Beshear criticizes Bevin for text message calling AG's office an embarrassment

Gov. Matt Bevin fired off a text message to Attorney General Andy Beshear on Monday evening calling his office an "embarrassment to the Commonwealth."

It's the latest in the ongoing battle between Bevin and the Beshear family in which Bevin has removed Beshear's mother from a state commission and Beshear has sued Bevin over other actions, claiming the governor has overstepped his authority.

The last two dust-ups have gone in Beshear's favor with a ruling last week from the state Supreme Court saying that Bevin's cuts to state universities violated the law and Tuesday when Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled that his executive order essentially firing the entire University of Louisville board of trustees was illegal as well.

The text message, which Beshear received around 6 p.m. Monday, said, "I would strongly suggest you get your house in order. Your office is becoming an increasing embarrassment to the commonwealth."

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