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colmon

10 years

A job without purpose is work; A job with purpose is a career; A career + purpose is a passion! Follow your passion @leadershiplex #emerge14

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colmon

@colmonelridge

1 year

I’ve never heard a @POTUS reference “the talk” in a #SOTU . My son texted me from his room “I hope @JoeBiden talking about that makes us safer.” The real estate in a SOTU is prime. That he took a moment to acknowledge the fears of black parents & their children is breathtaking.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

Hi. I’m chair of the @KyDems and by no means a fan of either of our Senators. That said, people are dead and communities are reeling, so with no respect…fuck off.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

If your take on the devastation in Eastern Kentucky is to say folks “deserve it” for how they vote, you’re an asshole. I don’t give two shits about how we might otherwise agree on issues. KY is our home, these are our people, & if you’re that callous, just enjoy hell.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

If you’ve ever needed a definition of white privilege, I give you the Pres. of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Of course he would not understand the need to kneel...the law has always protected him. There’s ignorance, stupidity, & acting. Stivers deserves an Oscar.

Bluegrass Politics

@BGPolitics

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KY Senate president weeps, expresses ‘hurt’ over UK players kneeling during anthem

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2 years

The homophobia, transphobia, & race baiting at Fancy Farm was reprehensible. This bullying & hate speech by some of KY’s most powerful KYGOP leaders is a reminder that for too many, bigotry is bound to their politics & policies, all while claiming to be Christians.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

To those who voted for HB470, knowing it will lead to kids suicide attempts and kids suicide deaths, more abuse and harassment of Trans kids, know that those attempts, those deaths, those victims of abuse, are on you. You mortgaged your political standing on the safety, the…

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@colmonelridge

1 year

My friend and our governor, @AndyBeshearKY , has been tested again and again by tragedy. Through it all, we've been blessed that he's leading our commonwealth with the compassion, calm, and courage steeled by his faith, that continues to unite us as Kentuckians.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

This is sobering. So long as there are “leaders” in KY who lie about stolen elections, high-5 QAnon members, excuse domestic terrorists, & can’t disavow white supremacy, we can’t rest. Thank you @GovAndyBeshear for standing firm. I hope they don’t try to impeach you for that too.

Governor Andy Beshear

@GovAndyBeshear

3 years

We can no longer play patty-cake with domestic terrorists. We cannot rally with them, we cannot pat them on the back. There must be blanket condemnation, and we can never support them. ^AB

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1 year

Through a pandemic, natural disasters, & difficult challenges, @GovAndyBeshear has led with compassion & courage. He’s restored dignity to the office & put KY first. Extreme forces will spend millions to lie on him & turn KY backwards, but KY has his back!

Good news for Beshear: recent reports say KY governor is popular, favored for re-election

Polls and predictions released this week show that Gov. Andy Beshear is the most popular Democratic governor in the nation and that Kentucky leans toward re-electing him.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

@RexChapman Meanwhile I’m looking at my 11, 9, & 3 year olds like: can you just flush the toilet? But I’m not jealous...

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@colmonelridge

3 years

It’s not surprising that @RepThomasMassie is lying to the people of his district, or that he continuously puts crazy before reason & safety. That he could look at 250,000+ dead Americans & thousands of Kentuckians, & still lie, makes him unfit for office. That’s the tweet.

Thomas Massie

@RepThomasMassie

3 years

Our governor just announced he’s indefinitely banning all dine-in restaurant service. But establishments can apply for $10,000 to compensate for their losses. Does he realize that won’t cover one night’s receipts for some of these establishments? He will bankrupt many of them.

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@colmonelridge

6 months

Matt Bevin laughed when @AndyBeshearKY said the Brent Spence Bridge would be done without tolls. While he & others laughed, Gov. Beshear worked across political lines. Now, that bridge is getting done & putting people to work-with 0 tolls. That’s leadership. That’s the KY way!

Kentucky Democrats

@KyDems

6 months

Politicians have talked about it for years. The last governor said it couldn’t be done without tolls. But @AndyBeshearKY delivered, securing the federal and state funds to finally launch the Brent Spence Bridge project — all without a penny in tolls.

