July 28, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including the latest political happenings with the Fancy Farm event just over a week away. Panelists: Austin Horn, Lexington Herald-Leader; Russ Cassady, Appalachian Newspapers; and Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern.
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>> Bill (00:08):
CURRENT CANDIDATES IN
KENTUCKY'S OPEN U.S. SENATE RACE
ARE ON THE MOVE.
BUT ARE OTHER NAMES STILL IN THE
MIX?
THE SIXTH DISTRICT HOUSE RACE
LEFT OPEN BY ANDY BARR EMERGES
AS ONE TO WATCH.
KENTUCKY GETS APPROVAL FOR MORE
DISASTER ASSISTANCE AFTER THE
SPRING FLOODS AND TORNADOES.
A JUDGE GIVES A FORMER POLICE
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OFFICER CONVICTED IN THE BREONNA
TAYLOR RAID MORE THAN
PROSECUTORS ASKED FOR.
A WEEK BEFORE THE CROWDS ARRIVE
AT FANCY FARM, COMMENT IS NEXT
ON KET.
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GOOD EVENING IN THE MIDDLE OF A
HEATWAVE I'M BILL BRYANT AND WE
WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT ON
KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK AT ON SOME
ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS IN
THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE GUESTS
ON OUR PANT OF WORKING KENTUCKY
JOURNALISTS TONIGHT ARE SARAH
LADD HEALTH AND POLICY REPORTER
FOR THE KENTUCKY LANTERN.
AUSTIN HORN SENIOR POLITICAL
REPORTER FOR THE LEXINGTON
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HERALD-LEADER.
AND JOINING US REMOTELY IS
RUSSELL CASSADY REGIONAL EDITOR
OF APPALACHIAN NEWSPAPERS.
ALSO TONIGHT WILL KENTUCKY HAVE
TO GIVE BACK COVID MONEY BECAUSE
RULES WERE NOT FOLLOWED AND A
TIME CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR'S OAKS
DAY RACE.
RIGHT TO POLITICS A WEEK FROM
FANCY FARM KET ANNOUNCED IT WILL
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COVER THE POLITICAL SPEAKINGS
NEXT WEEK AT THE PICNIC THANKS
TO A DONATION FROM THE KENTUCKY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AUSTIN THAT MEANS THE SPACHS
WILL GET A LOT OF VISIBILITY
STATE-WIDE AFTER ALL?
>> I THINK SO.
AND THEY MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT
OF EXTRA VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF
THE FLIP-FLOP REVERSAL OR
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
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FROM KET.
THEY PULLED OUT AND NOW THEY ARE
BACK.
THEY GOT TWO ROUNDS OF HEADLINES
FROM IT.
AND THE BIG THING THAT PEOPLE
ARE WATCHING IS THE REPUBLICANS
ON THE U.S. SENATE SIDE.
YOU HAVE THREE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT ONES THEY WILL SHARE
THE STAGE TOGETHER.
WE'VE SEEN THE COMMERCIALS,
WE'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS BUT IT'S
DIFFERENT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY
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IN PERSON TRY TO COMMAND AN
AUDIENCE, TRY TO COMMAND THE TV
AUDIENCE AS WELL.
AND GET THEIR JOKES OFF AND ALSO
SEEM CHARMING LIKE A COOL
PERSON.
IT'S A HARD TIGHT ROPE TO
BALANCE.
I DON'T ENVY THEM IN THAT ROLE
IN.
PEOPLE TRYING TO
INTERRUPT THEM THE ENTIRE TIME
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THEY ARE TRYING TO DELIVER THEIR
MESSAGE.
>> DANIEL CAMERON HAS THE MOST
EXPERIENCE BUT NATE MORRIS AND
ANDY BARR WITH WIN OVER HEARTS
AND MINDSES.
>> IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
WAY THAT POLITICIANS PLAY TO A
LIVE CAMERA AND MAYBE A
STATE-WIDE AUDIENCE AS OPPOSED
TO JUST FOR THE SPECTATORS WHO
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ARE THERE AND THE SOUNDBYTES
THAT THE REPORTERS ARE LOOKING
FOR?
>> WELL, MAYBE IN SOME WAYS.
IT'S LESS CONTROLLED.
YOU SORT OF MIGHT BE MORE
ACCOUNTABLE TO CERTAIN TOPICS
YOU WANT TO AVOID IN AN AD OR
SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHEREAS AUSTIN SAID YOU HAVE
REAL PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND YEAH, YOU HAVE TO MAYBE SORT
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OF ADDRESS THINGS YOU DON'T WANT
TO.
THIS IS A LARGELY
REPUBLICAN EVENT THIS YEAR,
RIGHT?
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE
CONFIRMED MOST DEMOCRATS ARE
STAYING AWAY.
>> U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE PAMELA
STEVENSON, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
JACQUELINE COLEMAN HAVE SAID NO.
THOSE ARE THE MORE PROMINENT
ONES.
ANDY BESHEAR I THINK WE ARE HE
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ASTILL WAITING ON.
I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTING IT.
