Kentucky lawmakers wasted no time overriding Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill to opt the state into the federal tax-credit scholarship program. The House voted 77-14 and the Senate 31-5 last week. But Mr. Beshear may not care because his real priority is a likely run for the White House.
The Governor all but announced his presidential run last week with a scathing attack on Vice President JD Vance and his book “Hillbilly Elegy.” Mr. Beshear says he’s a more authentic representative of Appalachia and the working class than the Veep.
Speaking of authenticity, Mr. Beshear took to the Lexington Herald-Leader last week to defend his veto, claiming we at the Journal “refused to consider publishing” his defense. That isn’t true. We offered him the chance to write a letter to the editor in response to our editorial and received no response.