FRANKFORT, Ky. (September 22, 2022) – The Republican Party of Kentucky (RPK) issued the following statement ahead of Governor Beshear’s weekly press conference:

“It’s been a terrible, no good, very bad week for Andy Beshear and his administration,” said RPK spokesman Sean Southard. “There is a lack of leadership in the Governor’s office. From on-going unemployment problems to the possible cover up of jailhouse riots, Governor Beshear’s administration is just falling apart.”

• Last week, State Senator Julie Raque Adams blasted the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for not implementing legislation to support Child Advocacy Centers across the state. WHAS11: ‘Crickets’: Kentucky Child Welfare Oversight Board questions CHFS
• With a recession looming, the Beshear Administration is “back to square one” on fixing Kentucky’s unemployment system, two years after Beshear’s shutdown of the economy crippled the system. Herald Leader: Kentucky must start over again with plan to fix unemployment computer system
• Last week, whistleblowers told WAVE 3 News they had reported concerns about violence at the Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center to the Beshear Administration, but those concerns had fallen on deaf ears at the Justice Cabinet. It was also reported that some incidents aren’t even documented. WAVE 3: ‘A matter of life and death’: Whistleblowers urge closing of juvenile detention center in Lyndon
• Parts of the Clark Memorial Bridge are falling into the Ohio River and the Beshear Transportation Cabinet’s solution is to use zip ties to hold the bridge together. WDRB: Delayed maintenance to rails on Clark Memorial Bridge raising questions

“At the rate Andy’s administration is falling apart, he might need some zip ties to hold it together,” Southard said. “Kentucky deserves better leadership from the Governor’s office.”

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