Gov. Andy Beshear called a bill in the state legislature proposing to allow Kentuckians to sue the state over the governor’s emergency coronavirus measures “silly” at his news conference Sunday.
Written by Joe Sonka of the Courier-Journal
“I’m trying to save people’s lives,” Beshear said. “And if somebody doesn’t understand that, or if someone doesn’t care, I don’t really have a reaction for them.”
Rep. Savannah Maddox (R-Dry Ridge) filed a floor amendment to her House Bill 322 on March 19 that would limit the scope of a governor’s executive orders issued during a public health emergency and allow residents to sue the state if such an order adversely affected their business.
“Isn’t this silly?” asked Beshear after reading a submitted question about Maddox’s bill. “At a time when we’re all supposed to be in this together, we’re all supposed to be doing our duty and we’re all supposed to be doing what it takes to respond to this worldwide pandemic.”
“People can put an amendment that lets the whole world sue me. I used to be a lawyer, I can handle that,” Beshear said. “But I’m gonna continue to do the right thing, no matter what.”
(Cross-posted via the Kentucky Press News Service. Read the rest of the article at the Courier-Journal.)
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