Grimes dismisses GOP complaints about her Rand Paul 'beaten' joke

Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said Monday that Kentucky Republicans need to get a tougher hide after some of them criticized one of her jokes about U.S. Sen. Rand Paul leading up to Fancy Farm.

Grimes, who is a rumored gubernatorial candidate in 2019, used the Democrats' annual bean supper in Marshall County on Friday night to make a crack about Kentucky's junior senator being assaulted.

"Many folks say that Rand Paul can’t be beat, they’re worried he might be too well-liked," Grimes said. "I don’t buy that. Just ask his neighbor, he can be beaten.”

Grimes was referring to an incident last year when Rene Boucher, a retired doctor and Paul's neighbor in Bowling Green, tackled the senator while he was mowing his lawn because of a dispute over piles of leaves and sticks on the property line.

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