Kentucky Representative Steven Rudy addresses the Speaker of The House during the opening day session of the Kentucky State Legislature in Frankfort on Tuesday. Timothy D. Easley
Within hours of the first day of the 2021 Kentucky Legislative Session, one thing is clear â Gov. Andy Beshear is in the State GOPâs crosshairs.
And with a Republican supermajority in the House and Senate, thereâs not really much he can do about it.
Following the swearing in of the deliberative bodies of leadership â which includes an oath that the senator or representative has never taken part in a duel â GOP senators took aim at Beshearâs COVID-19 measures, arguing the governor took them unilaterally and effectively shut the legislative branch out of the process.