Remembering our last Democratic governor Joe Kernan

Brian Howey INDIANAPOLIS — To the congressional Republican rank and file, Democrats today are often described as “radical leftists” or “socialists” and even “Marxists.” There have been Hoosier Republicans who described Democrats as partisans to “don’t love our country.” I would have loved to have seen the reaction to this type of criticism from the last Indiana Democratic governor, Joe Kernan. Kernan passed away at age 74 in July 2020 due to complications from Alzheimer’s Disease. Last week with bagpipes playing at the Statehouse, Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb joined former First Lady Maggie Kernan, family and friends in unveiling a…