This 'left-leaning' Kentucky resident resents being a 'hate object' for 'our state's Republican poli

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Although Kentucky has a centrist Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, it is very much a red state. Louisville, however, is more Democrat-friendly than other parts of Kentucky.

One of Louisville's residents is liberal/progressive Washington Post opinion columnist Perry Bacon, Jr. In his March 30 column, Bacon stresses that the far-right Republicans who control the Kentucky State Legislature are making him feel increasingly unwelcome in the state.

"I really like Louisville and its people, culture, restaurants, schools," Bacon explains. "But I think often about whether my family and I will end up moving somewhere else in a few years. The Republican state legislators who dominate Kentucky's government hate Democrats, Democratic-led cities and liberal values — and are constantly trying to undermine all three. Millions of left-leaning Americans like me live in red states like this one, where the Republican officials are imposing Trump-style policies and looking to 'own the libs' whenever possible."

Kentucky has been conservative for a long time, but Bacon finds that the Republicans who now control its state legislature are especially mean-spirited and divisive.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-left-leaning-kentucky-resident-resents-being-a-hate-object-for-our-state-s-republican-politicians/ar-AA19hoWT

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1. That makes two of us.

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2. Me 3.

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3. No paywall link

https://wapo.st/3KobyKS

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4. Red State Rebels

Thats what I call us

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5. I don't even get to live in a more liberal urban area

I'm up here in northern KY where Democrats don't even run for many of the local offices.