BUT IT IS ODD.
I THINK PEOPLE EXPECT THIS TO BE
A BIPARTISAN EVENT USUALLY.
I SORT OF THINK OF MAMDANI IS
THE NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE
HEADLINES ALL THE TIME.
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AND PEOPLE RUNNING IN KENTUCKY
DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO
EMULATE HIS POLITICS BECAUSE
THEY ARE FAR LEFT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LAUDED HIS
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND THE
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY WAS I'M GOING
TO GO EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONE I
WILL BE EVERYWHERE.
I THINK MAMDANI WOULD GO TO
FANCY FARM.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT FOR CERTAIN
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BUT I THINK HE WOULD.
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE REALLY
KIND OF RETREATING A LITTLE BIT
IN THIS WAY AND MAYBE THAT IS A
SMART THING, MAYBE IT'S NOT.
BUT IT'S DIFFERENT.
WE KNOW IT WILL BE A
RAUCOUS EVENT IN FAR WESTERN
KENTUCKY AS IT HAS BEEN FOR
GENERATIONS.
RUSS, WILL PEOPLE IN FAR EASTERN
KENTUCKY WHERE YOU EDIT THE
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PUBLICATIONS THERE, BE PAYING
CLOSE ATTENTION?
>> I THINK SO.
I THINK ESPECIALLY SINCE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS
AND HERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY WE
ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO SOME OF
THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES
THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED AND
PASSED LIKE SUCH AS THE ONE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL.
THERE'S DISCUSSION OF THE
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POSSIBILITY OF 35 HOSPITALS
HAVING TO SHUT DOWN AND THEN
MOST OF THOSE ARE IN OUR AREA.
SO I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING
A LOT MORE ATTENTION AND PAYING
ATTENTION TO MAYBE NOT SO MUCH
THE RAUCOUS BACK AND FORTH BUT
THE POLICIES.
AND TO SEE WHAT THESE CANDIDATES
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO THREAD THE
NEEDLE OF KEEPING THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT OR GAINING
(05:25):
THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT WHILE
MITIGATING THE DAMAGES THAT SOME
OF THE POLICIES COMING OUT OF
WASHINGTON COULD HAVE IN RURAL
AREAS LIKE EASTERN KENTUCKY.
SARAH IT MIGHT BE SAID
THIS YEAR WHILE THE
PERSONALITIES OFTEN WHAT CARRY
THE DAY AT FANCY FARM, THE
POLITICS AND POLICIES WILL BE
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PROBABLY ON DISPLAY?
>> YEAH, AND WE HAVEN'T STARTED
TO SEE THE EFFECT AT ALL OF THE
ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, THAT
RUSS MENTIONED.
WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE
COMING.
CONGRESS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY
TRIMMED THE WAY MEDICAID WILL
LOOK AND THE WAY S.N.A.P. WILL
LOOK.
THESE ARE POLICIES THAT WILL
AFFECT A LOT OF KENTUCKIANS AND
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YOU CAN LOOK AT IT IN A POSITIVE
OR NEGATIVE LIGHT DEPENDING ON
YOUR POLITICS.
WE KNOW PEOPLE FOOD BANKS,
ANTI-HUNGER ADVOCATES SAY PEOPLE
WILL LOSE S.N.A.P. BENEFITS AND
THEY WILL BE HUNGRY.
KENTUCKY HAS HIGH RATES OF
HUNGER THESE ARE REAL THINGS
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THAT IS AFFECTING A STATE THAT
SAY RED STATE.
THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY AS
PEOPLE LOOK FOR RUSS MENTIONED
HOSPITALS CLOSING THAT MEANS
PEOPLE LOSING JOBS.
THESE ARE REAL ISSUES UNDERNEATH
ALL THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
POLITICS OF IT.
AND WE KNOW THAT A WEEK
IS A LONGTIME IN U.S. POLITICS
TODAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
(06:50):
UNFROZE FEDERAL EDUCATION
DOLLARS TODAY THAT HAD BEEN A
SOURCE OF CONTENTION AND
COMPLAINT AND THAT MONEY WILL
COME TO KENTUCKY.
>> THERE THERE'S SO MANY BACK
AND FORTHS ON FUNDING BEING
FROZEN, RELEASED AND LETTERS
SENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON
WITH FUNDING.
IT CAN GET CONFUSING TO FOLLOW
IT ALL.
FANCY FARM HAS TO BE IN
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REALTIME IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW
REFLECTING THE ISSUES OF THE
MOMENT.
>> FOR SURE.
THE U.S. SENATE RACE
WILL BE ON THE TOP OF THE BALLOT
IN KENTUCKY AND MITCH
McCONNELL'S NAME WON'T BE
THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
1984.
AUSTIN SET THE SCENE FOR THIS
RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION WHERE IT APPEARS TO
BE AND ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU
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NOTED THIS WEEK THAT IT MAY NOT
BE COMPLETE.
>> YEAH.
