Trump promised to stonewall the investigation into his criminal activities and that subpoenas would go ignored. He pledged to fight his personal enemies. He even had his former rival-turned-loyal lapdog, Ky. Sen. Rand Paul, take the stage to promise the good people of Kentucky that Trump and friends were committed to outing the whistleblower. No joke: The call to target the whistleblower received the loudest cheers of the night. In a new development, the T-shirts in the MAGA crowd—hastily thrown over clothes after, ostensibly, being handed out at the door—did not carry any slogans or promises about jobs, wages, or healthcare. Instead, the shirts simply said “READ THE TRANSCRIPT.”

x Supporters at Trump rally wearing "Read The Transcript" t-shirts - which is what @POTUS repeatedly demands to make the case that there was no "quid pro quo" in his phone call with Ukraine's Pres Zelensky, the focus of the House impeachment inquiry. pic.twitter.com/7FrYcFFh2b — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 4, 2019

The rally was absolutely brilliant and even genius, according to North Korean State Television Fox News.

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Yet somehow, all the Trumpian shouting didn’t work, and Beshear won.

Soon-to-be-former-Gov. Bevin tied himself to Trump more closely than any other governor in the nation. Daresay he tried to be Trump: He childishly taunted opponents with name-calling, constantly said stupid things, was investigated for corruption, bashed teachers and career government officials, and got pretty good at being a racist pr**k. And just like Trump, he was wildly unpopular. In fact, Bevin was ranked the most unpopular governor in the country, which is quite a feat in such a predominantly red state.

Just like Trump, Bevin also predicted a big win. YUGE.

But Kentucky disagreed.

Although Beshear’s victory is something to celebrate, he has his work cut out for him. He faces a Republican super-majority in both state houses, and the other statewide offices are still Republican-held … for now. Yet Gov.-Elect Beshear has a chance to curb rampant corruption, restore some much-needed dignity to the office, and help stem the flow of governmental destruction that the GOP has worked so hard to unleash upon its own citizens. Moreover, Beshear has shown that campaigning hard and talking to voters about issues that actually matter, such as education, jobs, and energy, can win over a red state—even one that Trump won by 30%.

Predictably, Bevin is challenging the results, since he doesn’t like them.

He can try it, but that won’t stop Democrats from defeating the most unpopular Senator in the country, who also happens to hail from Kentucky. Mitch McConnell must be sweating NRA-sponsored bullets now, as his leading opponent, Amy McGrath, continues to raise millions upon millions for her campaign to unseat him.

Moscow Mitch better start praying hard to the Russians.

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