Kentucky AG hammers GOP Gov. Bevin for stating kids were 'raped' because teachers walked out
Source: RawStory
Kentucky attorney general hammers GOP Gov. Bevin for stating kids were raped because teachers walked out
TOM BOGGIONI
14 APR 2018 AT 14:12 ET
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) took the states Republican Governor Matt Bevin to the Twitter woodshed Saturday morning for his morally reprehensible comments that striking teachers were responsible for students being subjected to sexual abuse because the educators staged a 1-day walkout.
On Friday evening, Bevin, a Tea Party darling attacked the teachers, telling reporters, I guarantee you somewhere in Kentucky today, a child was sexually assaulted that was left at home because there was nobody there to watch them. I guarantee you somewhere today, a child was physically harmed or ingested poison because they were left alone because a single parent didnt have any money to take care of them.
Bevis went on to add, Children were harmed some physically, some sexually, some were introduced to drugs for the first time because they were vulnerable and left alone.
Democrat Beshear shamed the governor in a series of Saturday morning tweets, writing, Gov. Bevins comments last night saying teachers rallying in Frankfort led to children being sexually abused are morally reprehensible and must be condemned by all Kentuckians.
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RandySF
(59,656 posts)"Last October, after local media reports about reprehensible and racist posts on his Facebook page, we asked then-candidate Dan Johnson to drop out of the race for State Representative, said Mac Brown, the chairman of the Republican Party of Kentucky in a statement Monday, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Following todays extensively sourced and documented story from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, we once again find ourselves in a position where we must call for him to resign, this time, from the Kentucky General Assembly," Brown said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/364323-kentucky-gop-calls-on-state-lawmaker-to-step-down-over-molestation
keithbvadu2
(37,024 posts)grumpyduck
(6,283 posts)Or is this just more rumor-starting to get people riled up?
drray23
(7,638 posts)Once a coworker of mine (a tea-party type) told me that everybody should have weapons at home so they dont get robbed.
His reason ? Well, the only thing that pretty much stopped him from coming to rob me was that he was not sure if I had a gun... This is how these people think.
mtngirl47
(992 posts)They deserve Bevin because they have given us McConnell and Paul
forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)and serve as a de-facto babysitting service? And you don't want to pay them more money why?
3catwoman3
(24,102 posts)...and rape?
Skittles
(153,275 posts)jmowreader
(50,585 posts)If they were, they'd either launch a credible investigation of, or demand the immediate resignation of, the Serial Sexual Predator in Chief.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)The Governor must hate him. He does this constantly to him, work is that he's running for governor next time around. Good, won't miss the weasel.
Norbert
(6,043 posts)It would be Bevin's worst nightmare.
justgamma
(3,667 posts)How does he guarantee it. Does he know people?
otchmoson
(68 posts)"because they were left alone because a single parent didnt have any money to take care of them.
THIS is the telling part of his commentary. WHY doesn't a single parent have money to take care of them (earns too little?) and/or WHY doesn't a single parent have leave time through employer to stay home with children in case of emergency (which a school shut-down is)?
Teachers are the cause of the problem? I don't think so. Hey, governor--look in the mirror.