THERE'S SOMEONE LOOMING IN THE
DISTANCE NOT VERY QUIETLY AND
THAT IS SCOTT LEWIS HE IS A
LONGTIME PR PROFESSIONAL HERE IN
KENTUCKY HAS BECOME A BONA-FIDE
CONSERVATIVE CELEBRITY.
HE IS THE LONE RIGHT-WING
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COMMENTATOR ON "CNN" AND HAS
MADE SORT OF A BIG BRAND OF
HIMSELF OF OWNING THE LIBS ON TV
WHICH IS A THING THAT
CONSERVATIVES REALLY VALUE.
AND HE'S GAINED A LOT OF
APPRECIATION FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP HIMSELF AND SAID
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STRAIGHTFORWARD WARDLY, IF I GET
WORD FROM DONALD TRUMP THAT HE
IS GOING TO SUPPORT ME, FOR THE
U.S. SENATE?
KENTUCKY, THEN I WILL GO.
HE HASN'T SAID THOSE EXACT WORDS
BUT THAT IS WHAT HE SAID.
THAT WOULD MIX-UP THE RACE.
WITH THE THREE VERY STRONG
CANDIDATES WHO ARE IN THE RACE
RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE GOT DANIEL
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CAMERON ON ONE END OF THE
SPECTRUM.
HE'S RELATIVELY LOW ON CASH
RIGHT NOW.
BUT HE HAS THE STRONGEST NAMENT
ID THE CURRENCY IN POLITICS OF
ANY CANDIDATE.
YOU KNOW WHO DANIEL CAMERON IS
AND PROBABLY LIKE HIM.
SO ON THE OTHER END OF THE
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SPECTRUM IS LEXINGTON
ENTREPRENEUR NATE MORRIS.
HE'S UP ON TV RIGHT NOW.
HE'S VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN BUT HE'S
STARTING TO BUILD HIS BRAND.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE
COMMERCIALS TAKING OUT THE TRASH
AND MITCH McCONNELL AND DANIEL
CAMERON AND IN THE MIDDLE IS
ANDY BARR, WHO HAS A GOOD AMOUNT
OF MONEY TO HIS NAME.
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BUT HAS BEEN A REGIONAL
POLITICAL PHENOMENON LATELY IN
LEXINGTON.
WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TV
MARKET BECAUSE IT TOUCHES SO
MANY PLACES.
BUT HE STILL HAS A CHALLENGE IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.
LOUISVILLE IN PARTICULAR, IS
WHERE HE WOULD BENEFIT TO CRACK
INTO.
IS MORRIS IN A RACE TO
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DEFINE HIMSELF BEFORE HIS
OPPONENTS DEFINE HIM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU SAW IT HIS OPPONENTS SEE
HIM AS A LEGITIMATE THREAT
THEY'VE UNLEASHED MATERIALS ON
FAKE NATE HOW HE DID LIBERAL
POLICIES WHEN C.E.O. OF RUBICON,
THE COMPANY THAT HE LED.
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I'VE SEEN PHOTOS OF HIM WEARS A
BROOKS BROTHERS MASK DURING THE
COVID PANDEMIC AS PROOF THAT
HE'S NOT AS ON THE RIGHT AS HE
CLAIMS TO BE.
AND HE DOES CLAIM TO BE VERY
MUCH ON RIGHT.
HE IS THE ONLY ONE SAYING I WANT
A MORATORIUM ON ALL IMMIGRATION
RIGHT NOW.
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THAT'S VERY FAR RIGHT ON
IMMIGRATION ISSUES.
SARAH AS REPUBLICAN
LEADERS LEAN INTO THEIR SUPPORT
FOR THE PRESIDENT AND FOR THE
BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL AND SO ON,
HOW DO THEY THREAD THAT NEEDLE
IN PLEASING THE PRESIDENT MAYBE
HOPING TO GET HIS ENDORSEMENT AT
THE SAME TIME FACING QUESTIONS
ABOUT BUDGET CUTS THAT WILL
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IMPACT KENTUCKY?
>> I KNOW ON SOME OF THE FEDERAL
LAWMAKERS' SIDE SOME ADVOCATES
SAID THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH TO
THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THEY ARE
NOT WILLING TO ANSWER SOME OF
THOSE QUESTIONS.
I THINK GOING FORWARD, A LOT OF
THE PRESSURE IS GOING TO SHIFT
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO
STATE LAWMAKERS.
BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS DONE WHAT
THEY'VE DONE.
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SO NOW YOU HAVE TO SORT OF LOOK
TO FRANKFORT AND SAY OKAY, IF
THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE WE ARE
LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
IF PEOPLE ARE LOSING S.N.A.P.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FEED THEM
AND RUN A S.N.A.P. PROGRAM THAT
MAKES SURE THAT CHILDREN AREN'T
HUNGRY, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE
THAT HOSPITALS STAY OPEN.
THE PRESSURE IS GOING TO SORT OF
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SHIFT MORE TO THE LEGISLATURE AT
LEAST FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM
ADVOCATES.
RUSS, WHAT DO YOU THINK
WILL ENGAGE VOTERS IN EASTERN
KENTUCKY?
