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August 11, 2025 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including fundraising and ad campaigns from Republican candidates for U.S. Senate. Panelists: McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern; Sylvia Goodman, Kentucky Public Radio; and Laura Cullen Glasscock, The Kentucky Gazette.
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>> Bill (00:08):
HUGE ECONOMIC
ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEK THAT
WILL HAVE IMPACT IN THE
HARRODSBURG AND PADUCAH AREAS.
THE FANCY FARM POLITICAL
SPEAKINGS BRING SHARPER FOCUS TO
THE 2026 KENTUCKY U.S. SENATE
RACE.
DID FANCY FARM GIVE CLUES WILL
THE GOVERNOR'S RACE?
KENTUCKY JOINS A LAWSUIT AGAINST

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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR
FREEZING MONEY FOR EV CHARGING
STATIONS.
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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 OUR PANEL OF
WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE, MCKENNA HORSLEY,
POLITICS REPORTER FOR THE THE
KENTUCKY LANTERN.
SYLVIA GOODMAN, CAPITAL REPORTER
FOR KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO.

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AND LAURA CULLEN GLASSCOCK,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE
KENTUCKY GAZETTE.
WE HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS THIS
EVENING INCLUDING A BREAKDOWN OF
FANCY FARM.
BUT FIRST, TWO MAJOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS
WEEK THAT SHOULD BE BOOSTS FOR
KENTUCKY.
APPLE'S C.E.O. TIM COOK AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT
ALL GLASS FOR FUTURE iPHONES

(01:34):
AND APPLE WATCHES WILL BE MADE
IN HARRODSBURG, KENTUCKY.
>> THE GREAT PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY
YOU WILL FIND IT A GREAT PLACE
TO DO BUSINESS TO.
IT IS FANTASTIC.
WE ARE DOING THINGS NOW IN THE
UNITED STATES INSTEAD OF OTHER
COUNTRIES FAR AWAY COUNTRIES.
>> WE DON'T KNOW THE JOB TOTAL

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YET.
THE RELEASE SAID IT WOULD HAVE
50% TO THE MANUFACTURING AND
ENGINEERING JOBS.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 400
EMPLOYEES.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 50% OR A
SMALLER SUBSET BUT EVERY JOB IS
IMPORTANT AND THIS IS A HUGE
INVESTMENT WHICH MEANS THE GLASS
ON EVERY iPHONE OR EVERY
IPHONE IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO
BE MADE IN KENTUCKY.

(02:17):
RRSBGHA H SE GD$5
HISTORY FOR AT THAT TIME
COMMUNITY.
>> IT DOES.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONGTIME.
THE GORILLA GLASS THAT WAS BEEN
MADE SINCE 2007 AND AS GOVERNOR

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POINTED OUT THERE ARE 400 PEOPLE
EMPLOYED AND THE GLASS IS USED
NOT ONLY ON iPHONES BUT PHONES
MADE BY OTHER COMPANIES MOTOROLA
AND SAMSUNG AND USED ON LAPTOPS
AND WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S A NICE EXPANSION PROBABLY
SEE A COUPLE HUNDRED MORE JOBS
IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

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WILL INCREASE THEIR
PRESENCE THERE QUITE OBVIOUSLY.
McKENNA, THE POLITICAL SET
RESPONDED TO THIS QUICKLY.
RIGHT?
AND MAYBE PREDICTABLY WE MIGHT
SAY?
>> WE DID HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND THE
GOVERNOR.
SO WE HEARD SOME TALK ON BOTH
SIDES DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
BUT MOST NOTABLY WITH THE SENATE

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PRIMARY COMING UP FOR THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE WE SAW ALL THREE
CANDIDATES MAKE A STATEMENT
ABOUT THIS AND THANKING TRUMP
FOR BRINGING THESE JOBS BACK TO
KENTUCKY WHICH IS INTERESTING
GIVEN THEY ARE ALL STILL LOOKING
FOR THAT KEY ENDORSEMENT FROM
THE PRESIDENT AS WELL AS THEY
HEAD INTO THE PRIMARY NEXT YEAR.
AND THEY ALL MADE CASES IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.

