“Mitch McConnell cares about his legacy, and he’s ruining it,” Beshear said on his podcast on Wednesday. The Kentucky governor has sent scathing letters to both McConnell and Senate Majority Leader John Thune demanding answers and an investigation. The governor’s campaign has faced pushback from Sen. Rand Paul, who has dubbed it a “campaign ploy by Beshear to look relevant.” “I was also asked to respond to Rand Paul saying I was grandstanding on this,” Beshear said on his podcast. “Well, Rand Paul is another Republican U.S. senator from Kentucky in D.C. right now.”