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A |     주호영·김기현·나경원·조배숙 등 4선 이상 중진 9명 모여"징계로 당 결속 해칠 우려…張 거취 얘기는 안 나와"                   [서울=뉴시스] 정병혁 기자 = 장동혁 국민의힘 대표가 26일 서울 영등포구 국민의힘 중앙당사에서 취임 1주년 기자회견을 하고 있다. 2026.08.26. [email protected][서울=뉴시스] 이승재 전상우 기자 = 국민의힘 일부 중진 의원들이 26일 모여 당 소속 의원들을 향한 중앙윤리위원회의 중징계 조치 등에 대해 우려를 표하면서 이대로는 2028년 총선 승리가 어렵다는 데 공감대를 형성했다.주호영·김기현·나경원·조배숙·김상훈·박대출·유의동·윤재옥·이종배 의원 등 국민의힘 소속 4선 이상 중진 9명은 이날 오후 국회에서 회동했다.이들은 다가오는 총선에서 승리하기 위한 방안과 장동혁 지도부 체제를 둘러싼 당 안팎 현안 등에 대해 약 40분 간 이야기를 나눴다.이종배 의원은 회동을 마친 뒤 기자들과 만나 "많은 분들이 당의 상황이 이런 상태로는 총선에서 승리하기 어렵다는데 의견을 같이 했다"며 "당대표 간담회를 요구한다. 가급적 정례적인 간담회였으면 좋겠다는 의견도 있었다"고 말했다.이어 "최근 의원들의 징계 문제에 대해서는 당의 화합과 결속을 해칠 우려가 있고, 심사숙고하는 것이 좋겠다는 의견들을 냈다"며 "징계 대상자인 의원들도 당의 화합을 위해서 더 노력해야 되지 않겠냐는 의견도 있었다"고 했다.그러면서 "오늘 (4선 이상 중진) 19명 중에 9명 밖에 참석을 못했기 때문에 가까운 시일 내에 의원들을 다시 소집하던지 아니면 별도 의견을 수렴해 중진 의원들이 앞으로 보다 분명하게 목소리를 낼 것"이라고 덧붙였다.'장 대표 거취에 관한 얘기는 없었나'라는 질문에는 "오늘은 없었다. 19명 중에 9명이니 과반이 좀 안 되지 않나. 더 의견을 수렴해 목소리를 내는 것이 좋겠다는 쪽으로 의견이 모아진 것"이라고 답했다.앞서 장 대표가 '중진 총선 불출마' 등을 거론한 데 대해서는 "중진 의원들이 모임을 한다고 해서 장 대표의 노선에 다 반대하는 것만은 아니다"라며 "그러니 서로가 이해할 수 있는 시간을 가져야 한다"고 말했다. 그러면서 "중진들이 장 대표를 만나려는 것은 당의 발전을 위해서, 총선이라든지 선거에서 승리하기 위해서 의견을 나누는 시간을 갖기로 한 것이니 장 대표도 그에 대해서는 경청하지 않겠나"라고 했다.。    Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron accused each other of taking extreme stands on abortion policy Monday night as they wrangled over an issue that's become a flashpoint in their hotly contested campaign for governor in Kentucky.During an hourlong debate at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, the rivals fielded questions over education, taxes, public safety and the monthlong strike by autoworkers, which has spread to Ford's highly profitable Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville.The candidates tried to one-up the other in their support for public education. Some of their sharpest exchanges during the televised debate, however, came when asked to lay out their stands on abortion. Their remarks, which took place about three weeks before the Nov. 7 election, came against the backdrop of Kentucky's current abortion law, which bans the procedure except when carried out to save a pregnant woman’s life or to prevent a disabling injury.Beshear said that his challenger celebrated the abortion ban’s passage and pointed to Cameron’s long-running support for the law as written, without exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.“My opponent’s position would give a rapist more rights than their victim," Beshear said. "It is wrong. We need to change this law. We need to make sure that those individuals have that option.”Once Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the state’s trigger law — passed in 2019 — took effect to ban nearly all abortions.Cameron reiterated Monday night that he would sign a bill adding abortion exceptions if given the chance, a position he revealed during a radio interview last month.Cameron went on the attack by pointing to Beshear’s opposition to abortion restrictions passed by the state’s GOP-dominated legislature. As attorney general, Beshear refused to defend a law imposing a 20-week ban on abortion, and later as governor he vetoed a 15-week ban, Cameron said. “That is Andy Beshear’s record on the issue of life," Cameron said. "It’s one of failure for the unborn.”Beshear responded that he has consistently supported “reasonable restrictions,” especially on late-term abortions. Beshear also noted that the 15-week ban lacked exceptions for rape and incest.Abortion polices have been at the forefront of the campaign. Beshear's campaign released a TV ad last month featuring a Kentucky woman who revealed her own childhood trauma while calling for rape and incest exceptions. The woman, now in her early 20s, talked about having been raped by her stepfather when she was 12 years old. She became pregnant as a seventh grader but eventually miscarried.Meanwhile, the candidates took turns touting their plans to improve public education.Cameron accused the governor of mischaracterizing his plan to help students overcome learning loss when schools were closed during the pandemic.“We need a governor that is going to lean into this issue to fight for our kids and make sure that they have the best education system here possible in Kentucky,” Cameron said.Beshear highlighted his own plan calling for an 11% pay raise for teachers and all public school personnel, including bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria staff. He said he's supported educators “every step of the way” to raise their pay and protect their pensions as governor and previously as attorney general.“If we want to make sure that we have a math teacher, a physics teacher, everything we need in our classrooms, we have to pay people closer to what they’re worth,” the governor said.Beshear also made another pitch for his plan for state-funded pre-K for every 4-year-old in Kentucky.Beshear criticized Cameron for supporting a Republican-backed measure to award tax credits for donations supporting private school tuition. The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down the measure last year. The governor and other opponents of the bill said the program would have diverted money from public schools. Supporters said the measure offered opportunities for parents who want new schooling options for their children but are unable to afford them.“He (Cameron) supports a voucher program that would take tens of millions of dollars out of our public school system," Beshear said. "Out of the paychecks of our educators, out of the resources that they need, and again send them to fancy private schools.”Cameron has proposed raising the statewide base starting pay for new teachers, saying it would have a ripple effect by lifting pay for other teachers. Cameron’s plan also would develop an optional, 16-week tutoring program for math and reading instruction.“We need leadership that’s going to catch our kids up,” Cameron said.The candidates were asked to weigh in on the targeted strikes by the United Auto Workers union at all three Detroit automakers. Beshear replied that “this isn’t an either-or. We need the UAW to come out in a strong place and Ford to come out in a strong place, too.”Ford is a major employer in Louisville with two assembly plants in Kentucky's largest city. Ford and its battery partner, SK Innovation of South Korea, are building twin battery plants outside Glendale in central Kentucky — a $5.8 billion megaproject landed during Beshear's tenure as governor.Cameron expressed support for the workers while saying he hopes for a swift resolution. He blamed the labor dispute on President Joe Biden's economic policies, part of his effort to nationalize the campaign by linking Beshear to the Democratic president — a well-used GOP strategy in red states like Kentucky.“We are in this mess because of the inflationary pressures that are coming from Washington, D.C.,” Cameron said.。

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