(03:44):
CAMERON THANKED IT CALLING IT A
WIN FOR KENTUCKY WORKERS.
THANKS TO AMERICA FIRST
POLICIES.
BARR AS A CONGRESSMAN WENT ABOUT
IT MORE DIFFERENTLY AND THIS IS
IN HIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
AND HE CREDITED THE DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURING INCENTIVES IN THAT
G.O.P. SPENDING BILL WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT PASSED.

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AND SAID THAT WAS AN INCENTIVE
FOR THIS.
AND MORRIS TOOK A SWIPE AT HIS
OPPONENTS SAYING THAT HE WARNED
KENTUCKIANS TO NOT LET ANYONE
ELSE TAKE CREDIT FOR THE TRUMPS,
ANYONE ELSE BUT TRUMP.
DOES IT TAKE SOME OF
THE HEAT OFF OF THE TARIFF ISSUE
IN KENTUCKY.
THE BOURBON INDUSTRY AND OTHER

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BUSINESSES HAVE INDICATED AT
THAT TIME THEY HAVE A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY.
WHEN YOU GET THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT IS POSITIVE, DOES THAT HELP
THE REPUBLICAN CASE?
>> I DEFINITELY THINK SO.
FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE
HEARD TALK AND SEEN HEADLINES
ABOUT THE TARIFFS AND ECONOMIC
POLICIES PARTICULARLY FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.

(04:47):
BUT THIS IS A PRETTY EASY WIN
FOR REPUBLICANS.
AND WE'RE SEEING IT CELEBRATED
BY BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER
MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ANNOUNCE THE THIS WEEK IN
KENTUCKY.
GENERAL MATTER IS INVESTING $1.5
BILLION FOR A URANIUM ENRICHMENT
FACILITY IN PAD DA.

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AND LAURA PAD PADUCAH'S FOLKS
THAT INVESTORS LOOKED AT A
THOUSAND LOCATIONS IN 11 STATES
BEFORE DECIDING ON WESTERN
KENTUCKY.
WAS IT THE FACT THAT PADUCAH HAS
THAT HISTORY WITH THE DIFFUSION
PLANT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT
CAUSED THEM TO WIN?
>> I WOULD THINK SO.
THE GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT WAS

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BUILT IN THE 1950s TO ENRICH
USE RAINIAN FOR THE MILITARY AND
IT SEEMS SOMETHING LOGICAL FOR
THE START UP TO BUILD THERE WHEN
THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
I DID AN INTERVIEW WITH Dr.
RODNEY ANDREWS WITH THE CENTER
FOR APPLIES RESEARCH AT U.K. AND
HE SAID THERE ARE 7600 RODS --

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LET ME CLARIFY THAT.
THERE IS A LOT OF URANIUM
ON-SITE LEFTOVER FROM THE
MILITARY SHUT DOWN IN 2013 AND
IT'S 7600 CYLINDERS OF OUR RAIN
YUM! ON-SITE.
FOR THIS COMPANY TO ENRICH AT
THAT TIME THAT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK THAT REASON TOO WILL BE

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THE VANGUARD OF NUCLEAR
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STATE.
WE SAW SOME LAWS IN THE PAST
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT ARE
MAKING IT EASIER TO DEVELOP
NUCLEAR ENERGY.
THE MORATORIUM CAME OFF THE
ENERGY NUCLEAR ENERGY IN 2017.
SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY A
START OF A LOT OF THAT

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DEVELOPMENT.
AND THERE ALSO IS U.K. IS DOING
RESEARCH, TOO, AND OVERSEES A
$40 MILLION GRANT FUND FOR
NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT.
>> AND I ALSO THINK THERE'S THE
SHIFT RIGHT NOW IN KENTUCKY TO
WE ARE NOT JUST A COAL STATE NOT
JUST NATURAL GAS WE'RE TRYING TO

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BE ALL OF THE ABOVE ENERGY
EXCEPT FOR SOLAR.
THE LEGISLATURE LAURA MENTIONED
SOME OF THE EFFORTS TO PASS
BILLS TO EMPHASIZE THESE
DIFFERENT ENERGY PROMISES.
AND I THINK THIS IS PART OF THAT
APPROACH FIXIATION ON KENTUCKY
AS AN ENERGY STATE WE CAN BE AN

