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GOP’s cockroach mentality

Efforts by Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Ted Cruz to derail Donald Trump’s march to the Republican presidential nomination remind me of what a former speaker of the state House said about Kentuckians who weren’t as progressive-minded as he was: “They’re like cockroaches in a bathtub. If one of them starts to crawl out, the others reach up and pull him back down.”

Ralph Derickson

Lexington

This story was originally published May 12, 2016 at 6:38 PM with the headline "GOP’s cockroach mentality."

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