'It's insulting': Gov. Matt Bevin attacks Andy Beshear's faith over abortion stance [View all]

Republican Gov. Matt Bevin questioned Democratic challenger Andy Beshear's faith and family roots on Wednesday and appealed to Kentucky Baptists to weigh-in on abortion as he lashed out at his rival's first television advertisement.

In his first TV ad of the fall campaign, Beshear played up how his grandfather and great-grandfather were Baptist ministers. The spot, which launched on Monday, features the attorney general volunteering at a food pantry and his family praying at their dinner table.

"I think it's insulting to the Baptist tradition," Bevin said in a video posted to his campaign Facebook page. "I think it's insulting to people of Baptist faith to couch what his grandfather and great-grandfather did as sort of covering for his pro-abortion stance."

The governor's video drew a response from Beshear's minister, Leigh Bond, who is the senior pastor at Beargrass Christian Church in Louisville, a Disciples of Christ church.

Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/07/matt-bevin-attacks-andy-beshears-baptist-faith-over-abortion-stance/1946065001/

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