August 25, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including the latest on the Republican primary campaign for an open U.S. Senate seat in 2026. Panelists: Mario Anderson, Spectrum News 1; Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal; Austin Horn, Lexington Herald-Leader.
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>> Bill (00:08):
FOR A THIRD WEEK IN A
ROW, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL
AND THREE REPUBLICANS WHO WANT
HIS JOB, WERE TOGETHER AT THE
SAME EVENT.
AFTER WINNING KENTUCKY BY 30
POINTS, WHO WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP
ENDORSE IN THE SENATE RACE IF
ANYBODY?
AUDITOR ALLISON BALL'S OFFICE IS
BUSY RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT
SCHOOLS AND DRIVER'S LICENSES.
(00:29):
AS THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
APPROACHES A STATE SENATOR
PUSHES FOR A HIGHER MINIMUM
WAGE.
A REPRIEVE FROM THE SUMMER HEAT
AND COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET.
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GOOD EVENING I'M BILL
BRYANT AND WE WELCOME YOU TO
"COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK
BACK AT AND SOME ANALYSIS OF THE
WEEK'S NEWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF
WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE MARIO ANDERSON
ANCHOR AND HOST OF IN FOCUS
KENTUCKY ON SPECTRUM NEWS ONE.
HANNAH PINSKI, POLITICS REPORTER
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FOR THE COURIER-JOURNAL.
AND AUSTIN HORN, SENIOR
POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER.
THE OPEN KENTUCKY U.S. SENATE
VASE NOT WAITING FOR 2026 BUT
THE MAN WHO HELD THE SEAT SINCE
HIS ELECTION IN 1984 IS ALSO ON
THE SCENE MAKING SURE HIS LEGACY
IS REMEMBERED.
AT THE KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU'S
(01:36):
HAM BREAKFAST SENATOR MITCH
McCONNELL WAS HONORED AND
REMINDED THE CROWD OF HIS LONG
SERVICE AND SUCCESS.
>> GO UP IN POLITICS AND ALWAYS
A LONG TALK ABOUT WHO IS POPULAR
AND WHO ISN'T.
LET ME TELL YOU HOW TO MEASURE
POPULARITY.
IT'S WINNING ELECTIONS.
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THANKS TO YOU ALL I WON SEVEN
SENATE RACES, NINE LEADER RACES
UNDEFEATED.
McCONNELL MAKING THE
POINT HE IS UNDEFEATED WORKING
TO PRESERVE HIS LEGACY AND
HIGHLIGHTING HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
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AUSTIN, DOES IT MAKE IT
CHALLENGES FOR CANDIDATES SAYING
THEY WANT TO GO IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION?
I THINK POTENTIALLY.
HE KIND OF GETS AT THE HEART OF
2026 AT LEAST RIGHT NOW THE 2026
SENATE RACE.
BECAUSE HE'S MAKING THIS
ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT IS
POPULARITY.
THE BIGGEST NARRATIVE SO FAR IN
THE RACE IS NATE MORRIS IS A
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RELATIVE OUTSIDER RUNNING ON A
VERY ANTI-McCONNELL PLATFORM.
HE IS SAYING WHAT IS POPULARITY?
IS IT THE ANSWER THAT VOTERS
GIVE WHEN YOU ASK THEM DO YOU
LIKE THIS PERSON OR NOT
DIRECTLY?
IN WHICH CASE McCONNELL'S
POPULARITY IS LOW.
ONE OF THE LOWEST OF ANY U.S.
(03:03):
SENATOR OR IS IT THAT ELECTION
MARK THAT HE INSISTS THAT IS THE
POPULARITY METRIC.
I THINK THIS RACE, THIS 2026
SENATE RACE, HINGES A LOT ON
THAT QUESTION.
AND IF IT'S THE DIRECT
POPULARITY MARK, THEN NATE
MORRIS IS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
IF IT IS AS McCONNELL SAYS
ELECTIONS, THEN MAYBE THIS WILL
SWING TOWARDS SOMEBODY LIKE
(03:24):
DANIEL CAMERON OR ANDY BARR.
HANNAH?
>> I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
TO POINT OUT DURING
McCONNELL'S TIME IN CONGRESS
HE EARNED RESPECT AND SUPPORT
FROM GROUPS IN KENTUCKY.
THE FARMING INDUSTRY.
THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE HAM
BREAKFAST BECAUSE THE WORK HE
HAS DONE WITH THE FARM BILLS
OVER THE YEARS.
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THE QUESTION BECOMES IF YOU ARE
DISTANCING YOURSELF FROM
McCONNELL OR OPENLY CRITICAL
OF HIM, ARE YOU GOING TO LOSE
VOTERS IN THOSE ATMOSPHERES IN
THE PRIMARY ELECTION THEN.
>> McCONNELL DURING THE FARM
BUREAU IT IS A CROWD WITH TIES
TO MITCH McCONNELL OVER HIS
DECADES IN KENTUCKY POLITICS IT
IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR THOSE
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CANDIDATES AS THEY ARE
ADDRESSING THE CROWD AND
POTENTIAL DONORS LOOKING TO
THOSE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
SLIPPERY SLOPE BETWEEN THE
CANDIDATES AND HOW THEY HANDLE
THE MESSAGING.
AGAIN, NATE MORRIS THERE IS A
LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT HE IS
MESSAGING NOT REALLY TO THE
CROWD IN THOSE ROOMS BUT MORE TO
THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE TO SEEK AN ENDORSEMENT
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DOWN THE LINE.
IT IS INTERESTING WE
HAD THREE WEEKS IN A ROW WHERE
THEY WERE ALTOGETHER McCONNELL
AND THE THREE CANDIDATES?
>> AND IT'S INTERESTING TOO, TO
WATCH AT FANCY FARM MITCH
McCONNELL LEFT THE STAGE WHEN
THAT HAPPENED AND DURING THE
LAST TWO APPEARANCE HE HE HAS
BEEN IN THE ROOM AS THOSE
REMARKS ARE BEING DELIVERED.
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THE THREE REPUBLICANS
WORKING FOR THEIR PARTY'S
NOMINATION, EACH MAKES A
DIFFERENT CASE WHY THEY WOULD BE
BEST FOR THE G.O.P. AND THE
SENATE.
>> READY FOR A FUTURE THAT LOOKS
SIMILAR TO THAT THAT LIVES UP TO
THE IDEALS OF OUR FOUNDING.
THOSE THAT ARE BASED, LIFE,
LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF
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HAPPINESS.
>> AS I SAID AT FANCY FARM A LOT
OF POLITICIANS TALK ABOUT
SUPPORTING THIS PRESIDENT BUT I
AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
RACE WHO IS ACTUALLY DOING IT
DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN CONGRESS.
AND THAT WORK IS PAYING OFF.
>> THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR THE
WEAK.
THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR THE
CAREER POLITICIANS.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING
TOTALLY DIFFERENT, FIGHTERS
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WILLING TO STAND WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND STAND UP FOR YOU.
SO THESE CANDIDATES
WANT THE SAME PRIZE, THE G.O.P.
NOMINATION AND ULTIMATELY THE
SENATE SEAT DO THEY HAVE TO
FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHS TO GET
THERE.
>> .
>> YOU WOULD THINK SO BUT WITH
US BEING MONTHS OUT FROM VOTES
BEING CAST IN THE PRIMARY THEY
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ARE CRAFTING THEIR MESSAGES
BASED ON THE CROWDS.
AND ANDY BARR AND DANIEL CAMERON
ARE RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO DEFINE
NATE MORRIS' CAMPAIGN AND TRYING
TO PUT OUT THEIR VERSIONS OF WHO
SUPPORTS THEY SUPPORT DONALD
TRUMP ORIGINALLY OR NICKI HALEY.
BUT NATE MORRIS FOUND HIS OWN
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LANE BEING AN ANTI-McKONG AND
THAT IS THE WAY HE IS GOING TO
RUN HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> THEY ARE ALL RUNNING THIS
PRO TRUMP PLAYBOOK.
THE INTERESTING QUESTION IS HOW
WILL THESE PEOPLE BEHAVE ONCE
TRUMP EXITS STAGE LEFT ASSUMING
THAT DOES HAPPEN.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WILL IN
2028.
CAMERON IS RUNNING THIS NAME ID.
(06:36):
YOU KNOW ME I'M THE FAMILIAR
FACE CAMPAIGN.