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EXPORTER OF ENERGY AGAIN.
SOLAR FARMS ARE OUT
THERE, TOO.
>> I WAS GOING TO ADD, TOO, THIS
IS SUPPOSED TO ADD 140 JOBS BUT
THE ENRICHMENT WILL NOT START
UNTIL THE 2030s.
>> TO THE LARGER QUESTION ABOUT
ENERGY AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED
A LOT OF ENERGY IN KENTUCKY
MAYBE THERE'S SOME THAT CAN BE

(07:36):
EXPORTED TO OTHER THE GRID OR
OTHER STATES.
BUT AS WE HAVE THE DATA CENTERS
AND OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT WILL
NEED A LOT OF ENERGY, IT'S
IMPORTANT.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY AN ALL OF THE
ABOVE.
THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY IS
INTERESTING, I THINK.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE

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CALLED SMALL MODULAR UNITS
INSTEAD OF BIG POWER PLANTS.
THE SMALL REACTORS CAN FIT IN
PLACES MORE EASILY.
AND ONE THING FOLKS ARE LOOKING
AT IS TAKING SOME OF THESE
PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN
COAL-FIRED PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN
SHUT DOWN HERE IN KENTUCKY AND
SEEING IF THEY CAN BE

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RETROFITTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE
SMR'S TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY
FOR THE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE
COMING IN ALL THE NEW PLFERRING
WE'RE --
MANUFACTURING WE'RE GETTING
SOMETHING HAS TO POWER THIS.
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN THE MIX
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE
FAST TRACKED.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR HE
TEASED OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OF

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EXPANSIONS OF EXISTING
BUSINESSES.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT
MAYBE?
>> WE DO NOT AT THIS POINT BUT
IT IS NOT SURPRISING TO SEE
BESHEAR DO THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING HE HAS DONE
THROUGHOUT HIS TERM AS HE
HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC WINS IN
KENTUCKY.
AS HE'S LEADING THE STATE.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF BENEFIT
FROM THAT.
IT HIGHLIGHTS KENTUCKY AS A

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PLACE THAT'S GREAT TO DO
BUSINESS.
A LOT OF THESE NEWS THIS WEEK IS
INSPIRING SOME OTHER DEVELOPERS
AS WELL.
DOES MOMENTUM BRING
MOMENTUM WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS
AND PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS?
>> THAT IS THE THEORY THEY TALK
ABOUT THE SITE DEVELOPMENT
EFFORT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS AND THE IDEA IS IF YOU

(09:23):
REALLY BOOST THAT AND YOU TALK
ABOUT THE SUCCESSES THEN IT
COULD DRAW OTHER COMPANIES.
I THINK THAT IS THE THING THAT
BESHEAR RAN ON AS GOVERNOR AND
SPOKE TO KENTUCKIANS IF WE KEEP
TALKING UP THE STATE MORE PEOPLE
WILL WANT TO COME TO THE STATE.
NOT JUST BUSINESSES BUT PEOPLE.
FANCY FARM THE PICNIC

(09:44):
WERE LAST WEEK AND IT SET THE
TONE FOR THIS PHASE OF THE
CAMPAIGN.
IT WAS KENTUCKY'S OPEN SENATE
RACE THAT ATTRACTED MOST OF THE
ATTENTION.
THREE VERY DIFFERENT REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES TOOK THE STAGE.
BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THEM,
THOUGH, I WANT TO MAKE NOTE OR
ASK THE QUESTION, McKENNA,

(10:04):
ASHLI WATTS WHO WAS THE BIG
WINNER IN HER JOB OF EMCEEING
THE FIRST WOMAN.
>> SHE DID HAVE WINS BEING THE
EMCEE OF FANCY FARM IS A UNIQUE
POSITION BECAUSE YOU SPEAK
THROUGHOUT THE EVENT THE CROWD
WILL SEE YOU MULTIPLE TIMES AND
SHE EARNED LAUGHS THROUGHOUT THE
EVENT ON THE FLY.
BUT HER SPEECH AT THE BEGINNING

