July 21, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including candidate campaign finance reports in the Republican U.S. Senate primary and a trip from Gov. Andy Beshear to South Carolina. Panelists: Alex Acquisto, Lexington Herald-Leader; Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern; and Isaiah Kim-Martinez, WHAS11 in Louisville.
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>> Bill (00:08):
FUNDRAISING REPORTS
COME IN AS REPUBLICAN U.S.
SENATE CANDIDATES JOCKEY FOR
POSITION.
MORE CANDIDATES EMERGE FOR THE
U.S. HOUSE SEAT THAT ANDY BARR
IS LEAVING OPEN IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR GOES TO
SOUTH CAROLINA FUELING MORE
SPECULATION ABOUT HIS FUTURE
PLANS.
KENTUCKY ELECTRIC PROVIDERS TALK
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ABOUT INCREASING NEEDS.
A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE FANCY FARM
COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET.
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GOOD EVENING I'M BILL BRYANT.
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AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY", A LOOK BACK AT
SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTS ON PANEL OF
WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE, LIAM NIEMEYER,
REPORTER FOR THE KENTUCKY
LANTERN.
ALEX ACQUISTO POLITICS AND
HEALTH REPORTER FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER AND
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ISAIAH KIM-MARTINEZ, SENIOR
REPORTER FOR WHAS11 IN
LOUISVILLE.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO KENTUCKY
POLITICS WITH KENTUCKY
CONNECTIONS.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR IS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH HELD THE
FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY IN 2024 AND MAY AGAIN IN
2028.
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BESHEAR SAYS HE WILL NOT SAY IF
HE IS RUBBING FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE BUT HE ALSO DOES NOT
DISCLAIM INTEREST.
>> KENTUCKIANS KNOW MY FOCUS IS
ON THEIR DAILY LIVES.
THEIR DAILY NEEDS.
THAT EVERYDAY I'M WORKING TO
CREATE NEW JOBS BECAUSE I KNOW
THOSE GAINS WILL HELP MY HOME
STATE.
BE A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF MY FAMILIES.
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AND THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO SHOW
UP.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LEADERS
ACTUALLY DO.
LEADERS CAN'T BE AFRAID TO SHOW
UP BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION
MIGHT BE HARD OR BECAUSE THE
SITUATION IS TOUGH.
AND THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS CAN
WIN AGAIN.
KENTUCKY POLITICS WITH
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WASHINGTON CONNECTIONS AND ALSO
A SOUTH CAROLINA CONNECTION.
SO THE GOVERNOR'S MAKING SEVERAL
STOPS AS HE WAS INVITED TO
EVENTS IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
AND SAID HIS SON IN A BASEBALL
TOURNAMENT BUT A LOT OF
REPORTERS AND POLITICAL
OBSERVERS ARE READING BETWEEN
THE LINES.
>> WHAT'S THE SAYING?
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COINCIDENCE IS A WORD YOU CANNOT
SEE THE LEVERS AND PULLEYS?
THIS IS CLEARLY THERE IS A
MESSAGE BEING SENT.
WE SEE THE GOVERNOR IN THIS
CASE, GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA, WHO
IS HE TALKING TO HERE?
UNION VOTERS, BLACK VOTERS, I
BELIEVE ONE OF THE COUNTIES HAD
VOTED FOR TRUMP THREE STRAIGHT
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TIMES.
THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
HE IS GETTING HIS MESSAGE OUT
THERE AND WE DO SEE SOME
COMPARISONS BETWEEN HIM AND
GAVIN NEWSOM WHERE DO THEY
ASSISTANT ON ISSUES AND THE
GOVERNOR BROUGHT UP LATER ON IN
THAT SPEECH THERE, HE BROUGHT UP
J.D. VANCE AGAIN.
HE SAID OVER IN BREATHITT COUNTY
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WHERE J.D. VANCE HAS ROOTS THE
COUNTY VOTED BY TRUMP MANY OF
THEM AND HE SAID I WON IT BY 22
POINTS.
HE IS TRYING TO CLEARLY SHOW HIS
CREDENTIALS BEYOND KENTUCKY
LIAM, IS THIS BESHEAR TESTING
THE WATERS?
>> IT APPEARS SO.
AS SOUTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THE
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FEW KEY STATES TALKING ABOUT
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.
YOU KNOW, FORMER PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN HE MOVED UP SOUTH CAROLINA
TO BE THE FIRST STATE IN THE DNC
PRIMARY CALENDAR BECAUSE IT
DELIVERED HIM A VICTORY THE
FIRST TIME AROUND WHEN HE WON
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY.
SO THERE'S SMALL SIGNS THAT
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LEADING UP TO THE POTENTIAL
PRESIDENTIAL RUN BY BESHEAR, THE
FACT THAT HE LAUNCHED A PODCAST,
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
ALSO LAUNCHED A PODCAST.
THAT ARE JUST POINTING TOWARDS
THE DIRECTION LEADING INTO 2028.
THESE ARE THE WAYS YOU
BECOME KNOWN IN THIS ERA.
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ALEX, CAN BESHEAR CONTINUE TO
COUNT ON INVITATIONS CONTINUING
TO ROLL IN?
CAN HE LEVERAGE HIS ROLE WHEN HE
HEADS UP THE DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION AND
CONTINUE TO MAKE TRIPS AND
APPEARANCES AND TRY TO BECOME
BETTER KNOWN WHILE ALSO DOING
THAT ROLE?
>> RIGHT.
A LOT OF WHAT IT INVOLVES BEING
THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC
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GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION IS
TRAVELING TO OTHER STATES AND
TRYING TO HELP OTHER DEMOCRATS
GET ELECTED BY ADDRESSING MASS
CROWDS OF VOTERS.
SO IT IS AN ORGANIC OPPORTUNITY
FOR HIM TO GET HIS FACE OUT IN
STATES WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
RECOGNIZE HIM AND GIVES HIM AN
EXCUSE TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY WITHOUT HAVING TO
RATIONALIZE BACK TO KENTUCKY WHY
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HE IS OUT THERE.
IT IS ANOTHER WAY THAT HE CAN
NATURALLY GET HIS VOICE IN
SUBTLE MESSAGE OUT THERE.
AS HE CONTINUES SORT OF STRADDLE
THE FINE LINE NOT SAYING HE IS
NOT RUNNING AND NOT CONFIRMING
THAT HE IS RUNNING T WORKS TO
HIS BENEFIT.
HE MIGHT NOT BE THE
ONLY KENTUCKY CONNECTION IN THE
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2028 RACE, J.D. VANCE'S EASTERN
KENTUCKY CONNECTIONS AND U.K.
PROFESSOR STEVEN VOSS TOLD ME
THAT SENATOR RAND PAUL MAY HAVE
A LANE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION.
>> HE WAS IN SHEPHERDSVILLE AND
ASKED ABOUT A REPORT THAT NAMED
HIM AMONGST OTHER REPUBLICANS AS
POSSIBLE HOPEFUL CONTENDERS FOR
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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2028.
AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT THAT
REPORT, HE DIDN'T DENY IT.
IN FACT IN THE FIRST COUPLE
SENTENCES HE SAID WE NEED A
PRESIDENT WE NEED A CANDIDATE AT
AT THAT TIME POINT WHO VALUES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
WHERE WE HEARD THIS CONVERSATION
BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY HE HAS BEEN A
STARK OPPONENT OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP AS IT RELATES TO TARIFFS.
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THAT IS A LOOK AT THE POLICIES
I'VE PUSHED FOR MOMENT FOR HIM.
AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
PRIOR, J.D. VANCE IS SEEN AS A
NATURAL FRONTRUNNER IN 2028.
BUT IF THE PARTY DOES WANT A
CLEAN BREAK FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
NOT SAYING THEY WILL BUT IF THEY
DO, HE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE
LOOPED INTO THAT VERSUS RAND
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PAUL AND MADE IT CLEAR IN THE
VOTING HAS A MUCH DIFFERENT VIEW
ON CERTAIN ISSUES AS IT RELATES
TO SPENDING AND TARIFFS.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE
THEM UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.
VICE-PRESIDENCY CAN BE
A MIXED BAG.
