{"id":8274,"date":"2026-07-28T11:44:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/gov-andy-beshear-gives-mcconnell-an-ultimatum-speak-up-or-step-down\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:44:03","slug":"gov-andy-beshear-gives-mcconnell-an-ultimatum-speak-up-or-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/gov-andy-beshear-gives-mcconnell-an-ultimatum-speak-up-or-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Andy Beshear Gives McConnell an Ultimatum: Speak Up or Step Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1QAosqR4Gk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is turning up the pressure on Senator Mitch McConnell, demanding the 84-year-old senator either publicly prove he&#8217;s fit to serve or resign his seat. In a pointed letter sent this week, Beshear says McConnell has cast zero votes and made almost no public communication since his hospitalization for a fall in mid-June.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<\/p>\n<p>What Beshear&#8217;s letter actually says<br \/>\nMcConnell&#8217;s health situation and recent statements<br \/>\nWhat happens next \u2014 could Kentucky see a special election?<br \/>\nThe political fallout for both parties<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates as this story develops.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Subscribe for more political news coverage<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 Drop your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<p>#AndyBeshear #MitchMcConnell #KentuckyPolitics #SenateNews #PoliticalNews #Election2026 #USSenate #Kentucky #BreakingNews #Politics<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is turning up the pressure on Senator Mitch McConnell, demanding the 84-year-old senator either<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hqdefault-326.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}