameron had been behind by 16 points in the previous Emerson poll before appearing to close the gap in recent weeks. Emerson College Polling executive director Spencer Kimball said the gap seemed to narrow because Cameron &#8220;appears to have gained ground by consolidating Republican voters who supported former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.”
During his campaign, Cameron highlighted former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Trump won Kentucky by 26 points in 2020, and Republicans have a supermajority in the legislature, overturning Beshear’s vetoes on a number of occasions. 
Last year, Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/historic-republicans-gain-voter-registration-advantage-in-another-state-for-the-first-time-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gained an edge</a> in voter registration in the commonwealth for the first time, as it has trended red in recent years. 
In Ohio, voters will decide whether to place a right to an abortion in the state constitution. Pro-life advocates say that the initiative would allow abortions at all stages of pregnancy.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-attorney-general-proposed-constitutional-amendment-would-legalize-all-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that, if passed, Issue 1 would effectively legalize all abortion in the state.
“[T]he Amendment would give greater protection to abortion to be free from regulation than at any time in Ohio’s history,” analysis from Yost said. “That new test includes definitions and other terms that likewise make it harder for any law covering ‘reproductive decisions’ to survive.”
Since August 9, more than $18 million has been spent in favor of the pro-abortion initiative, with just $7 million being spent in opposition, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ohio-abortion-backers-victory-unbroken-winning-streak-issue-1-rcna122831" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC News. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year, seven states have put abortion rights on the ballot, and pro-life advocates <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/abortion-rights-won-every-election-roe-v-wade-overturned-rcna99031">have lost every time</a>. 
Ohioans will also vote on the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults.
In Virginia, political control of the state legislature is up for grabs with Republicans looking to hold on to the House of Delegates and take a majority in the state Senate. Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/full-panic-mode-biden-asks-dnc-to-help-out-virginia-dems-amid-record-fundraising-from-youngkin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broken fundraising records</a>, prompting President Joe Biden to ask the Democratic National Committee to donate to Virginia Democrats. A win for Republicans would give Youngkin the opportunity to get some conservative legislation passed before his term expires. 
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Mississippi Republican Governor Tate Reeves is also on the ballot on Tuesday, facing a challenge from Democrat Brandon Presley, who has accused Reeves of corruption. Reeves won his first race in 2019 by five points, and the state consistently voted Republican in presidential elections, with <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-governors-race-election-2023-28ed92be2af47c1f3573eb364846c2d4#:~:text=The%20last%20time%20a%20Democrat,compared%20with%20Reeves%27%20%246.3%20million." target="_blank" rel="noopener">the last</a> Democrat to win the state being Jimmy Carter.
Voters in Pennsylvania will also vote to <a href="https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-voters-to-decide-who-fills-vacant-seat-on-state-supreme-court/45758517#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fill a vacant</a> state Supreme Court seat, which could either increase or narrow the Democrat&#8217;s 4-2 advantage on the court. Republican Carolyn Carluccio is facing off against Democrat Dan McCaffery.

Republican Candidate For Governor Of Kentucky Daniel Cameron Holds An Primary Election Night Event

Election Day: Ohio Votes On Abortion, Kentucky Republicans Look To Flip Governorship