>> IT WORKED FOR JOE BIDEN BUT
IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH
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THE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL
INTERESTS OF KENTUCKIANS AND THE
FUNDRAISING REPORTS ROLLED IN
AND AND AND'S CAMPAIGN HAS $6
MILLION TO FUEL HIS CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS FAR AHEAD OF DANIEL
CAMERON'S HAUL AND NATE MORRIS
SIGNED UP LATE ENOUGH THAT HE
DIDN'T HAVE TO FILE A REPORT.
SO THERE WE ARE.
ISAIAH, WHAT IS THE EARLY
FUNDRAISING TELL US ABOUT THIS
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BID FOR THE U.S. SENATE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION?
>> WELL, WE KNEW THAT MONEY
WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE FOR ANDY
BARR AND NOT AN ISSUE FOR NATE
MORRIS.
THE NUMBER IS 6 MILLION FOR
CONGRESSMAN BARR AND DANIEL
CAMERON, THAT IS A NUMBER THAT
HAS CAUGHT A LOT OF FOLKS'
ATTENTION THERE WERE ARTICLES
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WRITTEN ON 550,000 THAT HE HAS
ON HAND.
HE WAS THE FIRST TO ANNOUNCE.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT SORT OF
DIFFERENCE IN MONEY RIGHT THERE
IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING.
ALSO THERE WAS THE
ABILITY TO TRANSFER THE HOUSE
MONEY ON BARR'S PART.
>> THERE WAS A COUPLE MILLION
THERE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN IN THE
HOUSE, 10, 12 YEARS, SO IT WILL
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BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS
RACE.
AND ALEX, WE KNOW THAT DANIEL
CAMERON HAS NAME ID NATURALLY
BECAUSE OF THE RACES HE'S WON
AND BEEN IN.
>> HE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE
CURRENTLY IN THIS SLATE WHO HAS
RUN MULTIPLE STATE-WIDE RACES.
I HAVE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WHO
READ THE NEWS WHO ARE
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WELL-INFORMED THAT KNOW WHO
DANIEL CAMERON IS AND WHO DO NOT
KNOW WHO ANDY BARR IS.
THAT MIGHT CHANGE WHEN
TELEVISION ADDS TO HOMES IN THE
STATE.
AND AT THIS EARLY POINT IT IS
EXPECTED THAT BARR WOULD HAVE
THE CASH THAT HE HAS.
IT'S SURPRISING DANIEL IS SO LOW
BUT HE HAS THE BENEFIT OF THE
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NAME RECOGNITION THAT NEITHER OF
THE OTHER TWO HAVE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT WHO
CONGRESSMAN BARR'S TEAM IS GOING
AFTER IN ADS.
THEY ARE GOING AFTER NATE MORRIS
MORE THAN DANIEL CAMERON.
AT LEAST PUBLICLY FROM WHAT I'VE
SEEN.
THAT SOMETIMES GIVES YOU A SENSE
WHO CAMPAIGNS SEE AS THE BIGGER
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OPPONENT OR THREAT POSSIBLY.
>> SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN TALKING
ABOUT, I GUESS, THE JOCKEYING
GOING AROUND, IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW NATE
MORRIS STAKES OUT A POSITION AS
WELL.
HE COMES FROM, SAY, CONNECTIONS
IN THE TRUMP WORLD.
HE DID ANNOUNCE HIS CAMPAIGN ON
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DONALD TRUMP'S JUNIOR'S PODCAST
AND I BELIEVE AXIOS REPORTED
ROLLED OUT A NEW AD FOR SOMEONE
WHO MAYBE SIMILAR TO ANDY BARR
DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH NAME
RECOGNITION AS DANIEL CAMERON HE
IS STAKING OUT SPECIFIC STRONG
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POSITIONS ON IMMIGRATION.
HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A
DISTINGUISH --
TRYING TO DISTINGUISH HIMSELF AS
SOMEONE ISN'T GOING TO CONTINUE
MITCH McCONNELL'S LEGACY.
AXIOS REPORTED IN THAT AD NATE
MORRIS SAID HE IS A TRUMP GUY
NOT A McCONNELL BOY.
THEY ALL HAVE
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CONNECTIONS TO McCONNELL BUT
RUNNING FROM THE CONNECTIONS.
>> THEY ARE.
I PRESSED NATE MORRIS ABOUT IT I
INTERVIEWED HIM IN LOUISVILLE
WHICH A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW.
HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL THERE,
PRAYED FOOTBALL AND HAD AN
INJURY.
AND I ASKED HIM, WHEN IT COMES
TO MITCH McCONNELL, EVERYONE
IN THE G.O.P. SEEMINGLY HAS
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CONNECTIONS TO HIM IN ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER AND HE QUICKLY SAID
LISTEN I INTERNED FOR HIS OFFICE
FOR THREE MONTHS AND HAVEN'T
SPOKEN TO HIM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
BOTTOM LINE THEY ARE ALL
JOCKEYING FOR THE TRUMP
ENDORSEMENT.
NATE MORRIS TOLD ME HE SAID
SYSTEMICALLY WHO THE PRESIDENT
LIKES TO EMPOWER PEOPLE THAT
COME FROM THE OUTSIDE, PEOPLE
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THAT HAVE BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS
HE IS CLEARLY GOING FOR THAT
HAVE NO CONNECTIONS TO POLL
STICKS BEFORE THIS POINT.
POLITICS BEFORE THIS POINT.
AS PUNDITS WILL TELL YOU YOU
HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT AND
WE HAVE TO LISTEN FOR POLICIES.
ALEX AS WE KNOW ALL THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WANT
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PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT,
DO WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT THEIR
PRIORITIES WILL BE TRUMP'S
PRIORITIES, AND WILL THOSE ALIGN
WITH KENTUCKIANS WHO ARE SEEING
THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE CUTS
TO MEDICAID?
>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING HOW
WE'VE SEEN THEM ALL GO AT
MESSAGES THAT TRUMP HAS HIMSELF
REPEATED THAT THEY THINK WILL
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RESONATE WITH KENTUCKY VOTERS.
SO FAR, LITTLE MENTION OF
MEDICAID.
SOME MENTION OF CUTTING WASTE,
FRAUD AND ABUSE.
ANDY BARR'S FIRST AD YOU COULD
DRAW MAD LIB OF ALL OF THE FIRE
BRAND CONSERVATIVE ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN TOP OF MIND THE LAST
FIVE YEARS.
HE MENTIONED ALL IN A 45-SECOND
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AD.
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, NO TRANS
GIRLS IN SPORTS.
SECURING THE BORDER AND DETEETH
THE WOKE AGENDA AS WE GET CLOSER
THEY WILL BE PRESSED ON MORE
CONCRETE ISSUES THE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL HAS SEVERE CUTS
TO MEDICAID IN A STATE THAT
IMPACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR
DISTRICT THEY ARE HOPEFUL
DISTRICT.
THAT WILL BE A FINE NEEDLE TO
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THREAD.
AND WE DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW THEY
WILL HANDLE IT.
I THINK IT'S MORE THEY WILL
FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES
RATHER THAN LOOK THIS IS THE
REASON WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
GETTING CUT FROM MEDICAID
BECAUSE OF TRUMP'S BILL.
>> IT'S WORTH NOTING WE'VE SEEN
THE FISCAL HAWKS LIKE RAND PAUL
AND THOMAS MASSIE VOTE NO ON
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PROVISIONS BUT THEY BUILT UP THE
CLOUT TO DO THAT.
WHOEVER IS REPLACING McCONNELL
YOU START FROM SQUARE ONE YOU
ARE THE JUNIOR SENATOR THEY ARE
NOT LOOKING AT VOTING NO ON
TRUMP'S PRIORITIES AT LEAST
INITIALLY.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE?
PAMELA STEVENSON IS IN AND IS
CAMPAIGNING?
