Kentucky GOP sifting through teachers' emails for political misuse [View all]
The Republican Party of Kentucky has sent a wave of open records requests for the work emails of several teachers, including some who ran for office in November's election — a move it said was a way to see if there was widespread misuse of government resources.
But some educators see it as an intimidation tactic.
While the GOP has declined to say how many requests it has submitted or for whom, at least some of the requests are for Democratic candidates who lost their elections.
"I think the reason they're doing it is they want to make everybody afraid to run again, afraid to run against the establishment next time," said Dustin Allen, a teacher in Laurel County who made an unsuccessful bid for the Kentucky House's 87th District.
Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/12/14/kentucky-republicans-requests-teacher-emails-potential-political-misuse/2299048002/
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