BARR IS RUNNING A MORE
TRADITIONAL HE HAS CONNECTIONS
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT DONOR
BASE AND THIS NOVEL STRATEGIC
ARGUMENT AND THEN AS MARIO
MENTIONED NATE MORRIS IS RUNNING
THIS OUTSIDER PRO TRUMP TO AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE.
(06:57):
BUT ALSO HE'S PREACHING A LITTLE
MORE TOWARDS THE 55-YEAR-OLD MAN
WHO IS WATCHING TV COMMERCIALS
AND HAS VOTED IN THREE OUT OF
THE LAST FOUR REPUBLICAN
PRIMARIES.
NOT NECESSARILY THE DIEHARD, I
SHOW UP TO EVERY REPUBLICAN
COUNTY PARTY MEETING IN WARREN
(07:19):
COUNTY, LET'S SAY.
NOT THOSE ESTABLISHMENT PEOPLE.
MORE JUST THE KINDS OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE REPUBLICANS WHO MAYBE
AREN'T AS TIED INTO LOCAL
POLITICS AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE
IN THE ROOM AT THE FARM BUREAU
EVENT.
HANNAH, YOU DID A STORY
THIS WEEK HOW THE G.O.P.
(07:39):
CANDIDATES HOPES FOR TRUMP'S
ENDORSEMENT HE DID CARRY
KENTUCKY BY 30 POINTS IN
NOVEMBER.
DO THEY SEE HIS NOD AS DECISIVE
IN THIS RACE?
>> I THINK THERE'S AGREEMENT
THAT AN ENDORSEMENT COULD BE OR
WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN
THIS RACE.
WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE A
DECIDING FACTOR WE'LL HAVE TO
SEE.
AS AUSTIN SAID ALL THREE
(08:00):
CAMPAIGNS ARE RUNNING I AA PRO
TRUMP PLATFORM I WILL SUPPORT
TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST AGENDA IN
THE SENATE.
I THINK WHAT IS INTERESTING IS
THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH THE
CAMPAIGNS AT FANCY FARM IS THAT
NATE MORRIS AND REPRESENTATIVE
ANDY BARR HAVE DIRECTLY SPOKEN
TO TRUMP ABOUT THIS RACE.
BARR SPEAKS TO TRUMP LIKES TO
SAY ON A FREQUENT BASIS.
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MORRIS HAD GONE TO WASHINGTON
D.C. TO HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM.
BUT CAMERON, ON THE OTHER HAND,
HAS NOT DIRECTLY SPOKEN TO THE
PRESIDENT.
HE POINTED OUT HE HAS SPOKEN TO
PEOPLE WITHIN THE CIRCLE BUT HAS
YET TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
HIM.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS
BECAUSE OF THE 2023
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION WHEN
TRUMP GAVE CAMERON AN EARLY
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ENDORSEMENT AND HE LOST.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.
AUSTIN, TO YOUR POINT
ABOUT REPUBLICANS FISHING IN
WATERS WHERE REPUBLICAN VOTERS
ARE AVAILABLE, SO THEY GO TO THE
RIGHT LEANING MEDIA, IS ONE
PLACE.
IS THAT WHERE THEY BEST FEEL
THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE
G.O.P. VOTERS?
(09:02):
>> YEAH.
I MEAN BROADCAST TV IS USUALLY
THE NAME OF THE GAME IN AD WARS
PARTICULARLY FOR GENERAL
ELECTIONS, EVEN FOR STATE
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS THINGS
LIKE THAT.
BUT GOING ON CABLE, GOING ON A
PLACE LIKE "FOX NEWS", NEWS MAX,
ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK IF THAT
EXISTS I FORGET IF IT DOES.
(09:24):
PLACES LIKE THAT THAT ARE THE
KINDS OF MEDIA OUTLETS YOU KNOW
THE DIEHARD REPUBLICANS ARE
GOING TO.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, PRIMARY
TURNOUT IS RELATIVELY LOW FOR
BETTER OR WORSE.
YOU ARE REALLY REACHING FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE
PARTY.
THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE GOING
TO SHOW UP.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE GOING TO
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THESE, I THINK YOU CALL THEM
SILOS TO BE FAIR.
>> AND AT THIS TIME ALL THREE
CANDIDATES ARE TRYING TO
IDENTIFY DONORS TO CONTRIBUTE TO
CAMPAIGNS.
WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO GET A
BROADER BASE AND NATE MORRIS HE
LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN ON THE
CHARLIE KIRK OR DONALD TRUMP,
JR. ON THE PODCAST AND WAS ON
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CHARLIE KIRK THEY ARE FRONT AND
CENTER IN THE CONSERVATIVE WORLD
AND HE IS TARGETING POTENTIAL
DONORS WATCHING FROM ACROSS THE
NATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO HIS
CAMPAIGN.
EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE TO
FACE KENTUCKY VOTERS WHO THESE
CANDIDATES EVENTUALLY DEBATE
EACH OTHER?
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY WHEN BILL
BRYANT AND MARIO ANDERSON IN THE
ROOM OUR TEAM THEY WILL WANT TO
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DEBATE AND GET IN FRONT OF OUR
AUDIENCES TO SHARE THEIR STORY
AND MAKE THEIR CASE TO THE
VOTERS?
>> I HOPE SO THEY ARE CAPABLE
DEBATE HOSTS AMONG US AND ONE OF
THEM IT'S THAT ME.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
>> MAYBE IT'S HANNAH.
>> NOT ME.
(10:47):
NOW DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
ONCE THIS DOES MOVE ON TO
NOVEMBER, REPUBLICANS ARE
FAVORED MOST OUTLETS JUST PAINT
KENTUCKY RED WHEN THEY PUT THE
MAPS OUT RIGHT NOW.
COULD DEMOCRATS MAKE A RACE OF
IT?
HANNAH DO YOU GET THE SENSE THAT
DEMOCRATS ARE WATCHING TRENDS
AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR TRYING TO SEE
IF THERE MIGHT BE A NATIONAL
WAVE OR MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMPETE
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FOR THAT SENATE SEAT?
>> I THINK THEY ARE, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
ALL THREE CAMPAIGNS ARE SAYING
THEY WILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S AGENDA AND WATCHING TO
SEE HOW TRUMP'S POLICIES PLAY
OUT IN KENTUCKY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEDICAID CUTS
THE S.N.A.P. CUTS ARE WE GOING
TO SEE RURAL HOSPITALS CLOSE
DOWN AND PEOPLE GETTING KICKED
(11:29):
OFF OF THE S.N.A.P. BENEFITS
PROGRAM AND WILL THAT BE
UNPOPULAR HERE IN KENTUCKY.
AND BOTH DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT NAVMENT ID,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE
COLEMAN AND GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR, HAVE BOTH SAID THEY ARE
NOT RUNNING IN THIS RACE.
WHOEVER THEY DO PICK THEY ARE
GOING TO RUN INTO THE ISSUE OF
ARE THEY RECOGNIZABLE ON A
(11:50):
STATE-WIDE LEVEL?
AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO
BUILDUP THAT NAME ID MOVING
FORWARD.
ANY THOUGHT ON THE
DEMOCRATS, AUSTIN?
>> I THINK MOST DEMOCRATS IN
WASHINGTON HAVE WRITTEN THIS ONE
OFF, UNLESS GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR DECIDES TO JUMP IN.
BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT A
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GOOD SENATE RACE IS NOT
OBJECTIVELY HELPFUL FOR THE
PARTY.
BECAUSE IT IS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DOWN
BALLOT EFFECTS, SOMEBODY RUNNING
IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT WHICH IS
MAYBE MORE PURPLISH OR PINK, YOU
COULD SAY BECAUSE IT'S RED
LEANING THAT PERSON WHOEVER THAT
NOMINEE IS ON THE DEMOCRATIC
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SIDE YOU COULD ARGUE WOULD
BENEFIT A LOT FROM A COMPETITIVE
SENATE RACE THAT DRIVES TURNOUT
IN A PLACE LIKE LEXINGTON.
IN THE RACE AS HEAD
NEXT YEAR THERE IS A TREND IN
KENTUCKY AND THAT IS MORE PEOPLE
ARE REGISTERS AS INDEPENDENTS.