>> A LOT WILL BE SELF-INTEREST
TO SOME EXTENT.
AS WE MENTIONED, THE HEALTHCARE
IMPACTS FOR EXAMPLE THE ONE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL, HEALTHCARE JOBS
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HAVE KIND OF COME INTO FILL THE
GAP OF ALL THE JOBS WE LOST IN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S COAL
POLICIES.
WE LOST A LOT OF JOBS.
WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND THIS COULD HAVE A SIMILAR
IMPACT IF IT IMPACTS HEALTHCARE.
SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE
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GO TO THE POLLS THEY WILL BE
LOOKING AT HEY, I'M HUNGRY, MY
FAMILY IS HAVING TO MOVE AWAY.
SCHOOLS HAVE LESS MONEY.
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD CAUSE THEM
TO BREAK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
EASILY.
WELL, WE WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE
SENATE RACE TURNS OUT.
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BUT CERTAINLY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
WEEK AT FANCY FARM.
IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT HOUSE RACE
IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHICH
CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR IS LEAVING
OPEN WITH HIS SENATE BID THE
RACE IS GETTING MORE CROWDED ON
THE G.O.P. SIDE.
FORMER SENATOR RALPH ALVARADO IS
IN THE RUNNING NOW.
HE PROMISES TO BE A RELIABLE
SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND WHILE HE WAS TENNESSEE'S
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HEALTH COMMISSIONER, HE TOLD ME
THIS WEEK TRIED TO MAKE THE CASE
THAT HE NEVER LEFT KENTUCKY.
>> FIRST OF ALL KENTUCKY'S HOME.
AND SO FOR ME, I ARGUE THAT I
NEVER LEFT.
WE'VE BEEN COMMUTING EVERY OTHER
WEEKEND.
FOR ME, I HAVE AHE BEEN SEEING
PATIENTS HERE THE ENTIRE TIME
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE I'VE
RAISED MY FAMILY AND BUILT OUR
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HOME.
MY MEDICAL PRACTICE IS HERE.
MY CHURCH FAMILY IS HERE I
SERVED IN THE STATE SENATE HERE
WE HAVE BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE
TIME BUT IT'S TO HELP PARTNER
WITH THE PRESIDENT IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WORK ON HIS
AGENDA AND VISION FOR THE
COUNTRY.
AUSTIN, IS ALVARADO
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GOING ON OFFENSE SO HE DOESN'T
HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE AGAINST
ALLEGATIONS OF BEING A
CARPETBAGGER THAT WENT TO
TENNESSEE?
>> I THINK SO.
WE SAW THESE CONCERNS I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER Dr. OZ IN
PENNSYLVANIA WHEN HE RAN AGAINST
JOHN FETTERMAN HE HAD A HOME IN
NEW JERSEY AND TIES TO NEW
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JERSEY BUT HE WAS RUNNING IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
PEOPLE MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF
THIS KIND OF THING.
SO I WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IT.
DEANNA GORDON MAKE A POST OR
TEXT WHERE SHE IS GOING TO MAKE
A WELCOME BASKET TO Dr.
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ALVARADO COMING BACK TO THE
SIXTH DISTRICT A PHOTO AT THE
BLUEGRASS AIRPORT BEHIND THE
SECURITY.
I HOPE SHE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE
TO GET THAT PHOTO-OP.
BUT IT'S STILL FUNNY WRINKLE
REGARDLESS.
SHE HAS RESOURCES TO
RUN HER CAMPAIGN.
>> SHE DOES.
MOST PEOPLE EXPECT SHE WILL
BRING A LOT OF MONEY TO THE
TABLE AND COULD RAISE A LOT OF
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MONEY.
WHICH COULD BE AN X FACTOR IN
THIS CAMPAIGN.
I THINK OF THE STATE TREASURER
CAMPAIGN IN 2023, YOU HAD THIS
FURTHER RIGHT CANDIDATE IN
ANDREW COOPER, MORE ESTABLISH
MEMBER AND THIS RELATIVELY LOWER
KEY PERSON IN MARK METCALF AND
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EVERYBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION
TO THE TWO BUT METCALF SPENT A
TON OF MONEY AND SHOT UP THE
MIDDLE AND WON BY A LOT.
DEANNA GORDON COULD RUN THAT
SAME PLAYBOOK AND YOU HAVE RYAN
DOTSON A STATE REPRESENTATIVE
OUT OF WINCHESTER WHO DOES HAVE,
I THINK, REAL POLITICAL TALENT.
HE'S BEEN A PREACHER FOR A
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LONGTIME.
HE KNOWS HOW TO TALK THE TALK.
HE KNOWS HOW TO ENGAGE WITH
VOTERS.
HE HAS A STRONG FACEBOOK
PRESENCE AS SILLY AS THAT
SOUNDS, IT REALLY MATTERS.
LIKE HOW THESE CANDIDATES RUN
THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA DOES MATTER
AND HE IS GOOD AT THAT.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE
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ZACK ZACK A FORM ZACK DEMBO AND
ALSO WORKING IN GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR'S ADMINISTRATION.