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@colmonelridge

11 months

I’ve said it time and time again, the people of Kentucky know @AndyBeshearKY . They know his values, his compassion, & his determination to deliver for all our people. The extreme GOP will spend millions lying to Kentuckians, but these crowds say it all. #TeamKentucky

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@colmonelridge

3 years

The day after I became chair of @KyDems , a man with a lot of anti-Dem stickers on his car called me “that nigger Beshear backed”. There is a comfort folks have with racism & violence that should anger us all. @GovAndyBeshear , indeed no person, deserves the threat of violence.

Kentucky Democrats

@KyDems

3 years

Statement on Threatening Sign Advocating Harm to Governor Andy Beshear: "Enough is enough. Once again, a threat has been made against Governor Andy Beshear by a group of extremists just a short walk from his family residence. And once again, GOP legislators in Frankfort (1/x)

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@colmonelridge

4 years

I think voters just saw why Addison McConnell didn’t want to debate @AmyMcGrathKY . He had no answer for his abysmal record and seemingly was caught flat footed when he had to account for it. McGrath needed the momentum and headline...Boy she gotten it. #TeamMcGrath

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@colmonelridge

9 months

When a Daniel Cameron supporter leaves Fancy Farm feeling the same way the majority of Kentucky feels about Daniel. Don't worry, my friend, come this November, we will send him back into the arms of the Mitch he so loves!

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@colmonelridge

6 months

Damon Thayer continues to show he’s weak and childish. He’s the same clown who declared war on the office of Governor because its current holder is a Democrat. And yet, Andy Beshear delivered for Scott Co. despite Damon. Scott Co. said we like our Gov. We need a new senator.

Austin Horn

@_AustinHorn

6 months

KY Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, on working w/Beshear over the next 4 years: "There’s no incentive or reason for us to work with him… He doesn’t deserve an opportunity for reparation, especially after the campaign."

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@colmonelridge

3 years

To those who want to terrorize me & others for being proud Democrats, hear this: I’m a black man, married to a white woman, with 3 biracial sons, in the south, who has been in southern politics for over 20 years. You can’t scare me. So here’s my answer: Go to hell.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Yes, I’m Chair of the @KyDems , & yes, there’s enough horrid things happening in Frankfort & Washington to fill up multiple threads. But today, our son turns 3. He’s the most stubborn of the 3, but always lets me know that I’m his best friend. I love being Camden’s daddy.🎉🎈❤️

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Real talk… if my daughter were a teen now, or if any of my three sons (5-13) came to me, told me they were Transgender, & that they wanted to know their options from dressing as their identified gender, to respecting their pronouns, name change, possible birth certificate…

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@colmonelridge

6 months

The amount of people who have come up to me here in Morehead and told me that they’ve already voted for @AndyBeshearKY warms my heart! The number reason I’ve heard over and over again is simple, Andy is a good man, a great Governor, & he’s earned it. I’ll take that! #ForKentucky

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Update: I’m currently crying like I am on the sinners pew. First, ⁦⁦ @JoeBiden ⁩ one of my fav hymns, & then my oldest son comes downstairs and said “VP ⁦ @KamalaHarris ⁩ was right, so I’m running for class president”, can you look at my speech? Yep, America!

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Two things @RepThomasMassie should ever do. First, is pretend he’s a dignified member of Congress. He’s not. He’s barely a Kentuckian. Second, is step to an educated black man who on his worst day would, could, and…checks video…did school him. Some gotta learn the hard way. On…

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@AnnieGrayerCNN

1 year

Then, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie approached Bowman and the two started arguing loudly about whether teachers should carry guns. A portion of that video:

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Remember when @GovAndyBeshear was Attorney General, & we had an AG who not only knew the law, but had the common decency & patriotism to not peddle deadly lies & embolden seditionist hellbent on terrorizing our Country and our Commonwealth, all while not lying to a grand jury?

Rick Wilson

@TheRickWilson

3 years

If you work for RAGA (The Republican Attorney Generals Association), you might want to start cooperating with the FBI sooner than later. Just hearing things.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

And while he won’t say it & might kill me for saying it, please lift @GovAndyBeshear in prayer! From a global pandemic to catastrophic and deadly weather & destruction in WKY and now in EKY, he’s been tested like few before him have, every time leading with calm and strength.