AND MICHAEL ADAMS NOTES THE
GROWING NUMBER OF INDEPENDENTS
IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
(12:53):
>> HOW DO THE PARTIES FIGURE OUT
HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE
INDEPENDENTS?
>> TRYING TO REACH EVERYBODY AND
BE INCLUSIVE.
WE SEE INCREASINGLY BOTH PARTIES
I TALKED TO THEIR OWN ECOCHAMBER
FOCUSED 0 AND THEIR OWN PARTY
AND IGNORE OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THAT IS A MASSIVE MISTAKE.
(13:15):
IF YOU LOOK AT REPUBLICAN
PERFORMANCE IN 2023 WHEN I WAS
ON THE BALLOT WE HAD HIGHER
TURNOUT THAN THE DEMOCRATS HAD
BUT WE LOST THE GOVERNORSHIP.
BECAUSE WE'RE STILL HAVING
TROUBLE FINDING THOSE PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT REPUBLICANS AND TALKING
TO THEM AND GETTING THEM TO COME
OUR WAY.
IT'S ABOUT 12% IN THE
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SIXTH DISTRICT WHERE THERE'S
EXPECTED TO BE A CONTESTED FOR
THE G.O.P. HOUSE SEAT WHERE ANDY
BARR IS MOVING ON IN HIS ATTEMPT
TO WIN THAT SENATE SEAT.
ARE INDEPENDENTS A DECISIVE
FACTOR?
>> IN A PLACE LIKE THE SIXTH
DISTRICT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION
AND IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO NOTE
KENTUCKY IS A CLOSED PRIMARY IT
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IS A SHAME THAT INDEPENDENTS
AREN'T ABLE TO PUT THEIR VOICE
IN FOR MOST ELECTIONS.
>> INDEPENDENTS ARE SO
DETERMINED TO BE INDEPENDENT
THEY GAVE UP THEIR VOTE.
>> WE'VE ONLY GOT ON THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE LEVEL 10 OUT OF 100
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PURPLISH HOUSE DISTRICTS TWO OUT
OF 38 SENATE DISTRICTS IT IS A
LOW PROPORTION AND THE PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE MUCH SAY OVER THOSE
SEATS BUT THEY WILL IN AN
ELECTION LIKE THE SIXTH
DISTRICT.
ALL RIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICAL TEAM
HAS TAKEN A SWAT AT NORTHERN
KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN THOMAS
MASSIE.
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A REPUBLICAN.
THIS TIME THEY RELEASED A POLL
SHOWING MACY'S APPROVAL
DROPPING.
AUSTIN YOUR STORY SAID THAT
MASSIE SAID THAT IS WAY OFF
BASE?
>> YEAH, AND I THINK MOST
KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS HONESTLY
EVALUATING THAT EXACT POLL
NUMBER, FIND IT TO BE
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EXAGGERATING A LITTLE BIT AND
THIS IS GUESSWORK IT IS A
RESPECTABLE POLLSTER.
HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE AREN'T SURPRISED THE
AD WAR, 2 MILLION IN ADS HAS HAD
SOME EFFECT ON THOMAS MASSIE'S
POPULARITY IN THE DISTRICT.
THE QUESTION IS WHO IS THE
MAGICAL PERSON THAT CAN
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KNOCK-OFF A PERSON WHO BUILT A
BRAND OFF BEING CONTRARIAN.
IT IS NEWS TO THE VOTERS THAT
THOMAS MASSIE BUCKS PARTY.
AND NO CANDIDATE YET?
>> NOT YET.
AARON REED, KIM MOSHER MAYBE
SOMEBODY WITHOUT A RECORD WHO
CAN'T BE PICKED APART.
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WE'LL SEE.
STATE AUDITOR ALLISON
BALL HAS BEEN BUSY SHE CALLED
FOR MAJOR CHANGES IN THE
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.
SHE IS ALSO LOOKING INTO THE
STATE'S TWO LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN JEFFERSON AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES.
>> SO THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK
WE DO.
WE REVIEW FINANCES.
OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE THIS IS
THE PERFECT TIME FOR US TO
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REVIEW THE BOOKS AND WE'RE GOING
TO DO A FINANCIAL AUDIT LOOKING
AT THE EXPENDITURES AND MAKING
SURE THEY ARE USING THEIR MONEY
WELL AND CORRECTLY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO MARIO THAT WAS YOUR INTERVIEW
AND TALKING ABOUT THE FAYETTE
COUNTY SITUATION.
$16 MILLION SHORTFALL THERE.
AND ALL KINDS OF TALK ABOUT WAYS
TO TRY TO FILL THAT HOLE.
(16:23):
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AUDITOR BALL SAYS OUT OF ALL THE
AUDITS FAYETTE COUNTY IS HEARING
THE MOST FEEDBACK FROM FROM
PEOPLE WANTING HER TO PURSUE
THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
ALSO SHE HAS BEEN RECEIVING
WHISTLEBLOWER STATEMENTS FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE SHARING THINGS
THEY'VE BEEN HEARING INSIDE
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FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SHE SAYS IT IS AGAIN A
SLOW-MOVING PROCESS IT REQUIRES
FUNDING FROM THE STATE
GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
ALL THE RESOURCES TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD.
THIS IS ONE OF HER TOP
PRIORITIES FOR THIS YEAR TO
START LOOKING AT THE BOOKS AND
IT DOES MAKE IT EASIER THAT
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS A
LOT OF DATA IS PUBLIC AND
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AVAILABLE THEY ARE STARTING THAT
PIECING IT TOGETHER TO SEE WHERE
THINGS STAND.
AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEY CAN
PROVIDE.
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUE
WHERE 2,000 LICENSES WERE
CANCELED BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE
BEEN OBTAINED ILLEGALLY?
>> SHE SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR
(17:26):
ANDY BESHEAR DE AND JIM GRAY
DEMANDING RESPONSES ON PLANS TO
FIX THIS BY SEPTEMBER FIRST I
BELIEVE THAT WAS THE DATE.
SHE IS WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN WHO IS
LEADING THE CRIMINAL POTENTIAL
COMPLAINT SIDE OF THIS.
AND HER OFFICE IS PLANNING TO DO
A FULL-SCALE AUDIT WHEN THEY ARE
ABLE TO MOVE IN ON THAT.
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HANNAH, GOVERNOR
BESHEAR TRIED TO GET OUT IN
FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSING
SITUATION IS THAT SOMETHING HIS
DETRACT FORS ARE LIKELY TO USE
AS HE CONTINUES TO EXPLORE A
2028 PRESIDENTIAL RUN?
>> I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT I KNOW IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE
IT.
BUT 2028 IS A LONG WAYS AWAY.
(18:08):
WHAT BESHEAR IS DOING RIGHT NOW,
IS THAT IF IT DOES GET BROUGHT
UP HE CAN SAY LOOK I'VE SAID I
WILL HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE REASON IT'S GETTING TALKED
ABOUT SO MUCH IS IMMIGRATION IS
A HOT TOPIC ISSUE NATIONALLY.
IT'S GAINING A LOT OF ATTENTION
ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GETTING
(18:29):
CALLED OUT BY REPUBLICANS.
WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE A
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN 2028 WE'LL
HAVE TO SEE.
AUSTIN, GOVERNOR
CONTINUES HIS TRAVELS AND HAS
SOME SCHEDULED EVENTS AHEAD OUT
OF STATE?
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S CLEAR TO
MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING
CLOSELY, HE'S PREPARING TO THINK
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ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
IF THAT'S A WAY TO HEDGE IT.
HE IS REALLY GOING FOR IT.
AND WE JUST SAW THERE WAS A
"POLITICO" STORY TODAY THAT GIVE
HIM A NICE PAT ON THE BACK FOR
HIS COMMENTS ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS
SORT OF SOFTENED THEIR LANGUAGE
(19:11):
AND HE'S SPOKEN OUT AGAINST
THAT.
AND THAT'S THE NEW NORM.
YOU WANDERED ALOUD IN
YOUR COLUMN ABOUT WHETHER
CONSERVATIVES "CNN" COMMENTATOR
SCOTT JENNINGS WHAT HE MAYBE UP
TO.
HE HAS INTERESTING TRAVELS THAT
HE DOES, OF COURSE, IN HIS
OFFICIAL JOB CAPACITY.
(19:32):
BUT THERE COULD BE OTHER
BENEFITS?
>> HE DOES.
HE IS A BONA-FIDE CONSERVATIVE
CELEBRITY.