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Republican senator and presidential candidate Tim Scott says the racist ads attacking Kentucky Republican Daniel Cameron as an &#8220;Uncle Tom&#8221; are the &#8220;epitome of racism,&#8221; and says the silence of his Democrat opponent Andy Beshear is &#8220;despicable.&#8221;
The ads from a liberal Super PAC funded by billionaire George Soros call into question whether Cameron, the first black attorney general in Kentucky history, is truly a friend of the black community. The ad from Black Voters Matters PAC refers to Cameron as “Uncle Daniel Cameron,” and uses the saying, “Skinfolk ain’t kinfolk” — a refrain used by black liberals to suggest that anyone who disagrees with them politically is a race traitor.
Scott, who in 2014 became the first black senator elected in the south since reconstruction, said Beshear, Kentucky&#8217;s sitting governor, has a duty to stand up to the overt racism in his state.
&#8220;Why in the world would the governor of a state with the type of diversity he has, with the mantle the people have given him,  remain silent?&#8221; Scott said in an interview with The Daily Wire. &#8220;For one reason: Power. Unless it&#8217;s that he just authentically believes it all.&#8221;
&#8220;The simplest way to state what these yoyos are doing is race-baiting, and feeding the fire for the purpose of power,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;They feel like they can do whatever it takes to divide the state of Kentucky, to fan the flames of racism, to be small and to be so addicted to power that you will call that man, Uncle Tom.&#8221;
Beshear has declined to comment on the ad, telling the Lexington Herald-Leader that because the ad came from &#8220;an African American-led PAC,&#8221; the governor has opted to &#8220;let them comment for themselves.&#8221;
The PAC has doubled-down on the attack, putting up a new ad using the same &#8220;Skinfolk ain&#8217;t Kinfolk&#8221; refrain along with an image of Cameron as the fictional black character played by Samuel L. Jackson in film Django Unchained — the character was vicious to his fellow slaves, and was described by Jackson as the film&#8217;s &#8220;hateful negro.&#8221;
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Scott says Beshear&#8217;s failure to condemn the ad sends the wrong message to black youth.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a signal to every little kid growing up in Kentucky who happens to be brown, that if you stick your head up at all and espouse conservative virtues, you might be next. To think of the signal and the message that they&#8217;re sending, it&#8217;s just despicable,&#8221; Scott said, adding that those who are silent about it are &#8220;complicit.&#8221;
Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Action PAC, told radio host Roland Martin that he had no regrets about the ad, and that Cameron is a white supremacist.
&#8220;He has shown himself to be just as much of a threat to the black community as the staunchest white supremacists,&#8221; Albright said. &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to be white to pursue and reinforce white supremacist policies. As we said in the ad, all skinfolk ain&#8217;t kinfolk.&#8221;
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NEW: Soros-Funded PAC Labels Black Republican An Uncle Tom In Campaign Ad: ‘Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk’
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Albright also said that calling Cameron an Uncle Tom, a slur derived from Harriet Beecher Stowe&#8217;s Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin novel, would be an insult to Uncle Tom.
&#8220;Technically, we didn&#8217;t call him Uncle Tom right? To do so actually would probably be more of an insult to the actual Uncle Tom,&#8221; Albright said.
Cameron has condemned the ad as &#8220;racist and hateful.&#8221;
“I never faced racism or discrimination while growing up or working in Kentucky until I decided to stand up to the national Democrat establishment.” Cameron told The Daily Wire, which was first to report on the ad. “I don’t support their policies, so the Left attacks me for my skin color.”
Beshear has not responded to requests for comment.

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‘Epitome Of Racism’: Tim Scott Blasts ‘Despicable’ Racist Attack On Kentucky’s Daniel Cameron

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Nearly 70% of all inmates released by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) through commutations during the coronavirus pandemic went on to re-offend, with some committing violent felonies like assault and homicide, according to a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/FILE_5795.pdf">report</a> ordered by Kentucky&#8217;s state legislature.
The report, produced by Kentucky&#8217;s Department of Information and Technology Services, found that of the 1,702 individuals whose sentences were commuted by Beshear in 2020, a majority of them, 882, went on to commit felonies. An additional 252 committed misdemeanors, leaving just over 500 who committed no crimes.
Beshear commuted criminal sentences through <a href="https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20200402_Executive-Order_2020-267_Conditional-Commutation-of-Sentence.pdf">two</a> distinct <a href="https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20200825_Executive-Order_2020-699_Commutations.pdf">executive orders</a>, both of which were examined in the report. of those from the April 3, 2020, release cohort “68% of individuals … have had at least one criminal case including at least a misdemeanor charge filed against them since release.” The reoffending rate was nearly identical for those released on August 24, 2020, with the report finding that “69% of individuals …have had at least one criminal case including at least a misdemeanor charge filed against them.”
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The report was due to the legislature in July, but was not produced until October 6, just about a month before Beshear is up for reelection. Beshear will face Kentucky&#8217;s Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who has worked to make the commutations a theme of the election battle.
The pair <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umvCrA_zLzo">sparred</a> over the issue of crime in a recent gubernatorial debate ahead of the November 7 election, with Cameron stating the findings of the report on the debate stage. Cameron said the commutations made &#8220;communities less safe, and our law enforcement&#8217;s job more difficult.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Beshear has touted an <a href="https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article277611833.html">inaccurate crime report</a> as evidence that crime has plummeted over the last year. He says the commutation statistics are irrelevant, because many of the inmates were set to be released that year anyway.
Beshear did not respond to a request for comment. Polling in the state has been sparse ahead of the gubernatorial election, but an October poll found Beshear to have a comfortable lead over Cameron.

