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Tariffs Cut Canadian Bourbon Sales 85%, Beshear Urges Reversal

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC · How we work

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Bourbon sales crushed

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear released his memoir “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country” on September 22, 2026.
Tariffs have slashed Canadian bourbon sales by 85 percent, and Beshear urged the administration to reverse them.
He told CNN he will decide on a run after his Democratic Governors Association term.
President Donald Trump’s SNAP-cut attempt during the shutdown was called un-Christian by Beshear.

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Biblical Chapter Openings

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear released his memoir “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country” on September 22, 2026.
His political strategy is framed as a faith-based response to President Donald Trump’s perceived hijacking of Christianity.
Each chapter opens with a Biblical quotation, underscoring his claim that faith guides public service.
He recalled a 2016 threat Matt Bevin warned he would ‘knock your f***ing head off.’

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Historical Context

Governor Andy Beshear cites the 1920 nationwide ban on alcohol enacted by the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, which cut off roughly 14 % of government tax revenue and devastated Kentucky’s bourbon industry. After the Twenty-first Amendment repealed prohibition in 1933, the sector rebounded, making the 2026 Canadian-tariff-induced 85 % export plunge and Trump’s SNAP cuts a fresh political flashpoint.

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Bourbon sales crushed

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear released his memoir “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country” on September 22, 2026.
Tariffs have slashed Canadian bourbon sales by 85 percent, and Beshear urged the administration to reverse them.
He told CNN he will decide on a run after his Democratic Governors Association term.
President Donald Trump’s SNAP-cut attempt during the shutdown was called un-Christian by Beshear.

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