Governor Andy Beshear

@GovAndyBeshear

2 years

Our Eastern Kentucky families need help. Today we established the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund so people across our commonwealth and our country can help our families in need. The site is now live. Every dollar will make a difference.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Congratulations to Kentucky’s newest member of Congress, @MorganMcGarvey . After four days, 15 ballots, & enough drama to rival @BravoTVRHOP , Kentucky and America are better for you officially being there!

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Beau Biden served our country & his state with honor. @RepJamesComer ⁩’s attempt to disgrace ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ by attacking his deceased son, whose kids have to hear this slander, is disgusting & proof he’s sold his soul for his seat at the table.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

This child tried to cut👏🏾his👏🏾own👏🏾hair👏🏾with👏🏾beard👏🏾trimmers!🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

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@colmonelridge

2 years

From insulin, to reproductive rights, the @GOP want Americans to either live by their will, or die by their cruelty.

Rex Chapman🏇🏼

@RexChapman

2 years

“Diagnosed diabetes costs an estimated $5.2 billion in Kentucky each year. The serious complications include heart disease, stroke, amputation, end-stage kidney disease, blindness—and death.”

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@colmonelridge

8 years

This entire #RIPCORD album. It's so classic you can't call it a CD, it's an album. See you Nov. 11th @KeithUrban !

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@colmonelridge

2 years

If shit show were a map…

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@colmonelridge

1 year

My Governor! This is faith in action. “And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of Mine, you did it for Me.’ Thank you @GovAndyBeshear for leading with the values of love &…

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@WLKY

1 year

Beshear says he 'will never be able to support' anti-transgender bill

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Let’s Go #TeamKentucky !

Andy Beshear

@AndyBeshearKY

1 year

I’m honored to be your Democratic nominee for governor, Kentucky. Together, we’re going to continue to build on the progress of the past 3 years—moving our commonwealth not left or right, but forward. Let’s do this.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

He wasn’t “greeted by” those chants. There were a few assholes being ignorant while the vast majority were what Kentuckians are, kind and welcoming. “These people” are Americans and needed their President to be above politics. Take note & be better!

The Gen Z Perspective Newsletter

@uncvrngthetruth

2 years

Biden went to visit Mayfield, Kentucky to check in on the Tornado aftermath, and was greeted by "Let's Go Brandon" chants. This comes after Biden hugged victims who had lost their homes, and after he signed a massive relief bill for them. Why help these people? Let them eat cake.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Hi Sen. Meredith. Black person here. We know what "urban" means, so let's acknowledge the utter BS of that. The other BS in your statement is that, in fact, many "urban" people came from and/or have roots in rural KY. They care as a matter of basic humanity & as decent people.

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@joesonka

3 years

Meredith says urban people don't hear or care about the pain of rural people. Says the @courierjournal has Breonna Taylor on the front page every day but ignores plight of rural people.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

⁦ @GovAndyBeshear ⁩ just left the podium delivering his last COVID-19 press conference. As always he was a pillar of strength & decency as we turn this page in KY. Thank you Governor!👏🏾👏🏾 Proud to have Andy Beshear as Kentucky’s Governor, leading #TeamKentucky .

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@colmonelridge

2 months

After every loss, I tell my kids, “losses are often tests of skill, but always of character. @RexChapman turned the lessons of the hardest of times into a purpose. Find the purpose in the tough & make something better.” Dad to Dad, my kids admire you Rex & yours ARE proud of you!

Morning Joe

@Morning_Joe

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"I embarrassed myself, my family...all of my friends' kids that looked up to me. I thought if I'm going to live, I need to do this better and try to make them proud of me again..." — @RexChapman on addiction in 'It’s Hard For Me to Live With Me'

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@colmonelridge

4 years

I thought KY had an Attorney General and then I remembered the killers of Breona Taylor are still free, so instead we’ve got a character actor playing AG on the Twilight Zone...

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@colmonelridge

4 years

I've never cried more tears of joy because of a tweet. But this picture of a leader I admire @repgrahamky and a statue that I loathed passing & speaking in front of for 8 years, is breathtakingly beautiful. The moral arc of the universe just bent a little more towards justice.

