How did Kentucky get two such awful senators?

[milestogo]

McConnell and Rand. Do they really represent the interests of Kentucky?

[Bettie]

1. Well, in as much as THEY personally kind of live there

they represent the interests of two guys IN Kentucky.

That's the same thing, right?

[RAB910]

2. The right-wing hate/propaganda machine has clearly turned too many people in Kentucky

into bad American hating people

[madaboutharry]

3. Too many people longing for the days of the Old Confederacy.

[Walleye]

4. Because they believe Democrats want to take their guns, redistribute their money, and kill babies 😖

[Archae]

5. I have a relative who lives in Kentucky...

He told me Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are normal for most politicians there, corrupt, deceptive and no sense of decency.

Don't forget Kentucky's state government gave big tax breaks to the Jesus freak creationist Ken Ham, for his "museum" and "Ark Encounter" tourist traps.

[apnu]

9. Its interesting to me that the people of Kentucky are OK with that.

If its an open secret that state and local politicians are openly corrupt and deceptive, why don't the people cry out for change?

Has the corruption become so normalized they can't imagine a world free of it?

[JI7]

16. They are ok because the politicians continue to be racist, anti gay, and support other bs

[efhmc]

6. Texas can give them a run for their money.

[Atticus]

7. Yeah, you'd think those pistol-packin' snake-handlin' cross-burners would choose

more reasonable people.

Camped there in the past. Won't be going back.

[themaguffin]

8. Same reason my state (GA) did prior to this month...

Most southern whites will vote for the R. It doesn't matter if the R is robbing them blind.

[gab13by13]

10. IMO, ES&S voting machines.

[Sancho]

19. this...

[FM123]

11. I can sympathize with KY....

We have two equally awful senators - Marco Rube and Sick Scott.

[NoMoreRepugs]

12. IMO Southern voters tick most of the boxes. White, Evangelical, Racist, FauxNews watchers.

[JI7]

13. A large majority of the state is made up of Kim Davis Types

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. I am surrounded by them. Fascist Oligarch eXtremist network keeps them riled up.

[ananda]

14. Of course not, but KYians don't care.

They are that stupid.

[Kyblue1]

15. Rand Paul isn't a Kentuckian, he came from Texas

Like some politicians in Kentucky’s recent past they were recruited to come to Kentucky with the promise of money to fund their political ambitions

[SheltieLover]

17. Did you mean to say the interests of russia?

[mackdaddy]

18. Same as here in SE Ohio. The crappiest single wide has a Dish where the LIES are beamed in.

The cheapest dish package has Faux Nuze included.

Rush Limpballs is on the radio for everyone's ratty pickup.

And even if they get the internet you have porn and NuzeMax.

The MAGA have been told who to hate, and the Trump flags are still up even now.

Talk about the lost ones....

[Happy Hoosier]

20. It's Kentucky....

Given we have a couple turd balls from Northern Kentucky (aka Indiana), it just gets worse as you go south.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

21. Because McConnell and Paul are SNAKES...

They speak with forked tongues, promise more than they can deliver, then strike at their constituent's underbellies at the opportune time. They are HUCKSTERS who can dupe, and the voters love it.

They are that gullible.

[HAB911]

22. Same as Florida

[Ferrets are Cool]

23. People there have nothing to do besides listen to hate radio?

Evidently Kentuckians have a hard time differentiating between truth and lies.

[FSogol]

24. Just replace "president" with "senator" and "White House" with "Senate" in this HL Mencken quote:

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
- H.L. Mencken

[Historic NY]

25. Well its definitely not because they have the highest amount of white people on welfare,

or they have some of the lowest per capita incomes in the nation, they have major meth problems, they have poor health care 43 out of 50 states, they have low longevity rates, the state ranks low on fiscal stability, it has got to be coal or segregation or sheer stupidity.

[maxrandb]

26. Have you ever been to Kentucky?

[maxrandb]

27. LBJ told us

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

[brooklynite]

28. They voted for them...

[MelissaB]

29. Abortion, guns, and rw media.

I live here. I am sorry.

[Cirque du So-What]

30. Nobody bothered to consider that McConnell stole his last election

This article may shed some light:

https://www.dcreport.org/2020/12/19/mitch-mcconnells-re-election-the-numbers-dont-add-up/

It’s so much easier, however, to dog-pile on the people of Kentucky.

[MLAA]

31. The same way we got awful trump

Awful people voted for them. Hold the voters accountable, not just the idiots who they voted for.

I cringe every time I hear ‘my republican friend is a wonderful person and we just don’t talk politics’.

[Yeehah]

32. Brainwashed "Christian" voters

They subscribe to the branch of Christianity that lets you hate everyone except white people.

Their hate radio tells them whom to vote for.

[Warren_Pointe]

33. Because when they elect a Democrat, it's a rodent like Wallace Wilkinson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Wilkinson

A friend from there said he voted republican for the first time in his life because of WW.

[LeftInTX]

34. How did Texas??

[DFW]

36. Don't ask a Texan

We don't know either.