>> I TALKED TO HER AND SHE WON'T
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TELL YOU THIS I HAVE TALKED TO
PEOPLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THAT ACKNOWLEDGE AS A FINANCE
PERSPECTIVE, THINGS ARE NOT
GOING GREAT FOR HER ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING SHE ANNOUNCED HERE A
BIT AGO, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
I AM HEARING THAT POTENTIALLY
THAT THERE ARE SOME MURMURS
THERE COULD BE AN OUTSIDE OF
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POLITICS CANDIDATE GET IN MAYBE
AN ATTORNEY THAT COULD MAKE
THINGS INTERESTING BUT PAMELA
STEVENSON AS FAR AS MOMENTUM IN
LOUISVILLE, IT HASN'T QUITE BEEN
WHERE MAYBE FOLKS HAD HOPED IN
LOUISVILLE.
AND I ASKED THE GOVERNOR IF HE
WOULD ENDORSE HER AND CAMPAIGN
FOR HER AND HE DIDN'T GIVE ME A
STRAIGHT ANSWER THERE.
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THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU INSIGHT.
STILL A WAIT-AND-SEE
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
>> SURE THING.
WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY
FROM FANCY FARM SOME CALL IT THE
SUPER BOWL OF KENTUCKY POLITICS.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEMOCRATS
ARE LARGELY STAYING AWAY.
AND KET ALSO ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
IT WON'T BE COVERING FANCY FARM
BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED CUTS IN
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FEDERAL FUNDING.
KET MANAGEMENT SAID IT WAS
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED TO NOT BE
ABLE TO BE AT FANCY FARM.
HOW WILL THAT CHANGE THE
ATTENTION THAT FANCY FARM HAS
GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS, WITH
STATE-WIDE COVERAGE?
YOU WORKED IN THAT AREA FOR SOME
YEARS?
>> SURE.
SO KET FOR ONE THING, IT
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PROVIDED VISIBILITY JUST FROM
THE FACT THAT THEY BROADCAST THE
SPEECHES LIVE.
IT PROVIDES VISIBILITY FOR THE
CANDIDATES' MESSAGES.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE ACTIVITY AND
THE CHANCE AND YELLING
BEFOREHAND AS WELL.
FANCY FARM IS AN EVENTS AND KET
IN MY OPINION ALWAYS DID A GOOD
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JOB OF CAPTURING THAT ENERGY.
SO WITHOUT THE COVERAGE, IT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE
OTHER MEDIA THERE.
BUT KET DID PROVIDE A STATE-WIDE
PLATFORM, A STATE-WIDE FOCUS FOR
THE COVERAGE THAT MAYBE OTHER
SMALLER REGIONAL OUTLETS WON'T
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NECESSARILY THEIR AUDIENCES ARE
MORE SPECIFIC.
AND THE LOCAL STORIES.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN AS LIAM
SAID KET WE WORK FOR OUTLETS WE
WILL BE AT FANCY FARM BUT OUR
READERS ARE BASED IN LEXINGTON
AND LOUISVILLE.
KET WAS THE ONLY OUTLET THAT
CAST WHAT IS HAPPENING AT FANCY
FARM STATE-WIDE AND THE FOOT
ARMING IS USED BY SMALLER
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STATIONS THERE WILL BE A DEFICIT
OF COVERAGE BECAUSE OF THAT.
FANCY FARM WAS ONCE
DEMOCRATIC DOMINATED AND THEN
BIPARTISAN AND WE KNOW THAT
LIEUTENANT JACQUELINE COLEMAN,
THE SENATE CANDIDATE PAMELA
STEVENSON, DO NOT PLAN TO BE AT
FANCY FARM THEY ARE GOING TO
ALVIN BARCLAY DINNER TWO DAYS
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BEFORE.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
>> CERTAINLY HAS.
THE THREE G.O.P. CANDIDATES FOR
THAT SENATE RACE, THEY SAID YES,
QUICKLY AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IN
THIS KIND OF THE YEAR BEFORE
SUCH A BIG PRIMARY YOU CAN
IMAGINE SOMEONE LIKE A PAMELA
STEVENSON WOULD MAYBE IN DECADES
PAST BE A SHOO-IN TO GO.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT HAS AS
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KENTUCKY AS SORT OF SHIFTED RED
MORE AND MORE RED OVER THE
YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN FANCY FARM
MIMIC THAT SHIFT.
>> AND YOU KNOW, SMALL THICK TO
NOTE, THE POLITICAL CHAIRMAN
STEVEN OTTER SENT OUT AN E-MAIL
MENTIONING COLEMAN'S ATTEND
DANCE AT THE BARCLAY DINNER, AND
MENTIONED THE HISTORY OF THE
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EVENT HOW ALVIN BARCLAY A GREAT
ORATOR, AND HOW OBVIOUSLY THE
TWO PARTIES WOULD USE THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO FANCY FARM AS A
WAY TO BUILDUP THE ENERGY OF THE
EVENTS THAT IS THE FANCY FARM
PICNIC.
BUT IT JUST, AGAIN, DECADES
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PAST.
SPOKE TO 8,000 PEOPLE
IN THE BID FOR GOVERNOR IN 1923.
THE SIXTH DISTRICT HOUSE RACE IN
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CLOSELY
WATCHED IT IS OPEN BECAUSE ANDY
BARR IS LEAVING TO MAKE THIS
SENATE RUN.
TWO MORE CANDIDATES JUMPED INTO
THE RACE THIS WEEK.
FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR RALPH
ALVARADO IS RUNNING FOR THE
SEAT.
AND DEMOCRAT ZACH DEMBO, ALSO
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ANNOUNCED HE IS IN.
THERE IS AN IMAGE OF ALVARADO
AND THAT IS DEMBO ON YOUR
SCREEN.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE
CANDIDATES?
ALVARADO WAS A STATE SENATOR AND
MATT BEVIN'S RUNNING MATE IN
2019 AND 2020 TO TENNESSEE AS
THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER.
>> MOST KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE WAS
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MATT BEVIN'S RUNNING MATE WHEN
HE TRIED TO RUN FOR A SECOND
TERM AND BESHEAR BEAT HIM.
'S ANNOUNCED AFTER COVID IN 2023
HE WAS GOING TO TENNESSEE TO BE
THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER.
AND HE SPLIT HIS TIME BETWEEN
TENNESSEE AND HIS HOME IN CLARK
COUNTY AND ANNOUNCED HE'S VYING
FOR THE SEAT WHICH IS
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INTERESTING.
ZACH DEMBO IS NOW IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FORMER
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND WORKED IN
THE BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION AND
HE HAS SAID A FEW THINGS ALREADY
IN HIS TWO DAYS ON THE THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE
SHOW ABOUT WHO IS THE GOVERNOR
GOING TO ENDORSE IN THIS RACE?
HE HAS ENDORSED CHERLYNN
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STEVENSON IN THE PAST.
I CAN TELL YOU THEIR TEAM IS
CONFIDENT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN
BUT HEARING WORDS FROM SOMEBODY
WORKED IN THE ADMINISTRATION
FROM THE KENTUCKY LANTERN, HE
SAID SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED
FROM GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS I DON'T
THINK THAT KENTUCKIANS ARE
WAKING UP THINKING ABOUT WHO
THEY VOTE FOR OR WHAT PARTY THEY
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ARE REGISTERED.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR
FAMILIES AND HOW THEY CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL AND HAVE A
GOOD-PAYING JOB AND MAKING ENDS
MEET.
THAT IS EXACTLY GOVERNOR
BESHEAR'S MESSAGE GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT POSSIBLY IS NOT A
CO-BINS KENS --
COINCIDENCE.
STEVENSON RAISE THE
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$210 MILLION.
>> I'M TOLD ANY DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE IN THAT DISTRICT HAS
RAISED IN THE INITIAL FILING IN
OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT IS NO SMALL NUMBER THE
BIGGEST ON BOTH SIDES AND THEY
FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT OVER
$200,000.
WE SAW IN THE FILING
THAT ANOTHER OPPONENT FORMER
LEXINGTON COUNCILMAN DAVID
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KLOIBER GAVE HIS CAMPAIGN A
$97,000 LOAN AND PUT HALF A
MILLION IN RUN FOR LEXINGTON
MAYOR IN 2022.
>> WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
IT IS NOT A GREAT SIGN IF YOU
HAVE TO DIG INTO YOUR OWN
POCKETS HE IS TRYING TO KEEP HIS
NAME OUT THERE AND IT IS A
TACTIC AND IT COULD WORK.