Derrick Graham

@repgrahamky

4 years

He's gone, y'all. Glory, Hallelujah!

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@colmonelridge

6 months

Taking a few hours off the trail to Dad & support our daughter Shaela who is on the Homecoming Court at Morehead!

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@colmonelridge

2 years

🚨Gov @AndyBeshearKY just smashed a critical fundraising milestone. Over a year ahead of Election Day, Gov. Beshear has surpassed $4 million in fundraising. Kentuckians stand with Gov. Beshear because he puts people before politics. He will have the resources to win reelection.👏🏾

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! 2020 has been down right hard, but my faith teaches me that there is a blessing even in our tribulations. Today & everyday, we are grateful for our freedoms, the resiliency of Kentuckians, & for @GovAndyBeshear leading #TeamKentucky !

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@colmonelridge

3 years

One year ago @GovAndyBeshear & @LtGovColeman were sworn into office. With compassion, steady hands, & an unwavering belief in us all, they've led us through one of the toughest years in our history. One year down, 7 to go! Let's continue to pray for them, as they lead #TeamKY .

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@colmonelridge

4 years

Walking through Jefferson Park with my wife and our three sons and seeing the sea of humanity that has assembled to make sure they live to see adulthood is breathtaking. There are no thugs here, no violent agitators. These are patriots. Full stop!

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@colmonelridge

3 years

That Daniel Cameron would use the Governor issuing orders to save the lives of Kentuckians as the basis for his media tour & fundraising is further proof that he doesn’t understand the responsibilities of public service. Protecting Kentuckians is an all hands on deck moment.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron

@kyoag51

3 years

The Governor’s order shuttering religious schools infringes upon the First Amendment rights of Kentuckians. I spoke with @marthamaccallum about our petition to #SCOTUS to stop enforcement of the order. Watch my full interview here:

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@colmonelridge

2 years

That said, as chair of my party, I care for my people deeply. When they are hurt, it hurts. So fair warning to the GOP, this isn’t a road you want to go down. But if you do, you can believe we won’t take it laying down. Please believe you’re gonna fuck around and find out.

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@colmonelridge

9 months

Kentuckians know this race is about Kentucky & that @AndyBeshearKY has been a leader for all of Kentucky. Thats why despite months of attacks on his values & character, Kentuckians STILL have Andy’s back! We can’t let up, but we’re going to keep KY moving forward! #4moreyears

Kentucky Democrats

@KyDems

9 months

BREAKING: New poll shows @AndyBeshearKY ’s lead in the race for governor just got bigger. After three months of gross ads from Daniel Cameron and his allies, Kentucky voters are telling Cameron what they think of his disgraceful and empty campaign.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Yes, being elected Chair of the ⁦ @KyDems ⁩ was a cool part of the week. Let me show you the greatest part of my week...my son Colmon turns 11 today. What an indescribable blessing to be his Daddy. To God be the glory for one more year. ⁦ @VictoriaElridge ⁩, we did good.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

This is the response we get when we talk about protecting minority & women voices, and transparency. It’s not sanctimonious to raise concerns about representation. As a black man, a black voter, and a leader of a major political party in KY, I’m about over this shit.

Bluegrass Politics

@BGPolitics

2 years

"Don't give me this high-and-mighty sanctimoniousness ... vote for the maps and let's go home." Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer says Democratic-approved legislative maps in the past had their own problems. ^JC

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@colmonelridge

1 year

When Tommy Elliott called me about the inaugural prayer service in 2019 he said, @AndyBeshearKY wanted to begin his service as Governor by bringing together people in prayer for Kentucky. As COVID hit, Tommy messaged to just remind me KY, indeed the world, was in need of prayer.

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@colmonelridge

8 months

As a Dad, I’m glad @AndyBeshearKY governed as a Dad & put the the lives of our kids first during the pandemic. So many kids are alive today because of that decision. For Cameron, the lives of our kids is a political talking point. For Andy, it’s a moral duty. KY’s with Andy!