HE IS ONE OF THE VOICES YOU
THINK ABOUT NOW WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES WHO
ARE OUT THERE IN THE RHETORICAL
TRENCHES EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK.
HE'S BUILT UP HIS PROFILE.
(19:53):
HE HAS SAID PRETTY MUCH
STRAIGHTFORWARDLY IF TRUMP SAYS
HE WILL SUPPORT ME IN THE SENATE
RACE I WILL GO FOR IT.
WHO KNOWS HOW LIKELY THAT IS.
I WOULD PROBABLY BET AGAINST IT.
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
TRUMP COULD GET A WILD HAIR.
HE'S SOMEBODY WHO HAS PROVEN TO
GET WILD HAIRS HERE AND THERE.
SO IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
(20:16):
BUT SCOTT JENNINGS IS EXTREMELY
PROMINENT AND HE CAN USE THAT
BULLY PULPIT VERY WELL AND NEVER
SAY NEVER HE IS YOUNG IN
POLITICAL YEARS.
HANNAH ANY UPDATE ON
THE LOUISVILLE MAYOR'S RACE THE
FIRST NONPARTISAN RACE WILL BE
NEXT YEAR IS CRAIG GREENBERG
(20:37):
FULL STEAM AHEAD AND
TELEGRAPHING HE IS A CANDIDATE
FOR REELECTION?
>> I THINK SO.
LAST YEAR HE HAD FILED TO RUN IN
THE NEXT YEAR WITH THE KENTUCKY
REGISTER OF ELECTION FINANCE AND
UPDATED HIS WEBSITE AT THE TIME
I BELIEVE SAYING REELECT
GREENBERG.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW THE RACE PLAYS OUT.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST NONPARTISAN
(20:58):
RACE IN LOUISVILLE.
AND YOU HAD A THOUGHT
ON THAT AUSTIN?
>> YEAH, FROM THE OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN, WHAT'S BEEN THE
BIGGEST LOCAL ELECTION IN A
LONGTIME?
AND THAT IS MAMDANI, SELF
IDENTIFIED DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST
WINNING THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION FOR THE NEW YORK
(21:20):
CITY'S MAYOR RACE HIS VIDEO
STYLE REMINDS ME OF A CANDIDATE
WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE IN
LOUISVILLE AND THAT IS CHARLES
BOOKER.
HE HAD VERY PUNCHY COLORFUL
VIDEOS THAT DREW YOU IN IN A
SIMILAR WAY AND LEANS LEFT HE IS
NOT A SOCIALIST LIKE MAMDANI.
(21:41):
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF SOMEBODY
LIKE CHARLOTTE CHARLES BOOKER IS
LOOKING AT A MAYOR GREENBERG WHO
MOVED A LITTLE BIT TO THE
CENTER, STILL A DEMOCRAT IN A
NONPARTISAN SETTING.
CAN HE EDGE HIM OUT IN THE RACE?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> MAYOR GREENBERG HAS THE POWER
OF INCUMBENCY HE CAN TRAVEL
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AROUND LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON
COUNTY AS THE MAYOR AND
CANDIDATE AND OUT THERE IN FRONT
OF THE CROWDS AND STILL ABLE TO
RAISE MONEY AND SELF FUNDED HE
HAS A LOT OF MONEY AT HIS
DISPOSAL.
HE IS PLAN PENTAGON ON RUNNING
FOR REELECTION IT IS NOT A
FOCUSED ON DOING HIS JOB.
AND HE CALLS THE
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REPORTER NEED TO GO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 2026
LEGISLATIVE SESSION ISSUES
BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE.
MEETINGS GOING ON NOW AND
DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR IS BACK
FOR A PUSH FOR AN INCREASE IN
THE STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE.
>> LET'S DOT MATH.
7.25 AN HOUR MULTIPLY IT BY
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EIGHT HOURS A DAY, BY FIVE DAYS
A WEEK BUT A MONTH.
ABOUT $15,000.
YES, YOU ARE IN THE POVERTY
RANGE.
ALL RIGHT, MARIO, 7.25
AN HOUR THOMAS AND ADVOCATES SAY
PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
WILL THAT GET TRACTION IN A
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REPUBLICAN DOMINATED STATE
LEGISLATURE?
>> WELL, SENATOR THOMAS FILED
THE SAME BILL FOR MULTIPLE
SESSIONS THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE
IN A ROJAS' BEEN PUT INTO A
MEETING.
THE SENATE HE IS ONE OF SEVEN OR
SIX DEMOCRATS OUT OF THE 38
MEMBERS CHAMBER IN THE STATE
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SENATE AND THE REPUBLICANS HOLD
THE MAJORITY.
UNSURE IF THAT WILL GAIN
TRACTION A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
BILLS HAVE A BUY IN FROM
REPUBLICANS AND THIS IS A BILL
THE REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T SIGNALED
THEY ARE INTO.
>> I REMEMBER LAST SESSION,
ROBERT STIVERS HAD SAID HE
BELIEVES THAT BUSINESSES ARE
ALREADY PAYING ABOVE THE MINIMUM
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WAGE.
THERE WASN'T A NEED FOR THE
STATE TO TELL EMPLOYERS AND
BUSINESSES WHAT TO DO.
AND NEXT YEAR'S ALSO A BUDGET
YEAR, 60-DAY SESSION T WILL BE
IF IT IS A PARTISAN ISSUE THAT
REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE AN
APPETITE FOR IT'S UNLIKE GET A
COMMITTEE HEARING.
CHILDCARE IS AN
EMERGING ISSUE AS WELL.
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WE'RE HEARING THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SAID THAT 16-28,000
KENTUCKIANS COULD GO TO WORK IF
THERE WAS AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.
THAT SEEMS TO BE LOOMING AS AN
ISSUE.
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS RID OF TONS
OF NERVE AGENT STORED FOR
DECADES AT THE BLUEGRASS ARMY
DEPOT IN MADISON COUNTY.
>> IT IS TOOK LONGER THAN WE
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WANTED OR EXPECTED.
BUT EVENTUALLY, ONCE WE --
ONCE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO
ABANDON INCINERATION, EVERYBODY
WAS ROLLING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION AND WE GOT IT DONE
REMARKABLY SAFELY.
IT IS A RELIEF TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT THREAT IS
REMOVED.
>> IT IS SINCE IT DATES BACK TO
(24:49):
1984 WHEN THE CONVERSATIONS WERE
FIRST STARTING.
IT TOOK UP UNTIL 2019 FOR THE
FIRST CHEMICAL AGENTS TO BE
DESTROYED.
DECADES TO GET THIS PROCESS
STARTED AND NOW THINGS ARE
MOVING FORWARD.
AND THE LAST ONES ARE OUT OF
THERE.
AND NOW THEY ARE DOING STUDYING
AND RESEARCHING ABOUT THE IMPACT
IT DID HAVE ON MADISON COUNTY
AND BEYOND.
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>> THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER
REPORTED THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE
SAID THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
D.E.I. IT SAYS, AUSTIN, THAT THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES NEEDS TO ADOPT
A STATEMENT OF NEUTRALITY.
WHEN THE BOARD LEFT THAT UP TO
THE U.K. PRESIDENT?
>> YEAH.
(25:30):
AND IT'S AN INTERESTING EARLY
TEST FOR THE NEWLY COMPOSED U.K.
BOARD OF REGENTS.
THEY JUST ADDED A COUPLE NEW
BESHEAR APPOINTEES INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JIM
GRAY.
I'M NOT PLUGGED IN ENOUGH TO
THAT WORLD TO REALLY SAY.
(25:51):
BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING TEST FOR
A MAJORITY DEMOCRAT APPOINTED
BOARD.
SECRETARIAT'S TRIPLE
CROWN JOCK WI HAS DIED WE
LEARNED THAT TODAY.
TURCOTTE WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY
AS WELL AS THE PREAKNESS AND THE
BELMONT STAKES TWICE EACH
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BETWEEN 1956 AND 1973.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
NATIONAL MUSEUM RACING HALL OF
FAME.
SECRETARIAT HOLDS THE RECORD IN
THE BELMONT WINNING BY 31 LINKS.
TURCOTTE WAS 84 YEARS OLD.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
FOR A THIRD WEEK IN A
ROW, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL
AND THREE REPUBLICANS WHO WANT
HIS JOB, WERE TOGETHER AT THE
SAME EVENT.
