FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday it's past time for the White House to withdraw the name of anti-abortion Republican Chad Meredith as a potential nominee for federal judge in Kentucky.

"It's been plenty of time," Beshear said at his press conference. "And by now, they should be telling us that it's going to be rescinded."

As first reported by The Courier Journal last week, a White House official informed Beshear's office through a June 23 email that it planned to nominate Chad Meredith to a U.S. District Court judgeship in Kentucky's Eastern District the next day.

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Beshear and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Louisville, were among the Democrats astonished and outraged by the pick, with Yarmuth and other officials telling The Courier Journal that Biden must have worked a deal with U.S. Sen Mitch McConnell so he wouldn't hold up future White House nominations.


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