Daniel Cameron

@DanielCameronKY

8 months

The learning loss inflicted by Beshear's shortsighted decisions will have long-lasting effects on our kids. The Cameron Catch-Up Plan will tackle learning loss by authorizing a fully-funded tutoring program, restoring classroom discipline & surging resources to teachers.

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@colmonelridge

6 months

I 💙 You, Kentucky! Thank you, Kentucky! You’ve always been worth the fight! Congratulations to my friends our Gov. @AndyBeshearKY & Lt. Gov @JColemanKY . You earned this win & changed politics by embracing our better angels & being Kentuckians. Turns out, that’s not crazy.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

We’re blessed to have a Governor like @GovAndyBeshear who takes the time to reach every Kentuckian, especially our future! #KYGov #TeamAndy

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@colmonelridge

4 years

Excited & honored to be a part of the historic @DemConvention tonight representing @KyDems in the roll call to formally nominate @JoeBiden to be the next President of the United States. Thanks to @GovAndyBeshear & @LtGovColeman for the opportunity. Now to get my apple back.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Leave to the “man” who, knowing a woman has been violently murdered in her own home, does nothing to deliver justice for her or her family, to be “appalled” by an indictment. The murder of a young black woman gets silence. The indictment of a political endorser, gets a whole…

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@colmonelridge

1 year

There is an ugliness to SB150 that cannot be reconciled with these same people calling themselves Christians. When Jesus said “what you do unto the least of these, you do unto me”, I seriously doubt he meant it was ok to bully a grieving mother in her workplace, or to place…

Kentucky Democrats

@KyDems

1 year

Weeks after his colleague lost her transgender son to suicide, Max Wise stood up a few feet away and introduced a hateful bill targeting transgender youth. @KarenForKY knows what an empty chair is. Kelly Craft and Max Wise should be ashamed of themselves.

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@colmonelridge

6 months

Kentucky’s public schools can’t afford Daniel Cameron’s crazy “catch up plan.” His support of siphoning needed resources away from our public school classrooms and students, while giving those dollars to charter schools free to discriminate against students, sets our kids back.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Honored to attend the @WhiteHouse Holiday Party hosted by @POTUS & @FLOTUS ! So many folks stopped me to brag on KY, our Governor, & our image across the country and around the world. Not too shanby for a kid from @Harrison_Co_KY !

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@colmonelridge

1 year

This is why education matters. Kelly Craft is proof you can try to buy a lot of things but stupidity is on display for free.

Kelly Craft

@KellyCraftKY

1 year

The Biden-Beshear open border policies are endangering our families and children. As Governor, I will work to ensure that Kentucky is no longer a border state.

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@colmonelridge

4 years

If taking folks to the polls for the last few hours has taught me anything it’s that KY really wants to send Matt Bevin back to New Hampshire. And to quote a 77 year old woman “they better get a priest to Rupp Arena”...

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@colmonelridge

3 years

When First Lady Beshear speaks, you listen. The hate aimed at our Gov, @GovAndyBeshear & his family is disgusting! It should anger every decent Kentuckian. From our family to yours, @BritainyBeshear , we won’t let hate win. We’ve got Andy’s back & yours! #IStandWithOurFirstFamily

First Lady Britainy Beshear

@BritainyBeshear

3 years

A statement from First Lady Britainy Beshear:

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@colmonelridge

4 years

I’m only tweeting on my birthday because of how bad this is. What @MattBevin means by “urban communities” is black & brown. @AndyBeshearKY didn’t harvest black, brown, or white votes in urban areas, he earned them. And rural white, black, & brown votes too. That’s why he’s Gov.

Ryland Barton

@RylandKY

4 years

Bevin Says He Lost Because Democrats 'Harvested Votes In Urban Communities'

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Just a reminder, Trayvon Martin is dead. Breonna Taylor is dead. George Floyd is dead. Sandra Bland is dead. Dylan Roof got Burger King, and a terrorist mob stormed the Capitol, committed God knows how many laws, put it on tape and live-streamed it,and got to go home. The hell...

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@colmonelridge

2 years

When there’s standing room only in Warren County for Democrats, we know something is brewing. Thanks to the Warren County Women of Color & the Warren County Dems for the love, the work, the passion, and the belief in what we can do together!

