Kentucky Republicans Build Wall Inside Capitol Offices to Separate Democrat Senators

Republican senators from the state of Kentucky have erected a real wall inside the Capitol annex in order to physically block the Democrats from their part of the shared offices.

GOP Senate Speaker Rob Stivers announced a release Monday in a newspaper based in Louisville, Frankfort, Kentucky. The Courier Journal. Several employees of the Capitol office confirmed Newsweek that the inner wall is built to separate the legislators from the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

Several representatives of the state capitals of both sides acknowledged that the wall had partisan motives, but refused to specify the potential security reasons for the construction of the interior wall. The wall prevents the three Republican legislators from sharing offices with Democrats. Stivers did not immediately respond to Newsweek for comments on the question Monday afternoon.

Several Democratic leaders in Kentucky, including candidate Sheri Donahue, denounced the decision and commented on the social networks of Republican senators who literally "blocked" their Senate colleagues. Republican leaders said The Courier Journal On Monday, the goal of the new drywall separating the Senate members was for "partisan private life".

In an openly partisan movement, the majority of the Republican Senate builds a wall in the state capitol annex so that three of its GOP members do not have to share a suite of software with them. democrats belonging to the minority ", The Courier Journal Ben Tobin reporter tweeted Monday morning. "The wall will cost taxpayers about $ 12,000."

Democrats said the wall was clearly taking President Donald Trump's strategy about the southern border to a new "divisional" level in the Kentucky capital.

"Childish behavior like this is the reason why people lose trust in the government! It's a waste of money!" Donahue tweeted on Monday.

The taxpayer price attached to the wall of supporters inside the Kentucky State Capitol building sparked further reactions.

"On the fiscal responsibility side, a $ 12,000 wall for Republican senators not to have to share an office suite with the Democrats," tweeted Twitter, based in Louisville, Kentucky New York Magazine political writer Adam K. Raymond.

The Kentucky Republicans own a government trio, with Matt Bevin in the governor's office as well as control of both legislative chambers. In the state Senate, there are 29 Republicans and nine Democrats.