AFTER WINNING KENTUCKY BY 30
POINTS, WHO WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP
ENDORSE IN THE SENATE RACE IF
ANYBODY?
AUDITOR ALLISON BALL'S OFFICE IS
BUSY RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT
SCHOOLS AND DRIVER'S LICENSES.
(00:29):
AS THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
APPROACHES A STATE SENATOR
PUSHES FOR A HIGHER MINIMUM
WAGE.
A REPRIEVE FROM THE SUMMER HEAT
AND COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET.
[♪♪]
(00:52):
GOOD EVENING I'M BILL
BRYANT AND WE WELCOME YOU TO
"COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK
BACK AT AND SOME ANALYSIS OF THE
WEEK'S NEWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF
WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE MARIO ANDERSON
ANCHOR AND HOST OF IN FOCUS
KENTUCKY ON SPECTRUM NEWS ONE.
HANNAH PINSKI, POLITICS REPORTER
(01:13):
FOR THE COURIER-JOURNAL.
AND AUSTIN HORN, SENIOR
POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER.
THE OPEN KENTUCKY U.S. SENATE
VASE NOT WAITING FOR 2026 BUT
THE MAN WHO HELD THE SEAT SINCE
HIS ELECTION IN 1984 IS ALSO ON
THE SCENE MAKING SURE HIS LEGACY
IS REMEMBERED.
AT THE KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU'S
(01:36):
HAM BREAKFAST SENATOR MITCH
McCONNELL WAS HONORED AND
REMINDED THE CROWD OF HIS LONG
SERVICE AND SUCCESS.
>> GO UP IN POLITICS AND ALWAYS
A LONG TALK ABOUT WHO IS POPULAR
AND WHO ISN'T.
LET ME TELL YOU HOW TO MEASURE
POPULARITY.
IT'S WINNING ELECTIONS.
(01:58):
THANKS TO YOU ALL I WON SEVEN
SENATE RACES, NINE LEADER RACES
UNDEFEATED.
McCONNELL MAKING THE
POINT HE IS UNDEFEATED WORKING
TO PRESERVE HIS LEGACY AND
HIGHLIGHTING HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
(02:20):
AUSTIN, DOES IT MAKE IT
CHALLENGES FOR CANDIDATES SAYING
THEY WANT TO GO IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION?
I THINK POTENTIALLY.
HE KIND OF GETS AT THE HEART OF
2026 AT LEAST RIGHT NOW THE 2026
SENATE RACE.
BECAUSE HE'S MAKING THIS
ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT IS
POPULARITY.
THE BIGGEST NARRATIVE SO FAR IN
THE RACE IS NATE MORRIS IS A
(02:42):
RELATIVE OUTSIDER RUNNING ON A
VERY ANTI-McCONNELL PLATFORM.
HE IS SAYING WHAT IS POPULARITY?
IS IT THE ANSWER THAT VOTERS
GIVE WHEN YOU ASK THEM DO YOU
LIKE THIS PERSON OR NOT
DIRECTLY?
IN WHICH CASE McCONNELL'S
POPULARITY IS LOW.
ONE OF THE LOWEST OF ANY U.S.
(03:03):
SENATOR OR IS IT THAT ELECTION
MARK THAT HE INSISTS THAT IS THE
POPULARITY METRIC.
I THINK THIS RACE, THIS 2026
SENATE RACE, HINGES A LOT ON
THAT QUESTION.
AND IF IT'S THE DIRECT
POPULARITY MARK, THEN NATE
MORRIS IS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
IF IT IS AS McCONNELL SAYS
ELECTIONS, THEN MAYBE THIS WILL
SWING TOWARDS SOMEBODY LIKE
(03:24):
DANIEL CAMERON OR ANDY BARR.
HANNAH?
>> I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
TO POINT OUT DURING
McCONNELL'S TIME IN CONGRESS
HE EARNED RESPECT AND SUPPORT
FROM GROUPS IN KENTUCKY.
THE FARMING INDUSTRY.
THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE HAM
BREAKFAST BECAUSE THE WORK HE
HAS DONE WITH THE FARM BILLS
OVER THE YEARS.
(03:45):
THE QUESTION BECOMES IF YOU ARE
DISTANCING YOURSELF FROM
McCONNELL OR OPENLY CRITICAL
OF HIM, ARE YOU GOING TO LOSE
VOTERS IN THOSE ATMOSPHERES IN
THE PRIMARY ELECTION THEN.
>> McCONNELL DURING THE FARM
BUREAU IT IS A CROWD WITH TIES
TO MITCH McCONNELL OVER HIS
DECADES IN KENTUCKY POLITICS IT
IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR THOSE
(04:06):
CANDIDATES AS THEY ARE
ADDRESSING THE CROWD AND
POTENTIAL DONORS LOOKING TO
THOSE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
SLIPPERY SLOPE BETWEEN THE
CANDIDATES AND HOW THEY HANDLE
THE MESSAGING.
AGAIN, NATE MORRIS THERE IS A
LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT HE IS
MESSAGING NOT REALLY TO THE
CROWD IN THOSE ROOMS BUT MORE TO
THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE TO SEEK AN ENDORSEMENT
(04:26):
DOWN THE LINE.
IT IS INTERESTING WE
HAD THREE WEEKS IN A ROW WHERE
THEY WERE ALTOGETHER McCONNELL
AND THE THREE CANDIDATES?
>> AND IT'S INTERESTING TOO, TO
WATCH AT FANCY FARM MITCH
McCONNELL LEFT THE STAGE WHEN
THAT HAPPENED AND DURING THE
LAST TWO APPEARANCE HE HE HAS
BEEN IN THE ROOM AS THOSE
REMARKS ARE BEING DELIVERED.
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THE THREE REPUBLICANS
WORKING FOR THEIR PARTY'S
NOMINATION, EACH MAKES A
DIFFERENT CASE WHY THEY WOULD BE
BEST FOR THE G.O.P. AND THE
SENATE.
>> READY FOR A FUTURE THAT LOOKS
SIMILAR TO THAT THAT LIVES UP TO
THE IDEALS OF OUR FOUNDING.
THOSE THAT ARE BASED, LIFE,
LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF
(05:09):
HAPPINESS.
>> AS I SAID AT FANCY FARM A LOT
OF POLITICIANS TALK ABOUT
SUPPORTING THIS PRESIDENT BUT I
AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
RACE WHO IS ACTUALLY DOING IT
DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN CONGRESS.
AND THAT WORK IS PAYING OFF.
>> THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR THE
WEAK.
THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR THE
CAREER POLITICIANS.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING
TOTALLY DIFFERENT, FIGHTERS
(05:30):
WILLING TO STAND WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND STAND UP FOR YOU.
SO THESE CANDIDATES
WANT THE SAME PRIZE, THE G.O.P.
NOMINATION AND ULTIMATELY THE
SENATE SEAT DO THEY HAVE TO
FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHS TO GET
THERE.
>> .
>> YOU WOULD THINK SO BUT WITH
US BEING MONTHS OUT FROM VOTES
BEING CAST IN THE PRIMARY THEY
(05:53):
ARE CRAFTING THEIR MESSAGES
BASED ON THE CROWDS.
AND ANDY BARR AND DANIEL CAMERON
ARE RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO DEFINE
NATE MORRIS' CAMPAIGN AND TRYING
TO PUT OUT THEIR VERSIONS OF WHO
SUPPORTS THEY SUPPORT DONALD
TRUMP ORIGINALLY OR NICKI HALEY.
BUT NATE MORRIS FOUND HIS OWN
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LANE BEING AN ANTI-McKONG AND
THAT IS THE WAY HE IS GOING TO
RUN HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> THEY ARE ALL RUNNING THIS
PRO TRUMP PLAYBOOK.
THE INTERESTING QUESTION IS HOW
WILL THESE PEOPLE BEHAVE ONCE
TRUMP EXITS STAGE LEFT ASSUMING
THAT DOES HAPPEN.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WILL IN
2028.
CAMERON IS RUNNING THIS NAME ID.
(06:36):
YOU KNOW ME I'M THE FAMILIAR
FACE CAMPAIGN.
