A gun rights rally at the Kentucky State Capitol on Sunday ended with several people hanging an effigy of Governor Andy Beshear from a tree… then marching to the governor’s mansion… where he lives with his family.
A Courier Journal reporter sent out a string of tweets as it was happening… including a photo of the effigy that had a noose around its neck… and a famous Latin phrase that was supposedly shouted by Abraham Lincoln’s assassin.
The incident sparked outrage on social media, including from some of the state’s elected officials. Secretary of State Michael Adams called it “disgusting.” U.S. Senate candidate and state representative Charles Booker said it was quote “an act rooted in our history of racism.”
Kentucky State Police say they aren’t answering questions about the incident. The governor’s office didn’t comment Sunday.
