Lexington Herald-Leader: ‘I will not be bullied ... I will not back down.’ Beshear responds to effigy at Capitol.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks to Jeff Wiggins for sending us this.
By JACK BRAMMER and DANIEL DESROCHERS
A defiant Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday said he will not bow to fear and intimidation after protesters hung an effigy of him from a tree Sunday at the end of a 2nd Amendment rally on the Capitol grounds in Frankfort.
“I will not be afraid, I will not be bullied and I will not back down,” Beshear said.
At the beginning of his regular 5 p.m. news conference to update Kentuckians on COVID-19, Beshear took about 10 minutes to talk about the incident.