BARR IS RUNNING A MORE
TRADITIONAL HE HAS CONNECTIONS
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT DONOR
BASE AND THIS NOVEL STRATEGIC
ARGUMENT AND THEN AS MARIO
MENTIONED NATE MORRIS IS RUNNING
THIS OUTSIDER PRO TRUMP TO AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE.
(06:57):
BUT ALSO HE'S PREACHING A LITTLE
MORE TOWARDS THE 55-YEAR-OLD MAN
WHO IS WATCHING TV COMMERCIALS
AND HAS VOTED IN THREE OUT OF
THE LAST FOUR REPUBLICAN
PRIMARIES.
NOT NECESSARILY THE DIEHARD, I
SHOW UP TO EVERY REPUBLICAN
COUNTY PARTY MEETING IN WARREN
(07:19):
COUNTY, LET'S SAY.
NOT THOSE ESTABLISHMENT PEOPLE.
MORE JUST THE KINDS OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE REPUBLICANS WHO MAYBE
AREN'T AS TIED INTO LOCAL
POLITICS AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE
IN THE ROOM AT THE FARM BUREAU
EVENT.
HANNAH, YOU DID A STORY
THIS WEEK HOW THE G.O.P.
(07:39):
CANDIDATES HOPES FOR TRUMP'S
ENDORSEMENT HE DID CARRY
KENTUCKY BY 30 POINTS IN
NOVEMBER.
DO THEY SEE HIS NOD AS DECISIVE
IN THIS RACE?
>> I THINK THERE'S AGREEMENT
THAT AN ENDORSEMENT COULD BE OR
WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN
THIS RACE.
WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE A
DECIDING FACTOR WE'LL HAVE TO
SEE.
AS AUSTIN SAID ALL THREE
(08:00):
CAMPAIGNS ARE RUNNING I AA PRO
TRUMP PLATFORM I WILL SUPPORT
TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST AGENDA IN
THE SENATE.
I THINK WHAT IS INTERESTING IS
THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH THE
CAMPAIGNS AT FANCY FARM IS THAT
NATE MORRIS AND REPRESENTATIVE
ANDY BARR HAVE DIRECTLY SPOKEN
TO TRUMP ABOUT THIS RACE.
BARR SPEAKS TO TRUMP LIKES TO
SAY ON A FREQUENT BASIS.
(08:22):
MORRIS HAD GONE TO WASHINGTON
D.C. TO HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM.
BUT CAMERON, ON THE OTHER HAND,
HAS NOT DIRECTLY SPOKEN TO THE
PRESIDENT.
HE POINTED OUT HE HAS SPOKEN TO
PEOPLE WITHIN THE CIRCLE BUT HAS
YET TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
HIM.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS
BECAUSE OF THE 2023
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION WHEN
TRUMP GAVE CAMERON AN EARLY
(08:42):
ENDORSEMENT AND HE LOST.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.
AUSTIN, TO YOUR POINT
ABOUT REPUBLICANS FISHING IN
WATERS WHERE REPUBLICAN VOTERS
ARE AVAILABLE, SO THEY GO TO THE
RIGHT LEANING MEDIA, IS ONE
PLACE.
IS THAT WHERE THEY BEST FEEL
THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE
G.O.P. VOTERS?
(09:02):
>> YEAH.
I MEAN BROADCAST TV IS USUALLY
THE NAME OF THE GAME IN AD WARS
PARTICULARLY FOR GENERAL
ELECTIONS, EVEN FOR STATE
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS THINGS
LIKE THAT.
BUT GOING ON CABLE, GOING ON A
PLACE LIKE "FOX NEWS", NEWS MAX,
ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK IF THAT
EXISTS I FORGET IF IT DOES.
(09:24):
PLACES LIKE THAT THAT ARE THE
KINDS OF MEDIA OUTLETS YOU KNOW
THE DIEHARD REPUBLICANS ARE
GOING TO.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, PRIMARY
TURNOUT IS RELATIVELY LOW FOR
BETTER OR WORSE.
YOU ARE REALLY REACHING FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE
PARTY.
THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE GOING
TO SHOW UP.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE GOING TO
(09:44):
THESE, I THINK YOU CALL THEM
SILOS TO BE FAIR.
>> AND AT THIS TIME ALL THREE
CANDIDATES ARE TRYING TO
IDENTIFY DONORS TO CONTRIBUTE TO
CAMPAIGNS.
WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO GET A
BROADER BASE AND NATE MORRIS HE
LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN ON THE
CHARLIE KIRK OR DONALD TRUMP,
JR. ON THE PODCAST AND WAS ON
(10:06):
CHARLIE KIRK THEY ARE FRONT AND
CENTER IN THE CONSERVATIVE WORLD
AND HE IS TARGETING POTENTIAL
DONORS WATCHING FROM ACROSS THE
NATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO HIS
CAMPAIGN.
EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE TO
FACE KENTUCKY VOTERS WHO THESE
CANDIDATES EVENTUALLY DEBATE
EACH OTHER?
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY WHEN BILL
BRYANT AND MARIO ANDERSON IN THE
ROOM OUR TEAM THEY WILL WANT TO
(10:27):
DEBATE AND GET IN FRONT OF OUR
AUDIENCES TO SHARE THEIR STORY
AND MAKE THEIR CASE TO THE
VOTERS?
>> I HOPE SO THEY ARE CAPABLE
DEBATE HOSTS AMONG US AND ONE OF
THEM IT'S THAT ME.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
>> MAYBE IT'S HANNAH.
>> NOT ME.
(10:47):
NOW DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
ONCE THIS DOES MOVE ON TO
NOVEMBER, REPUBLICANS ARE
FAVORED MOST OUTLETS JUST PAINT
KENTUCKY RED WHEN THEY PUT THE
MAPS OUT RIGHT NOW.
COULD DEMOCRATS MAKE A RACE OF
IT?
HANNAH DO YOU GET THE SENSE THAT
DEMOCRATS ARE WATCHING TRENDS
AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR TRYING TO SEE
IF THERE MIGHT BE A NATIONAL
WAVE OR MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMPETE
(11:09):
FOR THAT SENATE SEAT?
>> I THINK THEY ARE, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
ALL THREE CAMPAIGNS ARE SAYING
THEY WILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S AGENDA AND WATCHING TO
SEE HOW TRUMP'S POLICIES PLAY
OUT IN KENTUCKY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEDICAID CUTS
THE S.N.A.P. CUTS ARE WE GOING
TO SEE RURAL HOSPITALS CLOSE
DOWN AND PEOPLE GETTING KICKED
(11:29):
OFF OF THE S.N.A.P. BENEFITS
PROGRAM AND WILL THAT BE
UNPOPULAR HERE IN KENTUCKY.
AND BOTH DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT NAVMENT ID,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE
COLEMAN AND GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR, HAVE BOTH SAID THEY ARE
NOT RUNNING IN THIS RACE.
WHOEVER THEY DO PICK THEY ARE
GOING TO RUN INTO THE ISSUE OF
ARE THEY RECOGNIZABLE ON A
(11:50):
STATE-WIDE LEVEL?
AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO
BUILDUP THAT NAME ID MOVING
FORWARD.
ANY THOUGHT ON THE
DEMOCRATS, AUSTIN?
>> I THINK MOST DEMOCRATS IN
WASHINGTON HAVE WRITTEN THIS ONE
OFF, UNLESS GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR DECIDES TO JUMP IN.
BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT A
(12:11):
GOOD SENATE RACE IS NOT
OBJECTIVELY HELPFUL FOR THE
PARTY.
BECAUSE IT IS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DOWN
BALLOT EFFECTS, SOMEBODY RUNNING
IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT WHICH IS
MAYBE MORE PURPLISH OR PINK, YOU
COULD SAY BECAUSE IT'S RED
LEANING THAT PERSON WHOEVER THAT
NOMINEE IS ON THE DEMOCRATIC
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SIDE YOU COULD ARGUE WOULD
BENEFIT A LOT FROM A COMPETITIVE
SENATE RACE THAT DRIVES TURNOUT
IN A PLACE LIKE LEXINGTON.
IN THE RACE AS HEAD
NEXT YEAR THERE IS A TREND IN
KENTUCKY AND THAT IS MORE PEOPLE
ARE REGISTERS AS INDEPENDENTS.
AND MICHAEL ADAMS NOTES THE
GROWING NUMBER OF INDEPENDENTS
IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
(12:53):
>> HOW DO THE PARTIES FIGURE OUT
HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE
INDEPENDENTS?
