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TexasTowelie

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Mon May 25, 2020, 12:23 AM May 2020

'Reeks of hate.' Politicians condemn effigy of Beshear hung at KY Capitol protest [View all]

Kentucky politicians from both major political parties spoke out Sunday against an effigy of Gov. Andy Beshear that was hung in a tree at the Capitol in Frankfort during a protest.

The Patriot Day 2nd Amendment Rally was held Sunday afternoon at the Capitol with the aim of getting people to “be more like the original American Patriots who would not stand for their God-given right to protect themselves and their loved ones to be taken away by tyrants,” according to a Facebook group created for the event.

Pictures and videos taken during the protest by the Courier-Journal and others show an effigy of Beshear that was hung in a tree along with a sign that read “Sic Semper Tyrannis.”

State Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, was among the first to speak out Sunday.




Read more: https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article242972241.html

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