Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes reportedly joked on Friday that Rand Paul “can be beaten,” referring to the 2017 assault on the Kentucky senator by a neighbor.
Grimes, a Democrat who could be running for the state’s governorship in 2019, made the comments at a Kentucky Fancy Farm Picnic, an event the state’s candidates for office often use to begin their campaigns for election.
AP reporter Adam Beam tweeted out the comments:
Alison Lundergan Grimes on Rand Paul: “Just ask his neighbor. He can be beaten.”
— Adam Beam (@adambeam) August 4, 2018
Paul’s chief strategist, Doug Stafford, quipped that Grimes’ joked was “almost as sad and pathetic as her last campaign.”
That’s almost as sad and pathetic as her last campaign. Mitch beat her so bad he almost got charged with a hate crime.
— Doug Stafford (@dougstafford) August 4, 2018
Beam also reported that Grimes joked that Paul is “looking for a campaign manager.” Although Paul did not attend the event, he is reportedly on a trip to Russia to support President Trump’s “engaging around the world,” according to the Washington Post.
Rand Paul is not coming to Fancy Farm. He’s on a trip to Russia. Alison Lundergan Grimes says Paul is “looking for a campaign manager.”
— Adam Beam (@adambeam) August 4, 2018
Paul’s neighbor, Rene Albert Boucher, was convicted and sentenced to 30 days in jail in June for the attack on the Kentucky senator that left him with six broken ribs, three displaced ribs, pneumonia, and a pleural effusion. The neighbor claimed Paul used his mower to blow leaves and brush onto his property. (RELATED: TWITTER JOKES ABOUT RAND PAUL NEIGHBOR ATTACK AFTER BUDGET SHUTDOWN)
