Kentucky’s RepublicanGov. MattBevinwent viral Mondaywith a video he made in the Kentucky State Capitol, chastising the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives for not working to pass his budget. But House leaders and the Kentucky Democratic Party have calledBevin’svideo misleading.
Bevin was filmed in the empty House chambers saying House Speaker Greg Stumbo has ignored his call to “get serious” about passing a budget.
“It is 11 o’clock on a Monday," Bevin said. "There is nobody in here. This House – we have less than 19 days left now for this House to be in session together with the Senate and there’s nothing being done.”
House Democrats responded with their own social media posts depicting a busy transportation budget meeting Monday in the Capitol Annex.
Kentucky Democratic Party chair and state Representative Sannie Overly released a statement saying Bevin either “doesn’t know how the process works or he was trying to distort the truth and mislead people”.
"While Gov. Bevin was trying to be the star of his own phony reality show at the wrong place, House lawmakers were heading to work in the Capitol Annex, where committee meetings happen every day during session," Overly said.
Bevin's video was posted a day before Kentucky voters head to the polls in four special House elections that could potentially shift power in the legislature.
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