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@colmonelridge

1 year

The KYGOP agenda is literally protect kids from predators who don’t exist while allowing kids to go without food from hunger that does exist. It’s never actually about the kids for them. It’s about the extremes honoring the old Dixiecrat turned GOP tradition of picking a new…

Teri Carter

@teri_atthepaper

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Senior writer at the National Review appalled that anyone would feed kids for free. Maybe he’d prefer they just skip school altogether and go straight to work, pull themselves up by their bootstraps and all that.

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@colmonelridge

4 years

Sitting in the gallery watching @GovAndyBeshear , looking up to see a slide featuring an interracial family both caught me off guard & got me choked up. There was a time in this building when a picture like that, representing families like mine, would’ve been evidence of a crime.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

I want my kids to live in a Commonwealth with a Governor who speaks, not necessarily understanding the depths of the pain, but understanding there is gut wrenching pain, opens his heart to offer a light of hope. Thank you @GovAndyBeshear !

Governor Andy Beshear

@GovAndyBeshear

1 year

The loss of Tyre Nichols is a tragedy, and the senseless acts of violence that took his life must be condemned. My heart breaks for this young father, who should still be alive today. Britainy and I pray for Tyre, his family and our country. ^AB

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@colmonelridge

1 year

⁦ @GovAndyBeshear ⁩ has been right on this. After 4 years of Matt Bevin’s abuse & the KYGOP overall hostility towards public schools, it’s past time to implement the Governors proposal to invest in our educators, public schools, and empower our kids.

‘An absolute emergency.’ How KY is working to address the teacher shortage ‘crisis’

Kentucky has 11,000 teacher vacancies across the state. School districts and colleges, including the University of Kentucky and Fayette County schools, are making joint efforts to curb the teaching...

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@colmonelridge

2 years

Let’s also be clear about the KY GOP attack on public education. Not a damn one of them could survive as an educator in a public school. Not a one. Imagine Damon Thayer trying to teach a class of 29 students without a Christmas tree to throw at the “rowdy” ones.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

Glad to join my brother (and his Momma), for the launch of his bus tour to victory! The media won’t cover how he’s tapped into something bigger than politics which is why people are excited to vote for ⁦ @Booker4KY ⁩ & bring people with them. Let’s Go!!! #RandOutOfTime

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@colmonelridge

1 year

I’ve known @RepMcGarvey my entire adult life. This is his heart. People over politics. Lives over lobbyists.

Rep. Morgan McGarvey

@RepMcGarvey

1 year

People's lives aren't political. Public safety isn't political. We need policies in place that put people over guns. I've seen us come together before to protect our communities—we can do this now. We have to come together to solve this problem that impacts all of us.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

I shed tears tonight realizing for the first time the constant state of terror these last four years have been. If anyone tonight knows that feeling, it’s ok...exhale. We showed we were not meant to break. And we didn’t. They tried. He tried. But we didn’t break.

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@colmonelridge

4 years

Two things and then I’m out. I will not tolerate the challenging of @DanielCameronAG ’s blackness. I’ve been on the receiving end of that attack & regardless of politics & a differing world view, we are both black men in America.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

From our family to yours, Happy Kwanza. The African American journey is one filled with pain & resilience. Over these next 7 days we reflect not only on our history, but also our future. As Chair of @KyDems , I join all celebrating the dynamism of the African American experience.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

@Booker4KY This is Rand Paul. Won’t fight for Kentuckians. Has no record of results for Kentucky. Won’t take on a real fighter for Kentuckt families. Probably believes he’s taking on someone “beneath” him. We know this is Rand Paul. It’s what makes defeating him even more necessary.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

My fathers suicide was a result, in part, to the stigma we place on asking for help within the black community. I don’t know what life would’ve been like with him in it, but there’s not a day that passes that I don’t think about it. Thanks @GovAndyBeshear for your compassion.

