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This, after ordinary Kentuckians, some Democrats in the legislature, and progressive groups raised an outcry that the GOP would brazenly seek to subvert democracy. Stivers himself acknowledged that he'd "received numerous angry calls and messages from people."
Donald Trump himself said that Bevin "almost won, and maybe he will." Trump went on, "I think he's contesting it. Is that right? I think he's contesting it." Stivers' suggestion that he back off might not mean much if Trump continues to egg him on.