SO WHILE SOME MAY HAVE SAID
MAYBE CHERLYNN STEVENSON IS THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT
CANDIDATE, COULD IT BE SAID THAT
DEMBO COULD HAVE A FOOT IN THAT
KAMAS WELL?
>> YEAH, I THINK HE'S GOT ENOUGH
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OF A FOOT IN THAT CAMP TO MAYBE
ENSURE THAT BESHEAR DOES NOT
ENDORSE SOMEBODY LIKE CHERLYNN
STEVENSON.
HE'S SORT OF RUNNING, I THINK
THIS IS NOT A BAD THING, BUT AS
SORT OF A MORE BLANK SLATE KIND
OF PERSON.
HE IS ABLE TO DEFINE HIMSELF
FROM THE OUTSET.
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AND HE'S RAISING A LOT OF MONEY.
THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF HIS
CAMPAIGN HE RAISED $160,000.
EVEN GIVEN THAT MOST OF THESE
CANDIDATES LINEUP MONEY, WELL
BEFORE THEY ENTER THE RACE,
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
DEMOCRAT IN THIS RACE.
AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK
TURNED A LOT OF HEADS.
THAT SAID CHERLYNN STEVENSON IS
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THE FAVORITE CANDIDATE OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE ENDORSEMENT
OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
JACQUELINE COLEMAN.
HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF REGGIE
THOMAS WHO COVERS A LOT OF
FAYETTE COUNTY.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU HAVE
DAVID CLOI BER WHO HAS KLOIBER
HAS RESOURCES TO HIS NAME AND
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SPENT HALF A MILLION ON THE
MAYORAL CAMPAIGN AND HE LOST BY
A LOT BUT LINDA GORTON IS AN
ABSOLUTE POLITICAL FORCE IN
LEXINGTON A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WILLING TO FORGIVE A LOSS EVEN
BY A SIZABLE MARGIN LIKE HE DID.
SO HE COULD ABSOLUTELY SHAKE UP
THIS RACE.
THERE COULD BE A
COMPETITIVE RACE IN THE FIFTH
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DISTRICT WELL-KNOWN NED
PILLERSDORF IS CHALLENGING HAL
ROGERS WHO IS FIRST ELECTED IN
1980.
RUSS, ASSUMING ROGERS AND NED
PILLERSDORF WILL BE THE NOMINEES
WHAT CHOICE WILL THAT BE FOR
VOTERS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY?
>> WELL, IT COULD BE
REPRESENTATIVE ROGERS FIRST
(17:44):
COMPETITIVE RACE IN DECADES.
YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE ROGERS
IS ON THE APPROPRIATIONS ECONOMY
HE BRINGS HOME THE BACON.
HE BRINGS HOME THE MONEY AND
PROJECTS.
HE HAS THE NAME RECOGNITION.
OBVIOUSLY, BUT, NED'S MAKING A
LOT OF NOISE.
HE'S OUT TO A BIG START.
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HE'S GETTING HIS NAME OUT THERE.
HE'S PARTICIPATING IN PROTESTS
AROUND THE REGION IN PROTESTS OF
THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF NAME
RECOGNITION.
MOST RECENTLY HE REPRESENTED PRO
BONO AND LED AN EFFORT TO
REPRESENT THE FORMER CLIENTS OF
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DISGRACED ATTORNEY ERIC KHAN.
HE HAS NAME RECOGNITION.
SO IF THOSE ARE THE TWO
CANDIDATES IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION IT COULD BE A VERY
COMPETITIVE RACE ESPECIALLY
DEPENDING HOW THE
ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES SHAKE
OUT.
ALL RIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICAL TEAM
CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR A
CHALLENGER FOR CONGRESSMAN
(18:46):
THOMAS MASSIE.
AUSTIN, THEY SEEM TO BE ZEROED
IN ON A POTENTIAL CHALLENGER?
>> I THINK SO.
I HEAR A LOT OF CONFLICTING
THINGS BUT AARON REED A STATE
SENATOR IS THE NAME MOST PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING AT AT THIS TIME.
HE'S KIND OF A VERY SOLID
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CANDIDATE ON PAPER FOR A
REPUBLICAN.
HE IS A NAVY SEAL VETERAN.
HE OWNS A GUN STORE.
HE HAS HIS OWN BRAND.
HE IS VERY TALL GUY ALWAYS WEARS
A COWBOY HAT.
HE HAS THE PERSONA DOWN.
THE QUESTION IS (19:21):
WILL HE GET IN
AGAINST THOMAS MASSIE?
THOMAS MASSIE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS
VERY ENTRENCHED IN THAT
DISTRICT.
HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2012.
HE IS A KNOWN ENTITY AND IS HE
WILLING TO BE TRUMP'S SOLDIER IN
THIS LONG STANDING FEUD, WAR,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THOMAS
(19:42):
MASSIE.