Governor Andy Beshear

@GovAndyBeshear

2 years

This month I am wearing green to raise awareness about the importance of mental health. I believe access to quality health care is a basic human right – and it's critical that that care includes mental health, so all Kentuckians can live full, healthy lives.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Today, 5 of the 6 members of the KY Congressional Delegation voted give cover to a man who incited a domestic terrorist attack against the nation he leads. Remember that the next time they decry black athletes kneeling during the national anthem. Luckily @RepJohnYarmuth =Patriot.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

When @PamForAG takes the oath of office as the next @kyoag , this is the urgency and dignity for all people she’ll bring with her. We had an AG in @AndyBeshearKY who led with compassion, it’s time we have that servant heart back there, & know that KY is not only on the right side…

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@OrganizerMemes

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@colmonelridge

1 year

The right to lawfully go anywhere, live, and not be met with gun violence trumps every other right. If fidelity to the words of men who owned human beings 247 years ago means attending churches, concerts, workplaces, schools, restaurants, requires a bulletproof vest, then we…

Alyssa Newton

@AlyssaKNewton

1 year

It's been a heavy week in Louisville. Monday a mass shooting killed five people. Since then seven others have died from gun violence. At the end of the Chickasaw shooting presser tonight I asked LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey what was on his heart. This is what he had to…

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@colmonelridge

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“Are you the Homecoming Queens Dad,”is the best question I’ve been asked & best name change I’ve gotten today. Yes. Yes I am. Congrats @shae_wors , the 2023 @moreheadstate Homecoming Queen. You did it! We’re so proud of you!

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@colmonelridge

1 year

To bury a child is hard enough. But to pick up the mantle and keep fighting for that child is love personified. @karenforky , you are loved. @BergBrousseau will always be loved. We will never give up this fight.

Karen Berg

@karenforky

1 year

Transgender children exist and transgender children deserve to exist. The Kentucky State Legislature has voted to remove basic rights from members of the trans community, their parents, and their doctors. 1/2

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@colmonelridge

2 years

I am sorry @Booker4KY & @jimmy4congress had to experience that hate speech as they represented the rich diversity of our Commonwealth & Kentucky Democrats. Our opponents today were not worthy of the graciousness of our candidates. Yet that is the difference between us & them.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

There will be more to say, but I want folks to know hate didn’t win today. Both @Booker4KY & @jimmy4congress spoke truth to power & offered a path of bringing people together, even those who showed the darkness of their hearts. I could not be more proud.

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@colmonelridge

3 months

I will straight cry every time I hear Fast Car I will cry. I will cry even harder when Tracy Chapman gets her flowers. Every time. Big props to @lukecombs for the homage to the brilliance that is Tracy Chapman.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

This charade shows the House GOP has no leadership. That Rep. Nemes, King, Massey, & Miles, would dignify this show while their caucus holds $220 million in relief to small businesses hostage to score political points, is a historic abuse of power. I stand with @GovAndyBeshear .

Daniel Desrochers

@drdesrochers

3 years

The impeachment committee on Gov. Andy Beshear is meeting now and establishing rules.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Congratulations to The Honorable Gerina Whethers on her historic appointment by @GovAndyBeshear as the first Black Woman to serve as Commonwealth’s Attorney and in Jefferson County.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

It’s called organizing, moron. Yes, we’ll do it, and yes we’ll beat you, and then you & your perm will be free to return to Texas. Let’s also not dismiss that when folks like @RandPaul talk about these areas, they almost always mean black & brown.

Rand Paul

@RandPaul

2 years

How to steal an election: “Seeding an area heavy with potential Democratic votes with as many absentee ballots as possible, targeting and convincing potential voters to complete them in a legally valid way, and then harvesting and counting the results.”

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@colmonelridge

3 years

And know as Chair of the @KyDems , I claim every last Democrat in this state as family. So, a warning, don’t come for my family.

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@colmonelridge

3 years

Today marks 36 years since my dads suicide. Many days I wonder what his hug would feel like now & more, I dream of my sons feeling his embrace. I wish we had camera phones then because this is one of the few pictures I have of us together. This picture of a dream deferred.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Less than a week after his best friend was murdered by senseless gun violence in rampant lawlessness advocated by the majority, this asshole decides to equate turkey hunting season and Gov. Beshear. It’s disgusting, but not surprising for this demented predator.