HE DID RAISE MONEY AS
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WELL.
>> HE DID.
RYAN DOTSON LOANED
HIMSELF MONEY AND WENT TO
WASHINGTON THIS WEEK AND TALKED
WITH FOLKS THERE.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE EXACTLY
WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT UP THERE.
AND THEN DEANNA GORDON, DID NOT
HAVE TO FILE A CAMPAIGN REPORT
BECAUSE SHE ENTERED THE RACE
LATE.
YOU HAVE THESE THREE CANDIDATES
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NOW OUT THERE.
>> YEAH, AND DEANNA GORDON HAS
BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
CERTAINLY GOTTEN THE MEDIA'S
ATTENTION.
I BELIEVE SHE HAD A POST TODAY
OR YESTERDAY FROM THE BLUEGRASS
AIRPORT IN LEXINGTON SORT OF
POKING FUN AT Mr. ALVARADO'S
HISTORY NOW IN TENNESSEE
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OBVIOUSLY.
IS IT TENNESSEE?
YEAH, TENNESSEE AND SAYING WELL,
SHOULD I GIVE HIM THE WELCOME
HOME OR WELCOME TO CENTRAL
KENTUCKY POINTING TO THE FACT HE
HAS BEEN GONE.
THERE WAS A MESSAGE TO VOTERS
SAYING WE DON'T NEED SOMEONE
PARACHUTING IN.
THERE'S JABS BEING THROWN.
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ANOTHER PRIMARY IS IN
NORTHERN AREA WHERE PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S TEAM WANTS TO DEFEAT
THOMAS MASSIE AND RAND PAUL SAYS
HE WILL ENDORSE CONGRESSMAN
THOMAS MASSIE NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT ADDS TO THE FLAVOR OF
THAT RACE.
>> CERTAINLY.
AND YOU SAW THAT SENATOR RAND
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PAUL AND REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS
MASSIE HAVE BOTH SORT OF BEEN IN
LINE WITH ELON MUSK AS HE SPLIT
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AT LEAST
FOR NOW.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY DO
LINEUP A LOT OF WAYS WHEN IT
COMES TO POLICIES ON SPENDING
THEIR BELIEFS IN CUTTING THE
DEFICIT, LONG-TERM DEBT IS OF
THE GREATEST CONCERN.
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THOMAS MASSIE HAS BEEN IN THE
NEWS FOR OTHER REASONS, TOO.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A
LITTLE BIT.
THE SAFER KENTUCKY ACT
IS NOW A YEAR OLD AND IT'S ALSO
HAS CRITICS REMAINING
CRIMINALIZES HOMELESSNESS AND
THE HOMELESS NUMBERS HAVE JUMPED
AT A TIME WHEN KENTUCKY IS
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LIKELY TO SEE HOUSING PROGRAMS
CUT.
>> YEAH, THE HOUSING STATE
HOUSING CORPORATION WHICH IS A
QUASI GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT
MANAGES FEDERAL HUD HOUSING
FUNDS THAT CAN BE REB TALL
ASSISTANCE OR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS GET
OFF THE STREET INTO HOUSING.
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BUT HOUSING CORPORATION REPORTED
ABOUT ROUGHLY 11% INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
THEY ARE POINTING TO THE NUMBERS
FROM THE ANNUAL COUNTS THEY DO.
AND THEY MAINLY CITE THE ONGOING
HOUSING SHORTAGE AS A PRIMARY
DRIVER FOR THIS.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
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BECOMING HOMELESS ARE BECOMING
HOMELESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND
HOUSING THAT IS SUITABLE TO
THEM.
IT LOOKS LIKE
KENTUCKY'S GOING TO NEED MORE
POWER AND THAT IS OPENING UP
SOME DISCUSSIONS.
LIAM, LG AND E AND KU SAY THEY
ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
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INCREASE IN NEED TO PUT OUT
ELECTRICITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THE DATA CENTERS THAT WE SEE
POPPING UP.
>> YEAH AND THE DATA CENTERINGS
ARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A.I.
SERVICES BETWEEN CHATGPT OR GROK
OR ET CETERA, THEY ARE OFTEN
POWERED BY WHAT ARE CALLED DATA
CENTERS.
THE VERY, VERY ENERGY INTENSIVE
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COMPUTER HUBS THAT PROCESS AND
BASICALLY ARE THE FOUNDATION
ELECTRICAL FOUNDATION BEHIND THE
SERVICES.
AND UTILITIES THEY SAY THEY NEED
A LOT MORE POWER FOR THAT.
THEY ARE PROPOSING NEW GAS
GENERATION AND ALSO A QUESTION
AS TO WHO IS GOING TO COVER THE
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TRANSMISSION COSTS AND THE COST
OF THESE NEW GENERATION THAT ARE
MAINLY PRIMARILY SERVICING THESE
DATA CENTERS.
WILL RATEPAYERS HAVE TO CARRY
SOME OF THAT BURDEN AND HOW
MUCH?
THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION IS STUDYING NUCLEAR
POWER?
>> YES, THEY OPENED A CASE IN
RECENT WEEKS ASKING STAKEHOLDERS
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IN THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH-IN.
NUCLEAR POWER IS YOU KNOW, IT'S
A SOURCE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR A WHILE BUT THERE HASN'T
BEEN NEW NUCLEAR POWER BEING
BUILT BUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION WANTS TO LOOK AT IT
AND SEE IF KENTUCKY CAN BRING IN
A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
U.K. THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.K.
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CENTER OF APPLIED ENERGY DID SAY
TO LAWMAKERS, THOUGH, LAST YEAR,
THAT WE SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY
EXPECT NUCLEAR POWER TO BE IN
KENTUCKY WITHIN THE NEXT 10
YEARS.
THE COURT OF APPEALS
SAYS A WOMAN CAN CHALLENGE
KENTUCKY'S 2022 ABORTION BAN.
>> SHE INITIALLY SUED IN 2022,
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AND THEY BELIEVE THAT LIFE
BEGINS AT BIRTH RATHER THAN
CONCEPTION AND SHE SAID BECAUSE
HOW KENTUCKY LAW DEFINES AN
EMBRYO AS AN UNUNBORN HUMAN
BEING, IF EMBRYOS ARE DISCARDED
SHE IS WORRIED THAT SHE COULD BE
CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THAT LAW
AND RESULT IN A FELONY CHARGE.
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JUDGES COURT OF APPEALS FRIDAY
FOUND SHE HAD STANDING WHICH
MEANS SHE IS INJURED BY THE LAW
BECAUSE SHE PAYS 800 A YEAR TO
HAVE HER EMBRYOS STORED BECAUSE
SHE CANCELED AN IMPLANTATION
BECAUSE SHE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT
THE TRIGGER BAN.
NOW SHE GETS TO HAVE HER CASE
HEARD BEFORE A COURT AND PLEAD
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THE MERITS THE FIRST TIME THAT'S
HAPPENED IN KENTUCKY.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING
RAMPAGE THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE
IN LEXINGTON DEAD INCLUDING THE
SHOOTER.
QUESTIONS RAISED INCLUDING
PROTECTIVE ORDER.
>> THE EXFILED FOR AN EMERGENCY
ORDER EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THERE
WAS A HEARING THE FOLLOWING DAY
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AND IT RAISED CONCERNS HOW
QUICKLY THOSE THINGS ARE ISSUES.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO QUICKEN
THAT PROCESS.
SENTENCING FOR THE MAN
CONVICTED IN BREONNA TAYLOR'S
RAID IS COMING UP.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDED A SENTENCE.
>> THREE YEARS SUPERVISED
RELEASE NO PRISON TIME.
NOT A THOUGHT A FEW MONTHS AGO
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WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, THE
DODGE HAS DIFFERENT, DOJ HAVE
DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND THEY
ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT IS
NOT WHAT THE FAMILY WAS HOPING
FOR.
HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING
HER CIVIL RIGHTS.
COVINGTON CONSIDERING
ADDING A PUBLIC AREA WHERE
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ADULTS CAN CONSUME ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES AND THEY ARE
CONSIDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE
CALLED.
IT REQUIRES SPECIAL CITY
APPROVAL TO DO THAT.