WHICH COULD, I THINK I'VE HEARD
ARGUMENTS EITHER WAY ON IF
MASSIE CAN WITHSTAND AND
EMBARRASS THE PRESIDENT OR IF
TRUMP WHO HAS A LOT OF FANS IN
THAT DISTRICT CAN UNSEAT MASSIE.
>> Bill (19:58):
AFTER WRAPPING UP HIS
TOUR IN SOUTH CAROLINA, GOVERNOR
ANDY BESHEAR HAS ANOTHER OUT OF
STATE TRIP TO GO TO NEBRASKA IN
NOVEMBER.
THERE MAYBE OTHER TRIPS BEFORE
THAT.
SARAH, THE GOVERNOR SEEMS TO BE
TESTING THE WATERS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
HE MADE VOGUE MAGAZINE THIS WEEK
AND HAD FUN WITH THAT AT HIS
(20:18):
NEWS CONFERENCE.
>> HE WAS LAUGHING IT.
I SAW FUNNY COMMENTARY ON SOCIAL
MEDIA SAYING HIS DOG GOT THE
EXPOSURE HE DESERVED.
HE LAUGHED ABOUT THE VOGUE
PROCEDURE.
SORT OF ON THE EXPOSURE NOTE, HE
STILL IS A BIG VAGUE ABOUT 2028
(20:38):
PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK.
AND SAID IF HE IS A CANDIDATE
WHO COULD HEAL THE NATION LOWER
THE TEMPERATURE IN POLITICS HE
WOULD CONSIDER IT.
IF SOMEONE ELSE IS THAT
CANDIDATE HE WOULD SUPPORT THEM.
EXPOSURE BUT A LITTLE VAGUE.
AUSTIN YOU ARE
CONVINCED HE WANTS TO RUN?
>> I MEAN, IF IT LOOKS LIKE A
DUCK, WALKS LIKE A DUCK, QUACKS
(20:59):
LIKE A DUCK ET CETERA, IT'S
PROBABLY A DUCK, RIGHT?
AND HE'S NOT KOI ABOUT THIS.
HE IS GETTING AS CLOSE TO THE
LINE AS HE CAN.
U.S. OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS KENTUCKY
DID NOT EFFECTIVELY MONITOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID-19
SCREENING AND TESTING A PROGRAM
(21:20):
SARAH THAT HAS TO DO WITH NOT
DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS?
>> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ISSUES
THAT THE OFFICE FOUND.
INCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE CONTRACTED TO GIVE COVID
TESTS AND SCREENING ON SCHOOL
PROPERTY.
AMONG K-12 CHILDREN.
DIDN'T HAVE PROPER BACKGROUND
CHECKS BEFORE BEING ON THAT
PROPERTY AND DOING THAT.
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THAT WAS A RED FLAG FOR THE
OFFICE.
ALSO THERE WERE OTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS LIKE NOT
GETTING PROPER LAB SIGNATURES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS HADN'T
BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH TO
MEET THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL HAS ASKED KENTUCKY TO
LOOK AT 4.5 MILLION I BELIEVE
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AND SEE WHAT WAS ALLOWABLE WHAT
THEY SPENT RIGHTFULLY AND GIVE
BACK WHATEVER THEY DIDN'T.
AND I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING
THAT THE AUDIT STARTED UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND
FINISHED UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
SO AT LEAST ON PAPER, IT IS A
BIPARTISAN INVESTIGATION.
RUSS, THIS WEEK
PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVED
(22:23):
DISASTER FUNDS FOR RECENT
TORNADOES AND FLOODING IT'S $56
MILLION.
MOST OF THAT IN EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT
SEEMS LIKE WE'VE HAD DISASTER
AFTER DISASTER IN THIS REGION.
SO YEAH, THAT MONEY IS
DEFINITELY WELCOMED.
I THINK THERE'S STILL PEOPLE IN
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THE AFFECTED AREAS FROM FEBRUARY
THAT WOULD SAY THERE'S STILL
MONEY NEEDED FOR THAT AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN THROW
ENOUGH MONEY AT IT TO MITIGATE
THE DAMAGES WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
FORMER LOUISVILLE
POLICE OFFICER BRETT HANKISON
WAS SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS IN
PRISON THE JUDGE REJECTED THE
(23:05):
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RECOMMENDATION OF A SENTENCE OF
ONE DAY.
>> THE DOJ WOULD HAVE SERVED IT.
SHE THE JUDGE WAS A LITTLE
UPSET, PEEVED BY THAT SENTENCING
MEMORANDUM.
SHE FELT LIKE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAD SORT OF DONE A
180 WITHOUT ANY FACTS CHANGING
(23:26):
IN THE CASE AND SORT OF SAID IT
SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE
TIP-TOEING AROUND POLITICS AND
SHE SAID IN THE COURTROOM I
WON'T BE SWAYED BY POLITICS.
SHE GAVE HIM 33 MONTHS, WE
EXPECT AN APPEAL ON THAT
SOMETIME IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET
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TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
NOW, IT WAS A MIXED REACTION.
BREONNA TAYLOR'S MOTHER SORT OF
SAID SHE WAS GRATEFUL THE JUDGE
LISTENED TO THE ARGUMENTS AND
LISTENED TO WHAT WAS STAYED IN
COURT AND WENT ABOVE WHAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS ASKING
FOR.