(10:26):
DEFINITELY DID EARN LAUGHS.
SHE HAD QUIPS SHE WAS THE FANCY
FARM'S FIRST D.E.I. HIRE AND SHE
THANKED ALL THE MEN WHO GAVE HER
ADVICE TO PREPARE FOR THE EVENT
AS WELL.
AND SHE LET IT CUT BOTH
WAYS.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
SENATE CANDIDATES DANIEL
CAMERON, ANDY BARR AND NATE

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MORRIS SPOKE TO THE CROWD.
>> ANDY BARR WANTS YOU TO THINK
HE IS AMERICA FIRST BUT IT'S
HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN HE VOTED
WITH NANCY PELOSI 1200 TIMES.
MY OPPONENTS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, I
WROTE IT AND HELPED TO PASS IT.
[CHEERING].
>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW ANDY

(11:09):
BARR OR DANIEL CAMERON ARE GOING
TO ACT IN THE U.S. SENATE LOOK
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>> THEY CAME TO DO WHAT THEY
CAME TO DO, I THINK.

(11:30):
THEY HAD THEIR TALKING POINTS
THAT THEY FOCUSED ON.
WE SAW A FEW OF THEM.
THEY REALLY EMPHASIZED THEIR
LOYALTY TO TRUMP SAID THEY WILL
SUPPORT HIM AND THE AMERICA
FIRST AGENDA AS THEY CALL IT.
AND THEN ALSO YOU SAW IT A
LITTLE BIT FROM NATE MORRIS
THERE HE WAS THERE TO ATTACK HIS

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OPPONENTS.
HE IS THE AT LEAST PAINTING
HIMSELF AS THE OUTSIDER IN THE
RACE A NEWCOMER TO POLITICS AND
HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO PIN THEM
TO OLD GUARD, I SUPPORT IN THIS
CASE, MITCH McCONNELL.
AND HE CERTAINLY RAGGED ON MITCH
McCONNELL QUITE A BIT.
A LOT OF JOKES WERE AIMED AT HIM
AND HIS OPPONENTS' CONNECTION.

(12:12):
McCONNELL LEFT THE
STAGE BY THE TIME THE CRITICISM
STARTED RIDGING.
McKENNA, MORRIS HAS CRITICIZED
McCONNELL A LOT AND
UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT THAT.
AND PREFANCY FARM EVENT WHERE
McCONNELL'S YEARS OF SERVICE
WERE BEING NOTED AND BARR AND
CAMERON STOOD WHILE MORRIS DID
NOT.

(12:32):
>> RIGHT.
AND SINCE HE'S LAUNCHED THIS
CAMPAIGN, MORRIS HAS BEEN
CRITICAL OF MITCH McCONNELL.
I BELIEVE THE PHRASE HE USED ON
THIS STAGE AT THE PICNIC WAS HE
WAS HERE TO TRASH MITCH
McCONNELL'S LEGACY.
AND YOU KNOW THIS EVENT IS
INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE IS THE
AFTERNOON OF SPEECHES AS WELL

(12:53):
BUT AS YOU ELUDED TO THE EVENTS
WHERE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES GET
TO TALK TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND
MAKE PITCHES TO THEM AS WELL
LEADING UP TO THE EVENT.
THIS WEEKEND WAS VERY CRITICAL
FOR THE MORRIS CAMPAIGN BECAUSE
THIS IS A CHANCE FOR HIM TO
INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO REPUBLICAN
VOTERS IN KENTUCKY.
BECAUSE HE HASN'T RUN FOR OFFICE

(13:14):
BEFORE THIS IS A CHANCE TO MAKE
HIS NAME KNOWN WITH PARTY
ACTIVISTS AND PARTY OFFICIALS AS
WELL.
AND MAYBE GOING AFTER MITCH
McCONNELL IS A BIT OF A RISK.
I THINK HE DID WIN SOME
SUPPORTERS BUT I ALSO HE NOTED
HIMSELF HE WAS MAKING PEOPLE
UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE ROOM
TALKING ABOUT THIS.