THAT MAY COME NEXT MONTH.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY"
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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[Knocking]
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
FUNDRAISING REPORTS
COME IN AS REPUBLICAN U.S.
SENATE CANDIDATES JOCKEY FOR
POSITION.
MORE CANDIDATES EMERGE FOR THE
U.S. HOUSE SEAT THAT ANDY BARR
IS LEAVING OPEN IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR GOES TO
SOUTH CAROLINA FUELING MORE
SPECULATION ABOUT HIS FUTURE
PLANS.
KENTUCKY ELECTRIC PROVIDERS TALK
(00:29):
ABOUT INCREASING NEEDS.
A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE FANCY FARM
COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING I'M BILL BRYANT.
(00:50):
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY", A LOOK BACK AT
SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTS ON PANEL OF
WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE, LIAM NIEMEYER,
REPORTER FOR THE KENTUCKY
LANTERN.
ALEX ACQUISTO POLITICS AND
HEALTH REPORTER FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER AND
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ISAIAH KIM-MARTINEZ, SENIOR
REPORTER FOR WHAS11 IN
LOUISVILLE.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO KENTUCKY
POLITICS WITH KENTUCKY
CONNECTIONS.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR IS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH HELD THE
FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY IN 2024 AND MAY AGAIN IN
2028.
(01:31):
BESHEAR SAYS HE WILL NOT SAY IF
HE IS RUBBING FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE BUT HE ALSO DOES NOT
DISCLAIM INTEREST.
>> KENTUCKIANS KNOW MY FOCUS IS
ON THEIR DAILY LIVES.
THEIR DAILY NEEDS.
THAT EVERYDAY I'M WORKING TO
CREATE NEW JOBS BECAUSE I KNOW
THOSE GAINS WILL HELP MY HOME
STATE.
BE A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF MY FAMILIES.
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AND THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO SHOW
UP.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LEADERS
ACTUALLY DO.
LEADERS CAN'T BE AFRAID TO SHOW
UP BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION
MIGHT BE HARD OR BECAUSE THE
SITUATION IS TOUGH.
AND THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS CAN
WIN AGAIN.
KENTUCKY POLITICS WITH
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WASHINGTON CONNECTIONS AND ALSO
A SOUTH CAROLINA CONNECTION.
SO THE GOVERNOR'S MAKING SEVERAL
STOPS AS HE WAS INVITED TO
EVENTS IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
AND SAID HIS SON IN A BASEBALL
TOURNAMENT BUT A LOT OF
REPORTERS AND POLITICAL
OBSERVERS ARE READING BETWEEN
THE LINES.
>> WHAT'S THE SAYING?
(02:34):
COINCIDENCE IS A WORD YOU CANNOT
SEE THE LEVERS AND PULLEYS?
THIS IS CLEARLY THERE IS A
MESSAGE BEING SENT.
WE SEE THE GOVERNOR IN THIS
CASE, GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA, WHO
IS HE TALKING TO HERE?
UNION VOTERS, BLACK VOTERS, I
BELIEVE ONE OF THE COUNTIES HAD
VOTED FOR TRUMP THREE STRAIGHT
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TIMES.
THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
HE IS GETTING HIS MESSAGE OUT
THERE AND WE DO SEE SOME
COMPARISONS BETWEEN HIM AND
GAVIN NEWSOM WHERE DO THEY
ASSISTANT ON ISSUES AND THE
GOVERNOR BROUGHT UP LATER ON IN
THAT SPEECH THERE, HE BROUGHT UP
J.D. VANCE AGAIN.
HE SAID OVER IN BREATHITT COUNTY
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WHERE J.D. VANCE HAS ROOTS THE
COUNTY VOTED BY TRUMP MANY OF
THEM AND HE SAID I WON IT BY 22
POINTS.
HE IS TRYING TO CLEARLY SHOW HIS
CREDENTIALS BEYOND KENTUCKY
LIAM, IS THIS BESHEAR TESTING
THE WATERS?
>> IT APPEARS SO.
AS SOUTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THE
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FEW KEY STATES TALKING ABOUT
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.
YOU KNOW, FORMER PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN HE MOVED UP SOUTH CAROLINA
TO BE THE FIRST STATE IN THE DNC
PRIMARY CALENDAR BECAUSE IT
DELIVERED HIM A VICTORY THE
FIRST TIME AROUND WHEN HE WON
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY.
SO THERE'S SMALL SIGNS THAT
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LEADING UP TO THE POTENTIAL
PRESIDENTIAL RUN BY BESHEAR, THE
FACT THAT HE LAUNCHED A PODCAST,
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
ALSO LAUNCHED A PODCAST.
THAT ARE JUST POINTING TOWARDS
THE DIRECTION LEADING INTO 2028.
THESE ARE THE WAYS YOU
BECOME KNOWN IN THIS ERA.
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ALEX, CAN BESHEAR CONTINUE TO
COUNT ON INVITATIONS CONTINUING
TO ROLL IN?
CAN HE LEVERAGE HIS ROLE WHEN HE
HEADS UP THE DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION AND
CONTINUE TO MAKE TRIPS AND
APPEARANCES AND TRY TO BECOME
BETTER KNOWN WHILE ALSO DOING
THAT ROLE?
>> RIGHT.
A LOT OF WHAT IT INVOLVES BEING
THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC
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GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION IS
TRAVELING TO OTHER STATES AND
TRYING TO HELP OTHER DEMOCRATS
GET ELECTED BY ADDRESSING MASS
CROWDS OF VOTERS.
SO IT IS AN ORGANIC OPPORTUNITY
FOR HIM TO GET HIS FACE OUT IN
STATES WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
RECOGNIZE HIM AND GIVES HIM AN
EXCUSE TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY WITHOUT HAVING TO
RATIONALIZE BACK TO KENTUCKY WHY
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HE IS OUT THERE.
IT IS ANOTHER WAY THAT HE CAN
NATURALLY GET HIS VOICE IN
SUBTLE MESSAGE OUT THERE.
AS HE CONTINUES SORT OF STRADDLE
THE FINE LINE NOT SAYING HE IS
NOT RUNNING AND NOT CONFIRMING
THAT HE IS RUNNING T WORKS TO
HIS BENEFIT.
HE MIGHT NOT BE THE
ONLY KENTUCKY CONNECTION IN THE
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2028 RACE, J.D. VANCE'S EASTERN
KENTUCKY CONNECTIONS AND U.K.
PROFESSOR STEVEN VOSS TOLD ME
THAT SENATOR RAND PAUL MAY HAVE
A LANE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION.
>> HE WAS IN SHEPHERDSVILLE AND
ASKED ABOUT A REPORT THAT NAMED
HIM AMONGST OTHER REPUBLICANS AS
POSSIBLE HOPEFUL CONTENDERS FOR
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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2028.
AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT THAT
REPORT, HE DIDN'T DENY IT.
IN FACT IN THE FIRST COUPLE
SENTENCES HE SAID WE NEED A
PRESIDENT WE NEED A CANDIDATE AT
AT THAT TIME POINT WHO VALUES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
WHERE WE HEARD THIS CONVERSATION
BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY HE HAS BEEN A
STARK OPPONENT OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP AS IT RELATES TO TARIFFS.
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THAT IS A LOOK AT THE POLICIES
I'VE PUSHED FOR MOMENT FOR HIM.
AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
PRIOR, J.D. VANCE IS SEEN AS A
NATURAL FRONTRUNNER IN 2028.
BUT IF THE PARTY DOES WANT A
CLEAN BREAK FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
NOT SAYING THEY WILL BUT IF THEY
DO, HE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE
LOOPED INTO THAT VERSUS RAND
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PAUL AND MADE IT CLEAR IN THE
VOTING HAS A MUCH DIFFERENT VIEW
ON CERTAIN ISSUES AS IT RELATES
TO SPENDING AND TARIFFS.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE
THEM UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.
VICE-PRESIDENCY CAN BE
A MIXED BAG.
>> IT WORKED FOR JOE BIDEN BUT
IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH
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THE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL
INTERESTS OF KENTUCKIANS AND THE
FUNDRAISING REPORTS ROLLED IN
AND AND AND'S CAMPAIGN HAS $6
MILLION TO FUEL HIS CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS FAR AHEAD OF DANIEL
CAMERON'S HAUL AND NATE MORRIS
SIGNED UP LATE ENOUGH THAT HE
DIDN'T HAVE TO FILE A REPORT.
