Forward Kentucky: Ausbrooks is a winner, no matter how the votes go
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Kentucky State AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Ausbrooks over Rep. James Comer, one of the most anti-labor legislators in Congress.
By BERRY CRAIG
Jimmy Ausbrooks vows he’s still practicing what Christ preached about loving thy neighbor.
Apparently the first openly gay man to run for Congress in a general election in Kentucky, he is the Democrat who wants to unseat First District U.S. Rep. James Comer, a Republican. Both spoke at the Fancy Farm picnic, where Kelley Paul, wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, subbing for her absent husband, demagogued that “the Democrats went from promising a chicken in every pot to a drag queen in every school.”
Republican Herbert Hoover pledged “a chicken in every pot” when he ran for president in 1928 (and the Great Depression hit in 1929). No matter, Republicans in the crowd roared in approval at Paul’s trans slam. (Agriculture Commissioner and GOP gubernatorial hopeful Ryan Quarles also hopped on the bigotry bandwagon, taking a gratuitous swipe at transgender student athletes.)