周六晚上在俄亥俄州巴特勒县举行的春季晚会上，民主党肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔抨击副总统，称他是他见过的“最傲慢的政治家”。
贝希尔的评论来自万斯被视为一个潜在的2028总统候选人以及唐纳德·特朗普总统的继任者来领导MAGA运动。贝希尔被认为是民主党总统候选人提名的竞争者。
“没有人会更努力地工作-不管我那一年在做什么-在2028年击败JD Vance，”Beshear说。“他是我见过的最傲慢的政治家——鉴于他现在的老板，这是说了些什么，”贝希尔在俄亥俄州说，根据美国广播公司新闻获得的他的讲话和音频副本。
在他的讲话中，贝希尔指责万斯，他的回忆录探索了阿巴拉契亚和铁锈地带的贫困和缺乏机会等问题，以居高临下的态度对待肯塔基州人民。
“我会诚实的。你的前任也就是现在的副总统让我很生气。他写了一整本书，传达了我所在州人民的陈旧刻板印象，”贝希尔说。“召集那些开采为工业革命提供动力的煤炭的人帮助我们赢得了两次世界大战。他称他们懒惰。他说，上瘾是挣扎中的人们的错，而不是阿片类药物公司的错，这些公司向我们社区的每个人提供了成千上万的药片。”
贝希尔在周六的活动之前在社交媒体上追逐万斯，周四在一个X帖子中说，副总统“假装他来自肯塔基州。”
万斯在2024年大选中多次受到贝希尔的攻击。
支持堕胎权的贝希尔批评万斯限制堕胎权的观点，称万斯应该“经历”因强奸导致的怀孕。万斯在社交媒体上回应称肯塔基州州长为“恶心的人”
在贝希尔发表讲话之前，万斯的发言人泰勒·范·柯克(Taylor Van Kirk)在给美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)的一份声明中说，“每次安迪·贝希尔攻击副总统试图让自己出名，他最终都会在这个过程中羞辱自己，但也许这就是他喜欢的东西?”
贝希尔还利用周六的时间强调了自己作为民主党人的记录，“他在连续三次全州选举中赢得了深红色的肯塔基州。”
“反击特朗普的最佳方式是表明，当民主党获胜时，我们将专注于对人民最重要的问题，”他说。“作为州长，我坚持我的每一个信念。我反对任何形式的歧视，但我有一个原则，我把80%的时间花在对肯塔基州100%的人都重要的事情上。”
贝希尔以他在肯塔基州的选举成功为例，说明了为什么民主党能在红州获胜支付能力将引领他们走向成功11月。
贝希尔说:“民主党人在各个地方都表现出色，我们一直在不懈地关注降低成本和改善人民生活。”。“通过这样做，我们向唐纳德·特朗普发出了一个强烈的信息，我知道我们将在今年的中期选举中再次这样做，届时我们将夺回众议院。
贝希尔还对前俄亥俄州民主党参议员谢罗德·布朗(Sherrod Brown)表示赞同，他在2024年的大选中输给了参议员伯尼·莫雷诺(Bernie Moreno)，与共和党参议员乔恩·胡斯德(Jon Husted)竞选连任。
贝希尔说:“当我们选举谢罗德·布朗为下一任美国参议员时，我们将努力改变这一局面。”。
Democrat Beshear lashes into Vance in Ohio, escalating tensions ahead of 2028
In remarks Saturday evening at the Spring Gala in Butler County, Ohio -- the same county that Vice President JD Vance is from -- Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear assailed the vice president, calling him the "most arrogant politician" he has ever seen.
Beshear's comments come as Vance is viewed as apotential 2028 presidential candidateand the successor to President Donald Trump to lead the MAGA movement. Beshear is considered a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"There is no one who will work harder -- no matter what I am doing that year -- to beat JD Vance in 2028," Beshear said. "He is the most arrogant politician I have ever seen -- and given his current boss, that's saying something," Beshear said in Ohio, according to a copy of his speech and audio obtained by ABC News.
During his remarks, Beshear accused Vance, whose memoir explores issues such as poverty and the lack of opportunity in Appalachia and the Rust Belt, of talking down to the people of Kentucky.
"I'll be honest. Your former and now our vice president burns me up. He wrote an entire book that trafficked this tired stereotypes about the people in my state," Beshear said. "Calling the people who mined the coal that powered the Industrial Revolution helped us to win two world wars. He called them lazy. He said that addiction is the fault of the people struggling, not the opioid companies that flooded our communities with thousands of pills for every individual."
Beshear went after Vance on social media ahead of Saturday's event, saying in an X post on Thursday that the vice president "pretends he's from Kentucky."
Vance came under attack from Beshear several times during the 2024 election.
Beshear, who supports abortion access, criticized Vance over his views on restricting access to the procedure, saying Vance should "go through" a pregnancy resulting from rape. Vanceresponded on social mediaby calling the Kentucky governor a "disgusting person."
Ahead of Beshear's remarks, Vance's spokesperson Taylor Van Kirk said in a statement to ABC News that "Every time Andy Beshear attacks the Vice President to try to get himself publicity, he ends up humiliating himself in the process, but maybe that's something he's into?"
Beshear also used his time Saturday to highlight his own record as a Democrat "who won in deep-red Kentucky in three consecutive statewide elections."
"The best way to push back against Trump is to show that when Democrats win, we stay focused on the issues that matter most to the people," he said. "As governor, I stand up for every one of my convictions. I push back against discrimination in any form, but I have a rule where I spend 80% of my time on things that matter to 100% of the people of Kentucky."
Beshear pointed to his electoral success in Kentucky as an example of why Democrats can win in red states and that the party's focus onaffordability will lead them to successin November.
"Democrats have been outperforming everywhere and we've been doing so with a relentless focus on lowering costs and making people's lives better," Beshear said. "And in doing so we've sent a strong message to Donald Trump, and I know we're going to do this again in the midterms this year, when we take back the House of Representatives.
Beshear also gave a nod to former Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is running for reelection against Republican Sen. Jon Husted after losing his long-held Senate seat in the 2024 election to Sen. Bernie Moreno.
"And when we elect Sherrod Brown as your next U.S. senator, we're going to make a run [at] flipping that chamber," Beshear said.