SO THERE WE ARE.
ISAIAH, WHAT IS THE EARLY
FUNDRAISING TELL US ABOUT THIS
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BID FOR THE U.S. SENATE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION?
>> WELL, WE KNEW THAT MONEY
WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE FOR ANDY
BARR AND NOT AN ISSUE FOR NATE
MORRIS.
THE NUMBER IS 6 MILLION FOR
CONGRESSMAN BARR AND DANIEL
CAMERON, THAT IS A NUMBER THAT
HAS CAUGHT A LOT OF FOLKS'
ATTENTION THERE WERE ARTICLES
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WRITTEN ON 550,000 THAT HE HAS
ON HAND.
HE WAS THE FIRST TO ANNOUNCE.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT SORT OF
DIFFERENCE IN MONEY RIGHT THERE
IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING.
ALSO THERE WAS THE
ABILITY TO TRANSFER THE HOUSE
MONEY ON BARR'S PART.
>> THERE WAS A COUPLE MILLION
THERE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN IN THE
HOUSE, 10, 12 YEARS, SO IT WILL
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BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS
RACE.
AND ALEX, WE KNOW THAT DANIEL
CAMERON HAS NAME ID NATURALLY
BECAUSE OF THE RACES HE'S WON
AND BEEN IN.
>> HE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE
CURRENTLY IN THIS SLATE WHO HAS
RUN MULTIPLE STATE-WIDE RACES.
I HAVE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WHO
READ THE NEWS WHO ARE
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WELL-INFORMED THAT KNOW WHO
DANIEL CAMERON IS AND WHO DO NOT
KNOW WHO ANDY BARR IS.
THAT MIGHT CHANGE WHEN
TELEVISION ADDS TO HOMES IN THE
STATE.
AND AT THIS EARLY POINT IT IS
EXPECTED THAT BARR WOULD HAVE
THE CASH THAT HE HAS.
IT'S SURPRISING DANIEL IS SO LOW
BUT HE HAS THE BENEFIT OF THE
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NAME RECOGNITION THAT NEITHER OF
THE OTHER TWO HAVE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT WHO
CONGRESSMAN BARR'S TEAM IS GOING
AFTER IN ADS.
THEY ARE GOING AFTER NATE MORRIS
MORE THAN DANIEL CAMERON.
AT LEAST PUBLICLY FROM WHAT I'VE
SEEN.
THAT SOMETIMES GIVES YOU A SENSE
WHO CAMPAIGNS SEE AS THE BIGGER
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OPPONENT OR THREAT POSSIBLY.
>> SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN TALKING
ABOUT, I GUESS, THE JOCKEYING
GOING AROUND, IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW NATE
MORRIS STAKES OUT A POSITION AS
WELL.
HE COMES FROM, SAY, CONNECTIONS
IN THE TRUMP WORLD.
HE DID ANNOUNCE HIS CAMPAIGN ON
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DONALD TRUMP'S JUNIOR'S PODCAST
AND I BELIEVE AXIOS REPORTED
ROLLED OUT A NEW AD FOR SOMEONE
WHO MAYBE SIMILAR TO ANDY BARR
DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH NAME
RECOGNITION AS DANIEL CAMERON HE
IS STAKING OUT SPECIFIC STRONG
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POSITIONS ON IMMIGRATION.
HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A
DISTINGUISH --
TRYING TO DISTINGUISH HIMSELF AS
SOMEONE ISN'T GOING TO CONTINUE
MITCH McCONNELL'S LEGACY.
AXIOS REPORTED IN THAT AD NATE
MORRIS SAID HE IS A TRUMP GUY
NOT A McCONNELL BOY.
THEY ALL HAVE
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CONNECTIONS TO McCONNELL BUT
RUNNING FROM THE CONNECTIONS.
>> THEY ARE.
I PRESSED NATE MORRIS ABOUT IT I
INTERVIEWED HIM IN LOUISVILLE
WHICH A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW.
HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL THERE,
PRAYED FOOTBALL AND HAD AN
INJURY.
AND I ASKED HIM, WHEN IT COMES
TO MITCH McCONNELL, EVERYONE
IN THE G.O.P. SEEMINGLY HAS
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CONNECTIONS TO HIM IN ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER AND HE QUICKLY SAID
LISTEN I INTERNED FOR HIS OFFICE
FOR THREE MONTHS AND HAVEN'T
SPOKEN TO HIM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
BOTTOM LINE THEY ARE ALL
JOCKEYING FOR THE TRUMP
ENDORSEMENT.
NATE MORRIS TOLD ME HE SAID
SYSTEMICALLY WHO THE PRESIDENT
LIKES TO EMPOWER PEOPLE THAT
COME FROM THE OUTSIDE, PEOPLE
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THAT HAVE BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS
HE IS CLEARLY GOING FOR THAT
HAVE NO CONNECTIONS TO POLL
STICKS BEFORE THIS POINT.
POLITICS BEFORE THIS POINT.
AS PUNDITS WILL TELL YOU YOU
HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT AND
WE HAVE TO LISTEN FOR POLICIES.
ALEX AS WE KNOW ALL THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WANT
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PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT,
DO WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT THEIR
PRIORITIES WILL BE TRUMP'S
PRIORITIES, AND WILL THOSE ALIGN
WITH KENTUCKIANS WHO ARE SEEING
THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE CUTS
TO MEDICAID?
>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING HOW
WE'VE SEEN THEM ALL GO AT
MESSAGES THAT TRUMP HAS HIMSELF
REPEATED THAT THEY THINK WILL
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RESONATE WITH KENTUCKY VOTERS.
SO FAR, LITTLE MENTION OF
MEDICAID.
SOME MENTION OF CUTTING WASTE,
FRAUD AND ABUSE.
ANDY BARR'S FIRST AD YOU COULD
DRAW MAD LIB OF ALL OF THE FIRE
BRAND CONSERVATIVE ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN TOP OF MIND THE LAST
FIVE YEARS.
HE MENTIONED ALL IN A 45-SECOND
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AD.
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, NO TRANS
GIRLS IN SPORTS.
SECURING THE BORDER AND DETEETH
THE WOKE AGENDA AS WE GET CLOSER
THEY WILL BE PRESSED ON MORE
CONCRETE ISSUES THE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL HAS SEVERE CUTS
TO MEDICAID IN A STATE THAT
IMPACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR
DISTRICT THEY ARE HOPEFUL
DISTRICT.
THAT WILL BE A FINE NEEDLE TO
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THREAD.
AND WE DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW THEY
WILL HANDLE IT.
I THINK IT'S MORE THEY WILL
FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES
RATHER THAN LOOK THIS IS THE
REASON WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
GETTING CUT FROM MEDICAID
BECAUSE OF TRUMP'S BILL.
>> IT'S WORTH NOTING WE'VE SEEN
THE FISCAL HAWKS LIKE RAND PAUL
AND THOMAS MASSIE VOTE NO ON
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PROVISIONS BUT THEY BUILT UP THE
CLOUT TO DO THAT.
WHOEVER IS REPLACING McCONNELL
YOU START FROM SQUARE ONE YOU
ARE THE JUNIOR SENATOR THEY ARE
NOT LOOKING AT VOTING NO ON
TRUMP'S PRIORITIES AT LEAST
INITIALLY.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE?
PAMELA STEVENSON IS IN AND IS
CAMPAIGNING?
>> I TALKED TO HER AND SHE WON'T
(12:47):
TELL YOU THIS I HAVE TALKED TO
PEOPLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THAT ACKNOWLEDGE AS A FINANCE
PERSPECTIVE, THINGS ARE NOT
GOING GREAT FOR HER ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING SHE ANNOUNCED HERE A
BIT AGO, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
I AM HEARING THAT POTENTIALLY
THAT THERE ARE SOME MURMURS
THERE COULD BE AN OUTSIDE OF
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POLITICS CANDIDATE GET IN MAYBE
AN ATTORNEY THAT COULD MAKE
THINGS INTERESTING BUT PAMELA
STEVENSON AS FAR AS MOMENTUM IN
LOUISVILLE, IT HASN'T QUITE BEEN
WHERE MAYBE FOLKS HAD HOPED IN
LOUISVILLE.