BUT SHE AND OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE
THE COURTHOUSE FELT LIKE IT
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WASN'T ENOUGH.
AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN
COURT TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE
FACT THAT BRETT HANKISON WAS NOT
THE PERSON WHO FIRED THE SHOT
THAT KILLED BREONNA TAYLOR.
BUT WHAT HE HAS BEEN FOUND
GUILTY OF IS VIOLATING HER CIVIL
RIGHTS BY FIRING BLINDLY INTO
HER APARTMENT.
THAT IS WHAT THIS FOCUSED ON.
AUSTIN WE GOT LATE WORD
(24:28):
OF NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE U.K.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONE NAME WE
ALL RECOGNIZE?
>> JIM GRAY FORMER MAYOR OF
LEXINGTON, CURRENT
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN BE
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY AND
ALSO SERVE ON THE U.K. BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
HE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S OFTEN
MENTIONED FOR DIFFERENT OFFICES
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LIKE MAYBE HE WOULD RUN FOR
MAYOR AGAIN IN 2026.
I THINK THIS APPOINTMENT
PROBABLY LIMITS THAT TALK IN THE
FUTURE.
WE'LL LET JIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF
ON THAT FRONT.
BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT A COUPLE NEW
NAMES CLARK WILLIAMS OF
LEXINGTON, ELAINE WILSON OF
SOMERSET AND TODD CASE IS A
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REAPPOINTMENT.
THE KENTUCKY STATE
CAPITOL IS UNDERGOING
RENOVATIONS AT A COST OF $300
MILLION.
MICHAEL ADAMS ANNOUNCED HIS
OFFICE'S LAST WEEK IN THE
CAPITOL IS DONE NOW FOR YEARS TO
COME.
>> THIS BUILDING IS VERY EMPTY.
THE TOP TWO FLOORS ARE ALREADY
GONE.
THE LEGISLATURE IS GONE.
THE SUPREME COURT IS GONE.
(25:31):
THE MEDIA ARE GONE.
AND SO REMAINING ARE JUST THE
FOUR OF US ON THE GROUND FLOOR,
GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ME.
WE ARE RELOCATING TO EAST
FRANKFORT THE SUITE OF OFFICES
WE'VE TAKEN WE WILL BE THERE
UNTIL 2029 I'M TOLD.
IT'S GOING TO BE A
WHILE BUT THEY ARE PACKING UP
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AND MOVING.
WE CLOSE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND
WILL REOPEN WEDNESDAY AT THE NEW
LOCATION.
A CHANGE FOR OAKS DAY.
THE OAKS RACE WILL BE RUN IN
PRIMETIME AT 8:00 P.M. NEXT
YEAR.
SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL
PRAISED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
FOR SELECTING THE PADUCAH PLANT
AS ONE OF FOUR SITES FOR CUTTING
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EDGE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CENTERS.
PADUCAH STANDS READY FOR THE
NEXT STEP AND THAT FACILITY'S
IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE COUNTRY
AND WILL HELP FACILITATE U.S.
LEADERSHIP IN A.I.
THAT'S "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
STAY COOL IF YOU CAN AND HAVE A
GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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[Knocking]
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
CURRENT CANDIDATES IN
KENTUCKY'S OPEN U.S. SENATE RACE
ARE ON THE MOVE.
BUT ARE OTHER NAMES STILL IN THE
MIX?
THE SIXTH DISTRICT HOUSE RACE
LEFT OPEN BY ANDY BARR EMERGES
AS ONE TO WATCH.
KENTUCKY GETS APPROVAL FOR MORE
DISASTER ASSISTANCE AFTER THE
SPRING FLOODS AND TORNADOES.
A JUDGE GIVES A FORMER POLICE
(00:28):
OFFICER CONVICTED IN THE BREONNA
TAYLOR RAID MORE THAN
PROSECUTORS ASKED FOR.
A WEEK BEFORE THE CROWDS ARRIVE
AT FANCY FARM, COMMENT IS NEXT
ON KET.
[♪♪]
(00:51):
GOOD EVENING IN THE MIDDLE OF A
HEATWAVE I'M BILL BRYANT AND WE
WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT ON
KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK AT ON SOME
ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS IN
THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE GUESTS
ON OUR PANT OF WORKING KENTUCKY
JOURNALISTS TONIGHT ARE SARAH
LADD HEALTH AND POLICY REPORTER
FOR THE KENTUCKY LANTERN.
AUSTIN HORN SENIOR POLITICAL
REPORTER FOR THE LEXINGTON
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HERALD-LEADER.
AND JOINING US REMOTELY IS
RUSSELL CASSADY REGIONAL EDITOR
OF APPALACHIAN NEWSPAPERS.
ALSO TONIGHT WILL KENTUCKY HAVE
TO GIVE BACK COVID MONEY BECAUSE
RULES WERE NOT FOLLOWED AND A
TIME CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR'S OAKS
DAY RACE.
