Morning Digest: Kentucky Republicans back down from plot to steal election after massive outcry

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Morning Digest: Kentucky Republicans back down from plot to steal election after massive outcry

Nov 11, 2019 8:00am Eastern Standard Time by Daily Kos Elections, Daily Kos Staff

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/1898492

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KY-Gov: On Friday, state Senate President Robert Stivers began backing down from his proposal to steal Kentucky's gubernatorial election for fellow Republican Matt Bevin.

In a brief interview, Stivers said that if Thursday's recanvass of last week's election doesn't materially change the results, which show Democrat Andy Beshear leading by 5,189 votes, it would be time for Bevin "to call it quits and go home." Stivers had previously said the legislature could use a provision of the state constitution that hasn't been employed since 1899 to overturn the election and even suggested such a hijacking would be appropriate because 2% of the vote had gone to the Libertarian candidate.

While Beshear and official Democratic Party organizations had stayed mostly quiet, Stivers' climb-down came after ordinary Kentuckians, some Democrats in the legislature, and progressive groups raised a massive outcry over the possibility the GOP would so brazenly seek to subvert democracy. Even Stivers himself acknowledged that he'd "received numerous angry calls and messages from people accusing him of somehow trying to steal the election." You don't say.

The threat has not completely dissipated, though. Later on Friday, after Stivers' new stance became known, Donald Trump himself said that Bevin "almost won, and maybe he will." Trump went on, "I think he's contesting it. Is that right? I think he's contesting it." Since Kentucky's constitution doesn't require any evidence of wrongdoing for Bevin to contest the results, he could still do so—and Stivers' suggestion that he back off might not mean much if Trump continues to egg him on.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. THEN WE MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE A MASSIVE FUSS!

These bastards have no shame, or anything approaching a conscience.

We will have to lean on them until they stop subverting the vote!

[applegrove]

2. Here here Peggy!

[mountain grammy]

3. The GOP is looking to the future.

they're getting ready to protect Mitch next November. This is a trial run. Elections don't have consequences anymore. They just don't matter. Majority, ha! That's a joke.
We are dangerously close to the end.

[Neema]

4. I'm starting legit worry about the Governor-elect. Are they stalling until Putin can come to the

rescue in some horrible way?