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Majority Of Kentucky Inmates Released By Governor’s COVID Commutations Committed Felonies

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Tennessee and Kentucky&#8217;s bans on gender-related medical interventions, such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries on children.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals <a href="https://wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CA6-Opinion.pdf">ruled</a> 2-1 to reject a challenge to the laws from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and families of trans-identifying children.
&#8220;This is a relatively new diagnosis with ever-shifting approaches to care over the last decade or two. Under these circumstances, it is difficult for anyone to be sure about predicting the long-term consequences of abandoning age limits of any sort for these treatments,&#8221; <a href="https://wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CA6-Opinion.pdf">wrote</a> Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton.
The ACLU called Thursday&#8217;s ruling a &#8220;devastating result&#8221; and promised to take further action.
&#8220;The disastrous impact of Tennessee’s law and all others like it has already been felt in thousands of homes and communities. Denying transgender youth equality before the law and needlessly withholding the necessary medical care their families and their doctors know is right for them has caused and will continue to cause serious harm,&#8221; the ACLU <a href="https://www.aclu-tn.org/federal-appeals-court-rejects-request-block-tennessee-ban-gender-affirming-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday in a statement.
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh reacted to the ruling Thursday evening, calling it &#8220;huge.&#8221;
&#8220;This is huge. Our ban on child mutilation has been upheld. When we passed the bill, trans activists gloated that they would easily get it overturned in court. Who’s gloating now you child butchering ghouls?&#8221; Walsh posted on X.
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This is huge. Our ban on child mutilation has been upheld. When we passed the bill, trans activists gloated that they would easily get it overturned in court. Who’s gloating now you child butchering ghouls? <a href="https://t.co/cQCeUo2cH2">https://t.co/cQCeUo2cH2</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1707567246275715109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti celebrated the ruling as well, <a href="https://twitter.com/AGTennessee/status/1707555064334680409?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> on X, &#8220;Tennessee’s law that protects children from irreversible gender-related medical interventions remains in effect.&#8221;
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Tennessee Representative Jason Zachary (R) called the ruling a &#8220;big win.&#8221;
&#8220;Protecting children is a priority in TN,&#8221; Zachary <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonZacharyTN/status/1707558577882190164?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Another state congressman, Representative William Lamberth (R), said Tennessee will &#8220;continue to lead the way&#8221; when it comes to &#8220;protecting our children.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a huge win in the fight against a dangerous and extreme ideology that harms children and ruins lives,&#8221; Lamberth <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamLamberth/status/1707556207546765415?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
A similar ban in Alabama was <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/eleventh-circuit-affirms-alabama-limits-on-medications-for-transgender-youth/#:~:text=to%20CNS%20Plus-,11th%20Circuit%20upholds%20Alabama%20limits%20on%20medications%20for%20transgender%20youth,panel%20reversed%20that%20decision%20Monday." target="_blank" rel="noopener">upheld</a> by a federal appeals court last month. Bans in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Montana, and Indiana have been overturned.
Over the last few years, critics have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/st-louis-clinic-ditches-transgender-care-for-minors-over-law-exposing-doctors-to-lawsuits">sounded the alarm</a> about the permanent effects of both gender hormone treatments and surgical procedures, especially on children.
Both puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones come with serious health risks. Puberty blockers can <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affect</a> bone growth and density and cause sexual dysfunction, voice damage, and infertility, among other issues. Cross-sex hormones can <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-young-people-in-u-s-have-nearly-doubled-recently-report-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cause</a> infertility, deadly blood clots, heart attacks, increased cancer risks of the breasts and ovaries, liver dysfunction, worsening psychological illness, and other serious conditions.
The number of gender surgeries nearly tripled in the U.S. from 2016 to 2019, according to an <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2808707?utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_term=082323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open. In 2016, there were about 4,550 procedures, and that number spiked to around 13,000 in 2019.
Hundreds of girls in the U.S., some as young as 12, <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/101252?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2022-10-17&amp;eun=g394940d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202022-10-17&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have gotten</a> elective, gender-related double mastectomies to remove their healthy breasts over the last few years.
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Tennessee, Kentucky’s Bans On Cross-Sex Hormones, Puberty Blockers For Children

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Tennessee, Kentucky's Bans On Cross-Sex Hormones, Puberty Blockers For Children