(13:35):
YOU WROTE ABOUT
McCONNELL'S LEGACY BEING UNDER
ATTACK AND HE DID AN APPEARANCE
THURSDAY IN LOUISVILLE WHERE HE
TALKS ABOUT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OVER THE YEARS.
SO THERE'S THAT GOING ON AS
WELL.
>> YEAH, HE HAS BEEN DOING THAT
FOR A WHILE.
HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO CRAFT HIS
LEGACY AS HE STEPS DOWN.
HE HAS HAD A LONGTIME IN OFFICE.

(13:56):
A LONG CAREER TO TALK ABOUT.
AND YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME,
THERE'S HE'S IN THE PAST FEW
YEARS HE'S FALLEN OUT WITH HIS
PARTY ON CERTAIN THINGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS APPROVAL
RATINGS I WAS LOOKING AT MORNING
CONSULT THE OTHER DAY FOR THIS
STORY, AND I MEAN HE'S HAD THE
WORST APPROVAL RATINGS IN THE

(14:16):
COUNTRY FOR A SENATOR IN THEIR
STATE.
AND YOU CAN TRACK THAT WITH
CONFLICTS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT
MORRIS IS COMING FROM.
HE IS TRYING TO LATCH ON TO THE
PEOPLE DISSATISFIED WITH
McCONNELL AND BREAKS FROM
TRUMP.
AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS TALKING
TO PARTY INSIDERS TO PEOPLE WHO
PROBABLY VOTED FOR McCONNELL
LAONIP WH MONLL 40 YEARS, ANDALE

(14:41):
YOCA SOW MONLLOUARAEPLIN AEMRA
ARHI MSA AONPLICSO TNK HE RBEOME
LI H McCONNELL HAS BEEN
ACTING RECENTLY EITHER.

(15:01):
IS THE TONE SET FOR THE
SENATE RACE WITH WHAT HAPPENED
AT FANCY FARM IN THE EARLY ADS
OUT THERE?
>> WELL, YEAH, I THINK THE TONE
IS BECOMING SET.
BUT I THINK TALKING ABOUT NATE
MORRIS SPECIFICALLY, I THINK
HE'S RUNNING A RISK PERSONALLY.
AS AN OBSERVER RUNNING A RISK
TRASHING McCONNELL LIKE HE IS
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO

(15:23):
OWE THEIR CAREERS HE DID BUILD
THE PARTY.
AND PEOPLE RESPECT LOYALTY.
THERE'S THAT HUMAN CONDITION
THAT IS NOT BEING TAKEN INTO
EFFECT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
AS WELL, TOO.
AND THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS
LOCAL DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANT TOLD
ME AS THESE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING
FOR THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT THAT

(15:45):
TRUMP IS STILL POPULAR IN THE
STATE BUT SOME OF HIS POLICIES
ARE NOT.
SPECIFICALLY IMMIGRATION, AND
THE CLAWING BACK OF GRANTS TO
AGENCIES.
SO THAT LEAVES THE DEMOCRATS
OPENING TO START PLAYING THIS
FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
SO THAT IS WHERE THE PARTIES
HAVE TO CONSIDER THEIR NOMINEE
AT THE OUTSET WHO IS GOING TO

(16:06):
WIN THE GENERAL.
ONE THING TO TRASH McCONNELL
FOR A PRIMARY.
AND TO GET TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT
BUT IT IS ANOTHER TO GET
DEMOCRATS TO COME OVER AND VOTE
FOR YOU.
I CAN SAY I KNOW PLENTY OF
DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED FOR MITCH
McCONNELL OVER THE YEARS.
YOU KNOW IT IS A REAL RISK.
POLLING IS TO BE

(16:26):
INSTRUCTIVE AS TO WHERE THE
CANDIDATES ARE LIKELY TO GO WITH
THE CAMPAIGNS.
>> AND THIS CONSULTANT WOULD NOT
TELL ME WHAT RACE MY GUT SAYS IT
IS A STATE RACE NOT
CONGRESSIONAL.
BUT HE DID SHARE THAT LITTLE
TIDBIT.
INTERESTING TO KNOW.
>> AND THE NUMBERS ARE 47%
APPROVAL FOR TRUMP AND 42%

