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Kentucky

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:01 PM Jan 2018

So, the GOP speaker of the KY house just gave a resignation tantrum

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kentucky’s-republican-house-speaker-resigns-leadership-post/ar-BBI8ale?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
He turned his departure in disgrace into et another "I'm the REAL victim!" white dude self-pity rant.

Does this create any possibility of flipping that chamber this year?

You'd think that and the budget-slashing thing would give the Dems some traction.