AND I ASKED THE GOVERNOR IF HE
WOULD ENDORSE HER AND CAMPAIGN
FOR HER AND HE DIDN'T GIVE ME A
STRAIGHT ANSWER THERE.
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THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU INSIGHT.
STILL A WAIT-AND-SEE
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
>> SURE THING.
WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY
FROM FANCY FARM SOME CALL IT THE
SUPER BOWL OF KENTUCKY POLITICS.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEMOCRATS
ARE LARGELY STAYING AWAY.
AND KET ALSO ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
IT WON'T BE COVERING FANCY FARM
BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED CUTS IN
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FEDERAL FUNDING.
KET MANAGEMENT SAID IT WAS
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED TO NOT BE
ABLE TO BE AT FANCY FARM.
HOW WILL THAT CHANGE THE
ATTENTION THAT FANCY FARM HAS
GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS, WITH
STATE-WIDE COVERAGE?
YOU WORKED IN THAT AREA FOR SOME
YEARS?
>> SURE.
SO KET FOR ONE THING, IT
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PROVIDED VISIBILITY JUST FROM
THE FACT THAT THEY BROADCAST THE
SPEECHES LIVE.
IT PROVIDES VISIBILITY FOR THE
CANDIDATES' MESSAGES.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE ACTIVITY AND
THE CHANCE AND YELLING
BEFOREHAND AS WELL.
FANCY FARM IS AN EVENTS AND KET
IN MY OPINION ALWAYS DID A GOOD
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JOB OF CAPTURING THAT ENERGY.
SO WITHOUT THE COVERAGE, IT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE
OTHER MEDIA THERE.
BUT KET DID PROVIDE A STATE-WIDE
PLATFORM, A STATE-WIDE FOCUS FOR
THE COVERAGE THAT MAYBE OTHER
SMALLER REGIONAL OUTLETS WON'T
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NECESSARILY THEIR AUDIENCES ARE
MORE SPECIFIC.
AND THE LOCAL STORIES.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN AS LIAM
SAID KET WE WORK FOR OUTLETS WE
WILL BE AT FANCY FARM BUT OUR
READERS ARE BASED IN LEXINGTON
AND LOUISVILLE.
KET WAS THE ONLY OUTLET THAT
CAST WHAT IS HAPPENING AT FANCY
FARM STATE-WIDE AND THE FOOT
ARMING IS USED BY SMALLER
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STATIONS THERE WILL BE A DEFICIT
OF COVERAGE BECAUSE OF THAT.
FANCY FARM WAS ONCE
DEMOCRATIC DOMINATED AND THEN
BIPARTISAN AND WE KNOW THAT
LIEUTENANT JACQUELINE COLEMAN,
THE SENATE CANDIDATE PAMELA
STEVENSON, DO NOT PLAN TO BE AT
FANCY FARM THEY ARE GOING TO
ALVIN BARCLAY DINNER TWO DAYS
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BEFORE.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
>> CERTAINLY HAS.
THE THREE G.O.P. CANDIDATES FOR
THAT SENATE RACE, THEY SAID YES,
QUICKLY AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IN
THIS KIND OF THE YEAR BEFORE
SUCH A BIG PRIMARY YOU CAN
IMAGINE SOMEONE LIKE A PAMELA
STEVENSON WOULD MAYBE IN DECADES
PAST BE A SHOO-IN TO GO.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT HAS AS
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KENTUCKY AS SORT OF SHIFTED RED
MORE AND MORE RED OVER THE
YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN FANCY FARM
MIMIC THAT SHIFT.
>> AND YOU KNOW, SMALL THICK TO
NOTE, THE POLITICAL CHAIRMAN
STEVEN OTTER SENT OUT AN E-MAIL
MENTIONING COLEMAN'S ATTEND
DANCE AT THE BARCLAY DINNER, AND
MENTIONED THE HISTORY OF THE
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EVENT HOW ALVIN BARCLAY A GREAT
ORATOR, AND HOW OBVIOUSLY THE
TWO PARTIES WOULD USE THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO FANCY FARM AS A
WAY TO BUILDUP THE ENERGY OF THE
EVENTS THAT IS THE FANCY FARM
PICNIC.
BUT IT JUST, AGAIN, DECADES
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PAST.
SPOKE TO 8,000 PEOPLE
IN THE BID FOR GOVERNOR IN 1923.
THE SIXTH DISTRICT HOUSE RACE IN
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CLOSELY
WATCHED IT IS OPEN BECAUSE ANDY
BARR IS LEAVING TO MAKE THIS
SENATE RUN.
TWO MORE CANDIDATES JUMPED INTO
THE RACE THIS WEEK.
FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR RALPH
ALVARADO IS RUNNING FOR THE
SEAT.
AND DEMOCRAT ZACH DEMBO, ALSO
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ANNOUNCED HE IS IN.
THERE IS AN IMAGE OF ALVARADO
AND THAT IS DEMBO ON YOUR
SCREEN.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE
CANDIDATES?
ALVARADO WAS A STATE SENATOR AND
MATT BEVIN'S RUNNING MATE IN
2019 AND 2020 TO TENNESSEE AS
THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER.
>> MOST KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE WAS
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MATT BEVIN'S RUNNING MATE WHEN
HE TRIED TO RUN FOR A SECOND
TERM AND BESHEAR BEAT HIM.
'S ANNOUNCED AFTER COVID IN 2023
HE WAS GOING TO TENNESSEE TO BE
THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER.
AND HE SPLIT HIS TIME BETWEEN
TENNESSEE AND HIS HOME IN CLARK
COUNTY AND ANNOUNCED HE'S VYING
FOR THE SEAT WHICH IS
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INTERESTING.
ZACH DEMBO IS NOW IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FORMER
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND WORKED IN
THE BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION AND
HE HAS SAID A FEW THINGS ALREADY
IN HIS TWO DAYS ON THE THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE
SHOW ABOUT WHO IS THE GOVERNOR
GOING TO ENDORSE IN THIS RACE?
HE HAS ENDORSED CHERLYNN
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STEVENSON IN THE PAST.
I CAN TELL YOU THEIR TEAM IS
CONFIDENT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN
BUT HEARING WORDS FROM SOMEBODY
WORKED IN THE ADMINISTRATION
FROM THE KENTUCKY LANTERN, HE
SAID SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED
FROM GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS I DON'T
THINK THAT KENTUCKIANS ARE
WAKING UP THINKING ABOUT WHO
THEY VOTE FOR OR WHAT PARTY THEY
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ARE REGISTERED.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR
FAMILIES AND HOW THEY CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL AND HAVE A
GOOD-PAYING JOB AND MAKING ENDS
MEET.
THAT IS EXACTLY GOVERNOR
BESHEAR'S MESSAGE GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT POSSIBLY IS NOT A
CO-BINS KENS --
COINCIDENCE.
STEVENSON RAISE THE
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$210 MILLION.
>> I'M TOLD ANY DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE IN THAT DISTRICT HAS
RAISED IN THE INITIAL FILING IN
OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT IS NO SMALL NUMBER THE
BIGGEST ON BOTH SIDES AND THEY
FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT OVER
$200,000.
WE SAW IN THE FILING
THAT ANOTHER OPPONENT FORMER
LEXINGTON COUNCILMAN DAVID
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KLOIBER GAVE HIS CAMPAIGN A
$97,000 LOAN AND PUT HALF A
MILLION IN RUN FOR LEXINGTON
MAYOR IN 2022.
>> WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
IT IS NOT A GREAT SIGN IF YOU
HAVE TO DIG INTO YOUR OWN
POCKETS HE IS TRYING TO KEEP HIS
NAME OUT THERE AND IT IS A
TACTIC AND IT COULD WORK.
HE DID RAISE MONEY AS
(19:31):
WELL.
>> HE DID.
RYAN DOTSON LOANED
HIMSELF MONEY AND WENT TO
WASHINGTON THIS WEEK AND TALKED
WITH FOLKS THERE.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE EXACTLY
WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT UP THERE.