(16:47):
DISAPPROVAL.
>> WE ARE A FEW DAYS OUT FROM
FANCY FARM IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT MORRIS HAS HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE UP HIS
MESSAGING.
BUT THE CAMPAIGN HAS NOT DONE
THAT.
THEY AGAIN RENEWED THEIR CALL ON
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY
TO RESCIND A LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE
SENATOR THAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO
GET TOMORROW EVENING SATURDAY AT

(17:08):
THE STATE-WIDE DINNER.
SO IT SEEMS THEY ARE WHILE IT
MIGHT BE PERCEIVED AS RISKY AND
THERE ARE RISKS THERE, THEY ARE
STILL GOING AHEAD WITH THAT
MESSAGING.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HEADQUARTERS IN FRANKFORT IS --
>> ANDY BESHEAR NOTED THAT.
>> AND WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT
FUND RAISING.

(17:28):
MORRIS CAN SELF FUND BUT ANYBODY
KNOWS THAT IF A PERSON GIVES A
DOLLAR TO A CAMPAIGN, THEY ARE
VOTING FOR YOU.
IT'S IN PEOPLE'S BEST INTEREST
TO FUNDRAISE AND GET PEOPLE
ONBOARD WITH YOUR CAMPAIGN
INSTEAD OF SELF FUNDING LIKE
THIS AND JUST BEING A MAVERICK.
INTERESTING TO SEE.

(17:49):
>> I COULD BE WRONG THE GUY
WOULD WIN.
WE COULD BE CALLING HIM SENATOR
MORRIS.
THERE WERE HINTS ABOUT
THE 2027 GOVERNOR'S RACE.
CONGRESSMAN YAM JAMES OPENLY
SAID IF HE RUNS HE EXPECTS TO
FACE JACQUELINE COLEMAN AND SOME
SUPPORTERS OF ROCKY ADKINS SAID

(18:09):
MAYBE THAT IS CODE FOR COMER
HOPING IT'S COLEMAN AND NOT
ADKINS.
>> THESE COMMENTS WERE MADE IN
THOSE PREEVENTS WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT FOR FANCY FARM WEEKEND.
IT IS A BIT LIKE THE KENTUCKY
DERBY.
IT IS A DAY OF EVENTS.
BUT SO THAT WEEKEND WE HEARD
FROM COMER HINTING AT THAT HE

(18:30):
THOUGHT THAT JACQUELINE COLEMAN
WOULD BE THE NOMINEE IN 27 FOR
DEMOCRATS AND BEFORE THAT,
JACQUELINE COLEMAN WAS AT A
DEMOCRATIC DINNER SAYING MAYBE
27 RACES COULD BRING HER BACK TO
THE FANCY FARM STAGE AS
DEMOCRATS NOT GO LARGELY THIS
YEAR.
SO IT'S INTERESTING.
DEFINITELY, KIND OF A SHADOW
PRIMARY AS STEVEN VOSS WHO I

(18:53):
TALKED TO FOR AN ARTICLE HE IS A
PROFESSOR OF POLITICS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.
AND HE ARGUED THAT COMER DID NOT
LOSE ANYTHING BY DOING THIS.
HE IS AUDITIONING AS SOMEBODY
WHO CAN GO AFTER THE OTHER SIDE
RATHER THAN ANOTHER PRIMARY
CANDIDATE MAYBE.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH.
AND THESE ARE PROBABLY NAMES WE

(19:14):
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR
SOMETIME.
ALL RIGHT.
THE RACE FOR CONGRESS IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO HEAT UP.
AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT.
DEMOCRAT ZACK DEMBO A JAG
OFFICER AND FORMER FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR DID AN INTERVIEW WITH
ME AND HE MAKES THE CASE THAT
THE SIXTH DISTRICT WOULD BE ONE

(19:35):
TO WATCH.
HE EXPRESSED TO BE THAT MOST
KENTUCKIANS DON'T SIT AROUND AND
THINK ABOUT POLITICS ALL THE
TIME PUT HE THINKS THERE ARE
ISSUES THAT THE ARE GETTING
ATTENTION.
>> I THINK HE IS RIGHT ON THAT.
IF YOU TALK TO THE AVERAGE YOUR
NEIGHBORS THEY DON'T FOLLOW
POLITICS LIKE WE DO.
IT IS EARLY, VERY, VERY EARLY.
BUT IT IS AN OPEN SEAT.

