Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called out JD Vance for misrepresenting Eastern Kentucky in an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN late Monday — doubling down on his criticisms of the Republican vice presidential nominee as his name continues to circulate as an opposing Democratic candidate.
"He calls us lazy, and this makes me angry, but it especially makes me angry about our people in Eastern Kentucky," Beshear said of Vance. "These are the hard working coal miners that powered the Industrial Revolution, that helped build the strongest middle class the world has ever seen, that helped us win two world wars and he called them lazy, acting like he understands our culture."
The Monday night interview marked the second time Beshear appeared on national television since President Joe Biden announced he would drop out of the presidential race, with the Kentucky governor first criticizing Trump's running mate on MSNBC's Morning Joe earlier in the day.
During Beshear's interview with Collins, he called Vance "a phony and a fake."
"He first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and then now he's acting like he's Lincoln," Beshear said.
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