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From Forward Kentucky: Koch Brothers try to use COVID-19 to reawaken Tea Party movement

Berry Craig
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By IVONNE ROVIRA

People are aware that Erika Calihan and her Astroturf group (does it even count as a group if it mostly exists on Facebook and the imagination?) organized a protest at the State Capitol April 15; many suspect that Matt “Governor Nitwit” Bevin had a hand in trying to tarnish Governor Andy Beshear’s sky-high popularity. (I can’t say if that’s true, but I never dismiss the lengths to which the jealous and insecure will go.)

But these are mere puppets on the string. Where do all the bad ideas in Kentucky derive? Koch Industries, of course.

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