‘Disgusting, vile’: Republicans demand Andy Beshear’s apology for ‘wishing rape’ on JD Vance’s family – Times of India

Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear said ‘Make him go through this” on Republican VP candidate JD Vance’s past comment of calling pregnancy from rape an “inconvenience”. In 2021, Vance was asked whether there should be exceptions for rape and incest in abortion cases. It was then that JD Vance used the term “inconvenience”. Appearing on NBC’s ‘Morning Joe’, Beshear referred to that comment and said inconvenience is traffic, “make him go through this”.What exactly did Vance say in 2021 on this? “It’s not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term but whether a child should be allowed to live even though the circumstances of that child’s birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to society.”“It is someone being violated, someone being harmed, and then telling them that they don’t have options after that, that fails any test of decency, of humanity,” Andy said reacting to that statement.Vance expressed his disgust and asked why Andy Beshear was wishing that a member of Vance’s family should get raped. “His comments are disgusting, vile, and should not be tolerated in American politics. We call on Kamala Harris to immediately repudiate Governor Beshear’s comments and demonstrate that regardless of partisan disagreements, this kind of violent rhetoric has no place in our public discourse,” Vance’s communications director said in a statement. Beshear took a step back and said he was of course not wishing any harm on Vance’s family. “It’s ridiculous, but it’s also deflection. JD Vance knows that he and Donald Trump are so wrong on this issue, and so he’s trying to make himself the victim,” Beshear said.“As a man, JD Vance will never have to face any of this personally, but it’s sad that he lacks the empathy to be able to put himself in a different position and to understand why having exceptions, having reproductive freedom, is so important in the first place,” Andy added. “Obviously, I never wish harm on anyone. It [is] just again, deflection, trying to make himself and Donald Trump the victims.”