AND THEN DEANNA GORDON, DID NOT
HAVE TO FILE A CAMPAIGN REPORT
BECAUSE SHE ENTERED THE RACE
LATE.
YOU HAVE THESE THREE CANDIDATES
(19:52):
NOW OUT THERE.
>> YEAH, AND DEANNA GORDON HAS
BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
CERTAINLY GOTTEN THE MEDIA'S
ATTENTION.
I BELIEVE SHE HAD A POST TODAY
OR YESTERDAY FROM THE BLUEGRASS
AIRPORT IN LEXINGTON SORT OF
POKING FUN AT Mr. ALVARADO'S
HISTORY NOW IN TENNESSEE
(20:12):
OBVIOUSLY.
IS IT TENNESSEE?
YEAH, TENNESSEE AND SAYING WELL,
SHOULD I GIVE HIM THE WELCOME
HOME OR WELCOME TO CENTRAL
KENTUCKY POINTING TO THE FACT HE
HAS BEEN GONE.
THERE WAS A MESSAGE TO VOTERS
SAYING WE DON'T NEED SOMEONE
PARACHUTING IN.
THERE'S JABS BEING THROWN.
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ANOTHER PRIMARY IS IN
NORTHERN AREA WHERE PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S TEAM WANTS TO DEFEAT
THOMAS MASSIE AND RAND PAUL SAYS
HE WILL ENDORSE CONGRESSMAN
THOMAS MASSIE NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT ADDS TO THE FLAVOR OF
THAT RACE.
>> CERTAINLY.
AND YOU SAW THAT SENATOR RAND
(20:53):
PAUL AND REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS
MASSIE HAVE BOTH SORT OF BEEN IN
LINE WITH ELON MUSK AS HE SPLIT
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AT LEAST
FOR NOW.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY DO
LINEUP A LOT OF WAYS WHEN IT
COMES TO POLICIES ON SPENDING
THEIR BELIEFS IN CUTTING THE
DEFICIT, LONG-TERM DEBT IS OF
THE GREATEST CONCERN.
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THOMAS MASSIE HAS BEEN IN THE
NEWS FOR OTHER REASONS, TOO.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A
LITTLE BIT.
THE SAFER KENTUCKY ACT
IS NOW A YEAR OLD AND IT'S ALSO
HAS CRITICS REMAINING
CRIMINALIZES HOMELESSNESS AND
THE HOMELESS NUMBERS HAVE JUMPED
AT A TIME WHEN KENTUCKY IS
(21:36):
LIKELY TO SEE HOUSING PROGRAMS
CUT.
>> YEAH, THE HOUSING STATE
HOUSING CORPORATION WHICH IS A
QUASI GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT
MANAGES FEDERAL HUD HOUSING
FUNDS THAT CAN BE REB TALL
ASSISTANCE OR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS GET
OFF THE STREET INTO HOUSING.
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BUT HOUSING CORPORATION REPORTED
ABOUT ROUGHLY 11% INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
THEY ARE POINTING TO THE NUMBERS
FROM THE ANNUAL COUNTS THEY DO.
AND THEY MAINLY CITE THE ONGOING
HOUSING SHORTAGE AS A PRIMARY
DRIVER FOR THIS.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
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BECOMING HOMELESS ARE BECOMING
HOMELESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND
HOUSING THAT IS SUITABLE TO
THEM.
IT LOOKS LIKE
KENTUCKY'S GOING TO NEED MORE
POWER AND THAT IS OPENING UP
SOME DISCUSSIONS.
LIAM, LG AND E AND KU SAY THEY
ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
(22:38):
INCREASE IN NEED TO PUT OUT
ELECTRICITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THE DATA CENTERS THAT WE SEE
POPPING UP.
>> YEAH AND THE DATA CENTERINGS
ARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A.I.
SERVICES BETWEEN CHATGPT OR GROK
OR ET CETERA, THEY ARE OFTEN
POWERED BY WHAT ARE CALLED DATA
CENTERS.
THE VERY, VERY ENERGY INTENSIVE
(23:01):
COMPUTER HUBS THAT PROCESS AND
BASICALLY ARE THE FOUNDATION
ELECTRICAL FOUNDATION BEHIND THE
SERVICES.
AND UTILITIES THEY SAY THEY NEED
A LOT MORE POWER FOR THAT.
THEY ARE PROPOSING NEW GAS
GENERATION AND ALSO A QUESTION
AS TO WHO IS GOING TO COVER THE
(23:23):
TRANSMISSION COSTS AND THE COST
OF THESE NEW GENERATION THAT ARE
MAINLY PRIMARILY SERVICING THESE
DATA CENTERS.
WILL RATEPAYERS HAVE TO CARRY
SOME OF THAT BURDEN AND HOW
MUCH?
THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION IS STUDYING NUCLEAR
POWER?
>> YES, THEY OPENED A CASE IN
RECENT WEEKS ASKING STAKEHOLDERS
(23:44):
IN THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH-IN.
NUCLEAR POWER IS YOU KNOW, IT'S
A SOURCE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR A WHILE BUT THERE HASN'T
BEEN NEW NUCLEAR POWER BEING
BUILT BUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION WANTS TO LOOK AT IT
AND SEE IF KENTUCKY CAN BRING IN
A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
U.K. THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.K.
(24:05):
CENTER OF APPLIED ENERGY DID SAY
TO LAWMAKERS, THOUGH, LAST YEAR,
THAT WE SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY
EXPECT NUCLEAR POWER TO BE IN
KENTUCKY WITHIN THE NEXT 10
YEARS.
THE COURT OF APPEALS
SAYS A WOMAN CAN CHALLENGE
KENTUCKY'S 2022 ABORTION BAN.
>> SHE INITIALLY SUED IN 2022,
(24:33):
AND THEY BELIEVE THAT LIFE
BEGINS AT BIRTH RATHER THAN
CONCEPTION AND SHE SAID BECAUSE
HOW KENTUCKY LAW DEFINES AN
EMBRYO AS AN UNUNBORN HUMAN
BEING, IF EMBRYOS ARE DISCARDED
SHE IS WORRIED THAT SHE COULD BE
CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THAT LAW
AND RESULT IN A FELONY CHARGE.
(24:55):
JUDGES COURT OF APPEALS FRIDAY
FOUND SHE HAD STANDING WHICH
MEANS SHE IS INJURED BY THE LAW
BECAUSE SHE PAYS 800 A YEAR TO
HAVE HER EMBRYOS STORED BECAUSE
SHE CANCELED AN IMPLANTATION
BECAUSE SHE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT
THE TRIGGER BAN.
NOW SHE GETS TO HAVE HER CASE
HEARD BEFORE A COURT AND PLEAD
(25:16):
THE MERITS THE FIRST TIME THAT'S
HAPPENED IN KENTUCKY.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING
RAMPAGE THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE
IN LEXINGTON DEAD INCLUDING THE
SHOOTER.
QUESTIONS RAISED INCLUDING
PROTECTIVE ORDER.
>> THE EXFILED FOR AN EMERGENCY
ORDER EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THERE
WAS A HEARING THE FOLLOWING DAY
(25:38):
AND IT RAISED CONCERNS HOW
QUICKLY THOSE THINGS ARE ISSUES.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO QUICKEN
THAT PROCESS.
SENTENCING FOR THE MAN
CONVICTED IN BREONNA TAYLOR'S
RAID IS COMING UP.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDED A SENTENCE.
>> THREE YEARS SUPERVISED
RELEASE NO PRISON TIME.
NOT A THOUGHT A FEW MONTHS AGO
(25:58):
WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, THE
DODGE HAS DIFFERENT, DOJ HAVE
DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND THEY
ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT IS
NOT WHAT THE FAMILY WAS HOPING
FOR.
HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING
HER CIVIL RIGHTS.
COVINGTON CONSIDERING
ADDING A PUBLIC AREA WHERE
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ADULTS CAN CONSUME ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES AND THEY ARE
CONSIDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE
CALLED.
IT REQUIRES SPECIAL CITY
APPROVAL TO DO THAT.
THAT MAY COME NEXT MONTH.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY"
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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