>> TRYING TO REACH EVERYBODY AND
BE INCLUSIVE.
WE SEE INCREASINGLY BOTH PARTIES
I TALKED TO THEIR OWN ECOCHAMBER
FOCUSED 0 AND THEIR OWN PARTY
AND IGNORE OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THAT IS A MASSIVE MISTAKE.
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IF YOU LOOK AT REPUBLICAN
PERFORMANCE IN 2023 WHEN I WAS
ON THE BALLOT WE HAD HIGHER
TURNOUT THAN THE DEMOCRATS HAD
BUT WE LOST THE GOVERNORSHIP.
BECAUSE WE'RE STILL HAVING
TROUBLE FINDING THOSE PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT REPUBLICANS AND TALKING
TO THEM AND GETTING THEM TO COME
OUR WAY.
IT'S ABOUT 12% IN THE
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SIXTH DISTRICT WHERE THERE'S
EXPECTED TO BE A CONTESTED FOR
THE G.O.P. HOUSE SEAT WHERE ANDY
BARR IS MOVING ON IN HIS ATTEMPT
TO WIN THAT SENATE SEAT.
ARE INDEPENDENTS A DECISIVE
FACTOR?
>> IN A PLACE LIKE THE SIXTH
DISTRICT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION
AND IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO NOTE
KENTUCKY IS A CLOSED PRIMARY IT
(13:57):
IS A SHAME THAT INDEPENDENTS
AREN'T ABLE TO PUT THEIR VOICE
IN FOR MOST ELECTIONS.
>> INDEPENDENTS ARE SO
DETERMINED TO BE INDEPENDENT
THEY GAVE UP THEIR VOTE.
>> WE'VE ONLY GOT ON THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE LEVEL 10 OUT OF 100
(14:18):
PURPLISH HOUSE DISTRICTS TWO OUT
OF 38 SENATE DISTRICTS IT IS A
LOW PROPORTION AND THE PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE MUCH SAY OVER THOSE
SEATS BUT THEY WILL IN AN
ELECTION LIKE THE SIXTH
DISTRICT.
ALL RIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICAL TEAM
HAS TAKEN A SWAT AT NORTHERN
KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN THOMAS
MASSIE.
(14:39):
A REPUBLICAN.
THIS TIME THEY RELEASED A POLL
SHOWING MACY'S APPROVAL
DROPPING.
AUSTIN YOUR STORY SAID THAT
MASSIE SAID THAT IS WAY OFF
BASE?
>> YEAH, AND I THINK MOST
KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS HONESTLY
EVALUATING THAT EXACT POLL
NUMBER, FIND IT TO BE
(15:00):
EXAGGERATING A LITTLE BIT AND
THIS IS GUESSWORK IT IS A
RESPECTABLE POLLSTER.
HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE AREN'T SURPRISED THE
AD WAR, 2 MILLION IN ADS HAS HAD
SOME EFFECT ON THOMAS MASSIE'S
POPULARITY IN THE DISTRICT.
THE QUESTION IS WHO IS THE
MAGICAL PERSON THAT CAN
(15:21):
KNOCK-OFF A PERSON WHO BUILT A
BRAND OFF BEING CONTRARIAN.
IT IS NEWS TO THE VOTERS THAT
THOMAS MASSIE BUCKS PARTY.
AND NO CANDIDATE YET?
>> NOT YET.
AARON REED, KIM MOSHER MAYBE
SOMEBODY WITHOUT A RECORD WHO
CAN'T BE PICKED APART.
(15:42):
WE'LL SEE.
STATE AUDITOR ALLISON
BALL HAS BEEN BUSY SHE CALLED
FOR MAJOR CHANGES IN THE
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.
SHE IS ALSO LOOKING INTO THE
STATE'S TWO LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN JEFFERSON AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES.
>> SO THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK
WE DO.
WE REVIEW FINANCES.
OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE THIS IS
THE PERFECT TIME FOR US TO
(16:02):
REVIEW THE BOOKS AND WE'RE GOING
TO DO A FINANCIAL AUDIT LOOKING
AT THE EXPENDITURES AND MAKING
SURE THEY ARE USING THEIR MONEY
WELL AND CORRECTLY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO MARIO THAT WAS YOUR INTERVIEW
AND TALKING ABOUT THE FAYETTE
COUNTY SITUATION.
$16 MILLION SHORTFALL THERE.
AND ALL KINDS OF TALK ABOUT WAYS
TO TRY TO FILL THAT HOLE.
(16:23):
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AUDITOR BALL SAYS OUT OF ALL THE
AUDITS FAYETTE COUNTY IS HEARING
THE MOST FEEDBACK FROM FROM
PEOPLE WANTING HER TO PURSUE
THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
ALSO SHE HAS BEEN RECEIVING
WHISTLEBLOWER STATEMENTS FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE SHARING THINGS
THEY'VE BEEN HEARING INSIDE
(16:44):
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SHE SAYS IT IS AGAIN A
SLOW-MOVING PROCESS IT REQUIRES
FUNDING FROM THE STATE
GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
ALL THE RESOURCES TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD.
THIS IS ONE OF HER TOP
PRIORITIES FOR THIS YEAR TO
START LOOKING AT THE BOOKS AND
IT DOES MAKE IT EASIER THAT
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS A
LOT OF DATA IS PUBLIC AND
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AVAILABLE THEY ARE STARTING THAT
PIECING IT TOGETHER TO SEE WHERE
THINGS STAND.
AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEY CAN
PROVIDE.
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUE
WHERE 2,000 LICENSES WERE
CANCELED BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE
BEEN OBTAINED ILLEGALLY?
>> SHE SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR
(17:26):
ANDY BESHEAR DE AND JIM GRAY
DEMANDING RESPONSES ON PLANS TO
FIX THIS BY SEPTEMBER FIRST I
BELIEVE THAT WAS THE DATE.
SHE IS WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN WHO IS
LEADING THE CRIMINAL POTENTIAL
COMPLAINT SIDE OF THIS.
AND HER OFFICE IS PLANNING TO DO
A FULL-SCALE AUDIT WHEN THEY ARE
ABLE TO MOVE IN ON THAT.
(17:48):
HANNAH, GOVERNOR
BESHEAR TRIED TO GET OUT IN
FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSING
SITUATION IS THAT SOMETHING HIS
DETRACT FORS ARE LIKELY TO USE
AS HE CONTINUES TO EXPLORE A
2028 PRESIDENTIAL RUN?
>> I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT I KNOW IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE
IT.
BUT 2028 IS A LONG WAYS AWAY.
(18:08):
WHAT BESHEAR IS DOING RIGHT NOW,
IS THAT IF IT DOES GET BROUGHT
UP HE CAN SAY LOOK I'VE SAID I
WILL HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE REASON IT'S GETTING TALKED
ABOUT SO MUCH IS IMMIGRATION IS
A HOT TOPIC ISSUE NATIONALLY.
IT'S GAINING A LOT OF ATTENTION
ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GETTING
(18:29):
CALLED OUT BY REPUBLICANS.
WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE A
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN 2028 WE'LL
HAVE TO SEE.
AUSTIN, GOVERNOR
CONTINUES HIS TRAVELS AND HAS
SOME SCHEDULED EVENTS AHEAD OUT
OF STATE?
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S CLEAR TO
MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING
CLOSELY, HE'S PREPARING TO THINK
(18:51):
ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
IF THAT'S A WAY TO HEDGE IT.
HE IS REALLY GOING FOR IT.
AND WE JUST SAW THERE WAS A
"POLITICO" STORY TODAY THAT GIVE
HIM A NICE PAT ON THE BACK FOR
HIS COMMENTS ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS
SORT OF SOFTENED THEIR LANGUAGE
(19:11):
AND HE'S SPOKEN OUT AGAINST
THAT.
AND THAT'S THE NEW NORM.
YOU WANDERED ALOUD IN
YOUR COLUMN ABOUT WHETHER
CONSERVATIVES "CNN" COMMENTATOR
SCOTT JENNINGS WHAT HE MAYBE UP
TO.
HE HAS INTERESTING TRAVELS THAT
HE DOES, OF COURSE, IN HIS
OFFICIAL JOB CAPACITY.
(19:32):
BUT THERE COULD BE OTHER
BENEFITS?
>> HE DOES.
HE IS A BONA-FIDE CONSERVATIVE
CELEBRITY.