(19:57):
IT'S ONE TO WATCH.
ANY OPEN SEAT IS FAIR GAME FOR
THE MOST PART.
AND ESPECIALLY THIS ONE, BECAUSE
WE DO HAVE THE CORE DEMOCRATIC
VOTING BLOCK IN FAYETTE COUNTY
THE LARGEST COUNTY IN THE
DISTRICT.
AND A LOT OF RURAL REPUBLICANS
IN THE OTHER COUNTIES AND SO

(20:17):
THAT'S GOING TO --
COULD KEEP IT A TOSS UP.
EXCUSE ME.
THE GROUP VOTE FAIR A
NONPARTISAN GROUP SAID 9% OF
CONGRESSIONAL RACES SO FAR WILL
>>il A A PENALACRE EXTRELYCOETIB
Y.EIX A HEUMR OFDENDTSOW

(20:38):
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FATTCOTY H 2N TED

(20:59):
SIXTH DISTRICT OF THE SIXTH
DISTRICT ELECTORATE 21% OF THE
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE IN FAYETTE
COUNTY.
THAT IS A LOT.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST BLOCK OF THE
VOTERS THERE.
IT IS A TOUGH DISTRICT
EVEN THOUGH IT'S URBAN AND YET
IT IS ALSO AGRICULTURAL AND IT
IS THE GROWING CITIES THAT
SURROUND LEXINGTON.
IT'S AN INTERESTING PLACE TO

(21:20):
RUN.
>> ANDY BARR RUNNING FOR SENATE
WHY IT'S OPEN HE WAS ABLE TO
FLIP IT.
IT WAS PURPLE WHEN HE RAN.
HE TURNED IT RED.
HE GETS AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT
OF THE VOTES AND IT HAS NOT BEEN
COMPETITIVE FOR A WHILE.
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING TO MAKE A
H IS AO FPP I BAU
D IIS A BIG REPUBLICAN --TRTI

(21:47):
I'M SORRY, FRANKLIN COUNTY IS A
BIG DEMOCRATIC COUNTY.
AND THERE WAS ONE YEAR I LOOKED
THESE NUMBERS UP I FORGET WHICH
YEAR BUT ONE YEAR THAT JOSH
HICKS, I THINK, POLLED MORE
VOTES THAN BARR DID IN AN
ELECTION.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
AND THE DATES.
BUT IT'S BEEN CLOSE FOR IN SOME

(22:10):
CASES WHILE BARR HAS BEEN
RUNNING.
McKENNA, YOU HAVE
LOOKED INTO THE FACT THAT BARR
IS A FACTOR IN HIS SUCCESSOR?
>> DEFINITELY.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS
RACE MORE INTERESTING IS THAT HE
IS ACTIVELY RUNNING A CAMPAIGN
AS WELL.
IN A DIFFERENT RACE.
BUT HE MADE THE ARGUMENT AT
FANCY FARM AND WE TALKED ABOUT

(22:31):
THIS RACE HE CALLED IT A PURPLE
DISTRICT HIMSELF AND ARGUED HE
IS THE BEST PERSON TO BE THE
REPUBLICAN SENATE NOMINEE
BECAUSE HE CAN BE AT THE TOP OF
THE TICKET HEADING INTO 26 AND
BRING OUT SOME OF HIS STEADY
REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN THE SIXTH
DISTRICT TO KEEP THAT DISTRICT
RED.
ALL RIGHT.
OTHER NEWS OF THE WEEK GOVERNOR

(22:53):
BESHEAR ANNOUNCED THAT KENTUCKY
IS JOINING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR CLAWING
BACK MONEY FOR EV STATIONS.
KENTUCKY WAS ALLOCATED $70
MILLION FOR EV CHARGING STAYINGS
AND THE STATE IS OWED MORE THAN
32 MILLION.
>> YEAH, THE SAME ARGUMENT THAT
BESHEAR AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC
STATES HAVE MADE IN OTHER CASES