Kentucky Statesman

@ky_statesman

1 year

I hope everyone is enjoying the opening day of the spring turkey season here in Kentucky today. My son & I will be in the woods bright and early tomorrow morning. I'm also looking forward to helping to run this corrupt turkey out of Frankfort in November. #WorstGovernorEver

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@colmonelridge

1 year

Extreme KYGOP politicians are all talk when it comes to God’s words, dismissing God’s actual words when they are too inconveniently inconsistent with their attacks, politics & policies. @PamForAG understands that the greatest commandment of our faith is to love. Pam’s servant…

The Tennessee Holler

@TheTNHoller

1 year

🔥WATCH: “It is an abomination that the Bible is used consistently on this floor… God didn’t say love everybody except the people you don’t like.” 🏳️‍🌈 (cc: @GovBillLee @TNGOP ) Rep. @stevensonspeaks dropping truth bombs up in Kentucky that Tennessee needs to hear 💣

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@colmonelridge

4 years

That the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky has justified the war on black and brown people, the devaluing of our lives and our murders, of our men & boys, and now our women & girls, is proof that this for him is about being palatable to run for Gov, not justice.

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@colmonelridge

2 years

The KYGOP owes an apology to every victims of incest and rape who they’ve now, gone on record both shaming and affirming that, in their world view, women matter less than the violators who impregnated them.

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@colmonelridge

1 year

I’m beginning to suspect there is no job @DanielCameronAG is actually qualified for. What he calls “woke” is the work of keeping kids alive in the face of disgusting, bigoted, & deadly legislation. What parents & teachers are really sick of is the legislature and an inept AG,…

Daniel Cameron

@DanielCameronKY

1 year

Teachers don’t need to find another place to work, Andy Beshear and Jason Glass need to find another place to work. Parents and teachers are sick of the woke agenda infiltrating Kentucky schools. His Education Commissioner’s “pronoun guidance” is a direct assault on traditional…

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@colmonelridge

3 years

The Governor who has kept us safe has also been keeping his promise to put our people back to work. This is a huge win for Team Kentucky, for us all, & will be, rightly so, a huge legacy for @GovAndyBeshear . This is transformative, people centered, leadership!

Governor Andy Beshear

@GovAndyBeshear

3 years

This is the single largest economic development project in the history of our state and this project solidifies our leadership role in the future of the automotive manufacturing industry. We thank @Ford and SK Innovation for this investment. Read more:

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@colmonelridge

9 months

This team has weathered so much in service to Kentucky. They’ve had our back these last four years and Kentucky is better for it! Now, let’s have theirs and keep Kentucky moving forward! Thank you @AndyBeshearKY & @JColemanKY !

Kentucky Democrats

@KyDems

9 months

Dream team. 🤩

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@colmonelridge

2 years

I know! Have decorum, Colmon. Be above it, Colmon. I try, I promise I do, but @LeaderMcConnell can kiss my black ass. I’m a real Kentuckian, a real American, & so are millions of other African Americans. We vote. And we’re not going back no matter how hard you try.

Deborah Yetter

@d_yetter

2 years

Mitch McConnell says Black people vote just as much as 'Americans' via @courierjournal

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@colmonelridge

11 months

Watching @NikkiFried survive recounts & win her Ag Commish race in 2019, paled in comparison to watching her fight extreme GOP policies & lead transformative generational change. She’s already a rockstar as a new state chair. Still, she’d have been/will be an amazing Gov.

Nikki Fried

@NikkiFried

11 months

Democratic Party Chairs are on the front lines fighting for democracy and freedom! @TheDemocrats @harrisonjaime @POTUS

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@colmonelridge

9 months

Always proud of @AndyBeshearKY & @JColemanKY , but today they spoke the truth & it was🔥!!! In fact, @PamForAG , @buddywheatleyky , @kimforkentucky , @michaelbowman , & @sierraforky all brought the heat!!! Let’s bring the win in Nov & this team will bring the wins for all Kentuckians!

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@colmonelridge

7 months

It took my five year old less than 15 seconds to see this & say, “Daddy, where’s number 5?” He’s not Attorney General. Or running for governor. Or running a campaign. Or communications. He’s five. In Kindergarten. In a KY public school. But educators are the problem. 🙄

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