HE IS ONE OF THE VOICES YOU
THINK ABOUT NOW WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES WHO
ARE OUT THERE IN THE RHETORICAL
TRENCHES EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK.
HE'S BUILT UP HIS PROFILE.
(19:53):
HE HAS SAID PRETTY MUCH
STRAIGHTFORWARDLY IF TRUMP SAYS
HE WILL SUPPORT ME IN THE SENATE
RACE I WILL GO FOR IT.
WHO KNOWS HOW LIKELY THAT IS.
I WOULD PROBABLY BET AGAINST IT.
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
TRUMP COULD GET A WILD HAIR.
HE'S SOMEBODY WHO HAS PROVEN TO
GET WILD HAIRS HERE AND THERE.
SO IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
(20:16):
BUT SCOTT JENNINGS IS EXTREMELY
PROMINENT AND HE CAN USE THAT
BULLY PULPIT VERY WELL AND NEVER
SAY NEVER HE IS YOUNG IN
POLITICAL YEARS.
HANNAH ANY UPDATE ON
THE LOUISVILLE MAYOR'S RACE THE
FIRST NONPARTISAN RACE WILL BE
NEXT YEAR IS CRAIG GREENBERG
(20:37):
FULL STEAM AHEAD AND
TELEGRAPHING HE IS A CANDIDATE
FOR REELECTION?
>> I THINK SO.
LAST YEAR HE HAD FILED TO RUN IN
THE NEXT YEAR WITH THE KENTUCKY
REGISTER OF ELECTION FINANCE AND
UPDATED HIS WEBSITE AT THE TIME
I BELIEVE SAYING REELECT
GREENBERG.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW THE RACE PLAYS OUT.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST NONPARTISAN
(20:58):
RACE IN LOUISVILLE.
AND YOU HAD A THOUGHT
ON THAT AUSTIN?
>> YEAH, FROM THE OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN, WHAT'S BEEN THE
BIGGEST LOCAL ELECTION IN A
LONGTIME?
AND THAT IS MAMDANI, SELF
IDENTIFIED DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST
WINNING THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION FOR THE NEW YORK
(21:20):
CITY'S MAYOR RACE HIS VIDEO
STYLE REMINDS ME OF A CANDIDATE
WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE IN
LOUISVILLE AND THAT IS CHARLES
BOOKER.
HE HAD VERY PUNCHY COLORFUL
VIDEOS THAT DREW YOU IN IN A
SIMILAR WAY AND LEANS LEFT HE IS
NOT A SOCIALIST LIKE MAMDANI.
(21:41):
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF SOMEBODY
LIKE CHARLOTTE CHARLES BOOKER IS
LOOKING AT A MAYOR GREENBERG WHO
MOVED A LITTLE BIT TO THE
CENTER, STILL A DEMOCRAT IN A
NONPARTISAN SETTING.
CAN HE EDGE HIM OUT IN THE RACE?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> MAYOR GREENBERG HAS THE POWER
OF INCUMBENCY HE CAN TRAVEL
(22:02):
AROUND LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON
COUNTY AS THE MAYOR AND
CANDIDATE AND OUT THERE IN FRONT
OF THE CROWDS AND STILL ABLE TO
RAISE MONEY AND SELF FUNDED HE
HAS A LOT OF MONEY AT HIS
DISPOSAL.
HE IS PLAN PENTAGON ON RUNNING
FOR REELECTION IT IS NOT A
FOCUSED ON DOING HIS JOB.
AND HE CALLS THE
(22:25):
REPORTER NEED TO GO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 2026
LEGISLATIVE SESSION ISSUES
BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE.
MEETINGS GOING ON NOW AND
DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR IS BACK
FOR A PUSH FOR AN INCREASE IN
THE STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE.
>> LET'S DOT MATH.
7.25 AN HOUR MULTIPLY IT BY
(22:46):
EIGHT HOURS A DAY, BY FIVE DAYS
A WEEK BUT A MONTH.
ABOUT $15,000.
YES, YOU ARE IN THE POVERTY
RANGE.
ALL RIGHT, MARIO, 7.25
AN HOUR THOMAS AND ADVOCATES SAY
PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
WILL THAT GET TRACTION IN A
(23:06):
REPUBLICAN DOMINATED STATE
LEGISLATURE?
>> WELL, SENATOR THOMAS FILED
THE SAME BILL FOR MULTIPLE
SESSIONS THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE
IN A ROJAS' BEEN PUT INTO A
MEETING.
THE SENATE HE IS ONE OF SEVEN OR
SIX DEMOCRATS OUT OF THE 38
MEMBERS CHAMBER IN THE STATE
(23:26):
SENATE AND THE REPUBLICANS HOLD
THE MAJORITY.
UNSURE IF THAT WILL GAIN
TRACTION A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
BILLS HAVE A BUY IN FROM
REPUBLICANS AND THIS IS A BILL
THE REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T SIGNALED
THEY ARE INTO.
>> I REMEMBER LAST SESSION,
ROBERT STIVERS HAD SAID HE
BELIEVES THAT BUSINESSES ARE
ALREADY PAYING ABOVE THE MINIMUM
(23:47):
WAGE.
THERE WASN'T A NEED FOR THE
STATE TO TELL EMPLOYERS AND
BUSINESSES WHAT TO DO.
AND NEXT YEAR'S ALSO A BUDGET
YEAR, 60-DAY SESSION T WILL BE
IF IT IS A PARTISAN ISSUE THAT
REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE AN
APPETITE FOR IT'S UNLIKE GET A
COMMITTEE HEARING.
CHILDCARE IS AN
EMERGING ISSUE AS WELL.
(24:08):
WE'RE HEARING THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SAID THAT 16-28,000
KENTUCKIANS COULD GO TO WORK IF
THERE WAS AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.
THAT SEEMS TO BE LOOMING AS AN
ISSUE.
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS RID OF TONS
OF NERVE AGENT STORED FOR
DECADES AT THE BLUEGRASS ARMY
DEPOT IN MADISON COUNTY.
>> IT IS TOOK LONGER THAN WE
(24:29):
WANTED OR EXPECTED.
BUT EVENTUALLY, ONCE WE --
ONCE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO
ABANDON INCINERATION, EVERYBODY
WAS ROLLING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION AND WE GOT IT DONE
REMARKABLY SAFELY.
IT IS A RELIEF TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT THREAT IS
REMOVED.
>> IT IS SINCE IT DATES BACK TO
(24:49):
1984 WHEN THE CONVERSATIONS WERE
FIRST STARTING.
IT TOOK UP UNTIL 2019 FOR THE
FIRST CHEMICAL AGENTS TO BE
DESTROYED.
DECADES TO GET THIS PROCESS
STARTED AND NOW THINGS ARE
MOVING FORWARD.
AND THE LAST ONES ARE OUT OF
THERE.
AND NOW THEY ARE DOING STUDYING
AND RESEARCHING ABOUT THE IMPACT
IT DID HAVE ON MADISON COUNTY
AND BEYOND.
(25:10):
>> THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER
REPORTED THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE
SAID THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
D.E.I. IT SAYS, AUSTIN, THAT THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES NEEDS TO ADOPT
A STATEMENT OF NEUTRALITY.
WHEN THE BOARD LEFT THAT UP TO
THE U.K. PRESIDENT?
>> YEAH.
(25:30):
AND IT'S AN INTERESTING EARLY
TEST FOR THE NEWLY COMPOSED U.K.
BOARD OF REGENTS.
THEY JUST ADDED A COUPLE NEW
BESHEAR APPOINTEES INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JIM
GRAY.
I'M NOT PLUGGED IN ENOUGH TO
THAT WORLD TO REALLY SAY.
(25:51):
BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING TEST FOR
A MAJORITY DEMOCRAT APPOINTED
BOARD.
SECRETARIAT'S TRIPLE
CROWN JOCK WI HAS DIED WE
LEARNED THAT TODAY.
TURCOTTE WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY
AS WELL AS THE PREAKNESS AND THE
BELMONT STAKES TWICE EACH
(26:13):
BETWEEN 1956 AND 1973.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
NATIONAL MUSEUM RACING HALL OF
FAME.
SECRETARIAT HOLDS THE RECORD IN
THE BELMONT WINNING BY 31 LINKS.
TURCOTTE WAS 84 YEARS OLD.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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