How Far Could Scheffler-Gate Spread?
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Friday morning’s arrest of the world’s top golfer entering the PGA Championship complex in Louisville is quickly becoming a potential political headache for that city’s mayor and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. A long-troubled police department, a city looking to regain its groove hosting the PGA Championship and Scottie Scheffler’s very visible arrest and questionable quick-turn release — it’s a story that’s topping digital sites Friday across the country, and even some international outlets. It also didn’t take long for Republicans and other political observers to tie the incident to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, whose star in the party is rising after his decisive re-election bid in November over the Republican attorney general and close ally of Sen. Mitch McConnell. That comes despite the governor having no involvement in the situation.
The remainder of the article does not include any reasons to think that Beshear will be affected by this at all, which is not strange given that he has nothing to do with the situation and that he’s currently serving the second term of a term-limited governorship. Still, it would be irresponsible not to speculate, and any reasonable speculation could hardly avoid the conclusion that this is very good for John McCain. It also appears to have been good for Scottie Scheffler, who played a five-under round and is currently in third place. I know y’all love to talk golf on this here blog, so go ahead and do your worst…