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Democratic Kentucky Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andy-beshear" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andy Beshear</a> is highlighting the abortion issue and criticizing his Republican opponent’s strong pro-life stance as the 2023 gubernatorial race heads into its final two months.
The Beshear campaign released an attack ad last week hitting Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Beshear’s challenger, for his support for a measure that bans all abortions with the exception of saving the mother from death or a disabling injury. Beshear’s ad pressing the abortion issue is airing in rural, urban, and suburban areas of Kentucky, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-governor-campaign-abortion-4e57bc358ab4466b98b4e2de63076f03" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. 
“When a woman or girl becomes pregnant from rape, the trauma is unimaginable,” Jefferson County Prosecutor Erin White says in the ad. “Daniel Cameron thinks a 9-year-old rape survivor should be forced to give birth. Nobody — no child — should ever have to go through that.”
Beshear shared the ad on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing, “In this new ad, Prosecutor Erin White says that Daniel Cameron’s view that survivors of rape or incest—sometimes girls as young as nine—should be forced to give birth, is ‘extreme, and it’s dangerous.’ She’s right.”
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In this new ad, Prosecutor Erin White says that Daniel Cameron’s view that survivors of rape or incest—sometimes girls as young as nine—should be forced to give birth, is “extreme, and it’s dangerous.” 
She’s right. <a href="https://t.co/tR11m9ii1P">pic.twitter.com/tR11m9ii1P</a>
&mdash; Andy Beshear (@AndyBeshearKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/1697610688531714513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Cameron’s campaign responded to the ad in a statement to The Daily Wire, pointing to Beshear’s track record of standing with the “extreme wing of the Democrat Party on abortion.”
“This desperate attack from Andy Beshear proves he’s losing ground and panicked. When it comes to the rights of criminals versus victims, Andy Beshear released 1,700 criminals from jail, many of whom went on to commit felonies. Andy Beshear stands with Joe Biden and the most extreme wing of the Democrat Party on abortion,” the Cameron campaign said.
The attorney general celebrated major legal victories that defended the unborn following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. After the decision, Cameron <a href="https://www.ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Protecting-Life/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> Kentucky’s trigger law that went into effect banning abortion, leading to the closure of the state’s two abortion facilities.
Democrats across the country have celebrated victories on abortion, including a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/team-behind-5m-bid-to-block-kentucky-pro-life-law-includes-staffer-who-posted-satanic-temple-message-another-marched-with-radical-socialists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ballot measure</a> that failed in Kentucky which would have clarified that abortion is not a right protected by the state constitution. Other red states, such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-amendment-in-kansas-was-first-abortion-test-since-roe-v-wade-overturned-heres-how-it-fared" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-voters-reject-proposal-seeking-to-make-it-harder-to-add-abortion-rights-to-state-constitution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio</a>, also rejected initiatives to further protect the unborn, and Democrats have signaled they will continue to run on the issue while painting conservatives as extreme.
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Some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-advised-tudor-dixon-to-talk-differently-about-abortion-during-her-failed-campaign-for-michigan-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> conservatives to be cautious on the campaign trail when discussing abortion. Trump advised Michigan Republican candidate Tudor Dixon to “talk differently about abortion” during her failed 2022 campaign for governor, and Dixon told Trump during an interview last week that he was “absolutely right” to give her the advice.
Cameron, who has been endorsed by Trump, has focused much of his campaign on the economy, <a href="https://www.wave3.com/2022/04/21/louisville-homicides-return-record-pace-landing-city-unflattering-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rising crime rates</a>, and stopping radical gender theory, including sex-change procedures, from being pushed on children. The attorney general has highlighted his stark contrast from Beshear on transgenderism. Beshear has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kentucky-gov-backs-transgender-procedures-linked-to-negative-health-outcomes-for-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">maintained</a> that he doesn’t support sex change surgeries on minors, but that he does support access to other so-called “gender-affirming” treatments, procedures that have been linked to negative health outcomes for children.
Earlier this year, the Democrat governor vetoed a bill banning all transgender procedures, including surgeries, on children, arguing it would “cause an increase in suicide among Kentucky’s youth.” Beshear’s veto was quickly overridden.
“Andy Beshear supports making it easier for minor children to get an abortion without their parents&#8217; knowledge and vetoed a bill that would require doctors to provide life-saving care to an infant born alive after a failed abortion,” the Cameron campaign told The Daily Wire. “Daniel Cameron is the pro-life candidate in this race and will work as Governor to build a culture of life.”
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

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