(23:14):
IN OTHER CLAW BOOKS.
EDUCATION GRANT FUNDING THAT
THEY GOT THE CLAW BOOKS
REVERSED.
HEALTH GRANTS THAT GOT REVERSED.
THIS IS A TREND OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION RIGHT?
CLAWING BACK APPROPRIATED FUNDS
AND THIS IS NOT SURPRISING ONE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN CLEAR
ABOUT HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THIS
TRANSITION TO EV'S AND THE

(23:34):
GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN THAT WHICH
HE SAYS SHOULD NOT EXIST.
I THINK THIS IS NOT A SURPRISING
ONE AND IT'S ALSO NOT SURPRISING
THAT BESHEAR IS GETTING INVOLVED
AND OTHER STATES WILL FIGHT TO
MAINTAIN THE FUNDING.
AND A SUPREME COURT
CASE INVOLVING THE JEFER JEFER
THE SUPREME COURT JEFFERSON

(23:55):
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE
SUPREME COURT HEARD ORAL
ARGUMENTS.
>> THE COURT SAYS NO THIS IS
SPECIAL LEGISLATION THERE IS A
LOT OF LAWS IMPERILLED THAT HAVE
BEEN PASSED TO BENEFIT
CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
THAT THE ARE UNIQUE TO THEM.
THEY ARE CLASS OF ONE LAWS AND
THEY ARE OPEN IN THE VERY SAME
WAY THAT SENATE BILL 1 IS OPEN.

(24:16):
>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL NOT
BE HANDCUFFED AND THE WORLD IS
DEAR SATBI 1OEND IF THE CRT
TA O TT.IV U
URAS HRDRARGENE
INHI CE.
THEY HEARD ORAL AUGUSTERMENTS
LAST AUGUST AND RENDERED A

(24:38):
DECISION IN DECEMBER 4-3 THAT
UPHELD THE 2022 LAW AT PLAY HERE
THAT WAS BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE
LEFT THE COURT SO THEY WANTED TO
GET THAT DECISION IN.
AND ONCE PAMELA GOODWINE JOINED
THE COURT THIS YEAR THERE WAS A
NEW 4-3 DECISION TO HEAR THE
CASE.
SO THAT PREVIOUS DECISION IS NO

(24:59):
LONGER APPLICABLE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE
DECIDED FROM THESE PROCEEDINGS
THIS WEEK.
WHAT ARE THE STAKES
HERE?
>> THIS CASE IS OVER SB1 WHICH
TRIED TO LIMIT THE POWERS OF THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION IN FAVOR OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
AND THE WAY THEY DID THAT IS
THIS CLASS OF ONE.

(25:20):
JEFFERSON COUNTY IS ITS OWN
CLASS AS IS LEXINGTON.
SO THEY TRIED TO MAKE LAWS
SPECIFIC TO JEFFERSON COUNTY AND
BASICALLY WHAT JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION IS ARGUING
THEY CANNOT DO THAT.
NO LOCAL OR SPECIAL LAWS ON A
SPECIFIC 29 CATEGORIES ONE OF
THOSE CATEGORIES IS MANAGEMENT

(25:41):
OF SCHOOLS.
SO IT'S LIKE MANAGEMENT OF
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE
LOCALS.
WHAT THE STATE IS ARGUING THIS
IS ITS OWN CLASS WE ARE ALLOWED
TO LEGISLATE ON CLASSES.
IT'S THIS ARGUMENT THAT IT COULD
ENDANGER SOME LAWS AND OTHERS
SAY IT MIGHT NOT.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THE
COURT RULES CAN THEY HAVE THE

(26:01):
CLASS OF ONE.
ANOTHER ONE TO WATCH.
THANK YOU.
AND SALLY BINGHAM OF THE
LOUISVILLE BINGHAM FAMILY HAS
DIED.
WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION THE
BINGHAM'S OWNED THE
COURIER-JOURNAL FOR 70 YEARS
BEFORE SELL TO GO IN 1986 WITH
WHAS-TV IN LOUISVILLE AND THE
TIMES AND A PRINTING COMPANY.

(26:23):
SHE WROTE A BOOK IN 1989 AND
MOVED TO NEW MEXICO AND REMAINED
ACTIVE CHAMPIONING CLAUSES.
ATS OMNTNENCK WAS 8
HA AOOEE AAD
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