Kentucky

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,757 posts) Wed May 20, 2026, 10:19 AM 11 hrs ago

A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:

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Paul Waldman
‪@paulwaldman.bsky.social‬

A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:

In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine.

She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation.

Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3
8:53 PM · May 19, 2026

A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:

In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine.

She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation.

Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T00:53:09.949Z

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A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr: (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago OP

Republican automatically equals idiot 🙄 biophile 11 hrs ago #1

I imagine he will win pretty handily... displacedvermoter 11 hrs ago #2

biophile

(1,558 posts)

1. Republican automatically equals idiot 🙄

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 10:36 AM

11 hrs ago

Well nearly always. We have a saying in our house- Republicans are either ignorant or evil or both.
Sometimes an R is not an idiot, just evil.
Also, I would say you can be both stupid and cunning, like Drumpf.

displacedvermoter

(5,001 posts)

2. I imagine he will win pretty handily...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 10:40 AM

11 hrs ago

Lots of those former coal miners and their progeny will vote for him, some carrying oxygen tanks to the polls because of black lung disease, a condition neither Barr -- nor his predecessor Turtle -- care nothing about.

It's a cult...

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