RIGHT TO POLITICS A WEEK FROM
FANCY FARM KET ANNOUNCED IT WILL
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COVER THE POLITICAL SPEAKINGS
NEXT WEEK AT THE PICNIC THANKS
TO A DONATION FROM THE KENTUCKY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AUSTIN THAT MEANS THE SPACHS
WILL GET A LOT OF VISIBILITY
STATE-WIDE AFTER ALL?
>> I THINK SO.
AND THEY MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT
OF EXTRA VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF
THE FLIP-FLOP REVERSAL OR
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
(01:55):
FROM KET.
THEY PULLED OUT AND NOW THEY ARE
BACK.
THEY GOT TWO ROUNDS OF HEADLINES
FROM IT.
AND THE BIG THING THAT PEOPLE
ARE WATCHING IS THE REPUBLICANS
ON THE U.S. SENATE SIDE.
YOU HAVE THREE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT ONES THEY WILL SHARE
THE STAGE TOGETHER.
WE'VE SEEN THE COMMERCIALS,
WE'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS BUT IT'S
DIFFERENT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY
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IN PERSON TRY TO COMMAND AN
AUDIENCE, TRY TO COMMAND THE TV
AUDIENCE AS WELL.
AND GET THEIR JOKES OFF AND ALSO
SEEM CHARMING LIKE A COOL
PERSON.
IT'S A HARD TIGHT ROPE TO
BALANCE.
I DON'T ENVY THEM IN THAT ROLE
IN.
PEOPLE TRYING TO
INTERRUPT THEM THE ENTIRE TIME
(02:37):
THEY ARE TRYING TO DELIVER THEIR
MESSAGE.
>> DANIEL CAMERON HAS THE MOST
EXPERIENCE BUT NATE MORRIS AND
ANDY BARR WITH WIN OVER HEARTS
AND MINDSES.
>> IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
WAY THAT POLITICIANS PLAY TO A
LIVE CAMERA AND MAYBE A
STATE-WIDE AUDIENCE AS OPPOSED
TO JUST FOR THE SPECTATORS WHO
(02:59):
ARE THERE AND THE SOUNDBYTES
THAT THE REPORTERS ARE LOOKING
FOR?
>> WELL, MAYBE IN SOME WAYS.
IT'S LESS CONTROLLED.
YOU SORT OF MIGHT BE MORE
ACCOUNTABLE TO CERTAIN TOPICS
YOU WANT TO AVOID IN AN AD OR
SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHEREAS AUSTIN SAID YOU HAVE
REAL PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND YEAH, YOU HAVE TO MAYBE SORT
(03:19):
OF ADDRESS THINGS YOU DON'T WANT
TO.
THIS IS A LARGELY
REPUBLICAN EVENT THIS YEAR,
RIGHT?
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE
CONFIRMED MOST DEMOCRATS ARE
STAYING AWAY.
>> U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE PAMELA
STEVENSON, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
JACQUELINE COLEMAN HAVE SAID NO.
THOSE ARE THE MORE PROMINENT
ONES.
ANDY BESHEAR I THINK WE ARE HE
(03:40):
ASTILL WAITING ON.
I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTING IT.
BUT IT IS ODD.
I THINK PEOPLE EXPECT THIS TO BE
A BIPARTISAN EVENT USUALLY.
I SORT OF THINK OF MAMDANI IS
THE NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE
HEADLINES ALL THE TIME.
(04:01):
AND PEOPLE RUNNING IN KENTUCKY
DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO
EMULATE HIS POLITICS BECAUSE
THEY ARE FAR LEFT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LAUDED HIS
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND THE
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY WAS I'M GOING
TO GO EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONE I
WILL BE EVERYWHERE.
I THINK MAMDANI WOULD GO TO
FANCY FARM.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT FOR CERTAIN
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BUT I THINK HE WOULD.
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE REALLY
KIND OF RETREATING A LITTLE BIT
IN THIS WAY AND MAYBE THAT IS A
SMART THING, MAYBE IT'S NOT.
BUT IT'S DIFFERENT.
WE KNOW IT WILL BE A
RAUCOUS EVENT IN FAR WESTERN
KENTUCKY AS IT HAS BEEN FOR
GENERATIONS.
RUSS, WILL PEOPLE IN FAR EASTERN
KENTUCKY WHERE YOU EDIT THE
(04:44):
PUBLICATIONS THERE, BE PAYING
CLOSE ATTENTION?
>> I THINK SO.
I THINK ESPECIALLY SINCE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS
AND HERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY WE
ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO SOME OF
THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES
THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED AND
PASSED LIKE SUCH AS THE ONE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL.
THERE'S DISCUSSION OF THE
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POSSIBILITY OF 35 HOSPITALS
HAVING TO SHUT DOWN AND THEN
MOST OF THOSE ARE IN OUR AREA.
SO I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING
A LOT MORE ATTENTION AND PAYING
ATTENTION TO MAYBE NOT SO MUCH
THE RAUCOUS BACK AND FORTH BUT
THE POLICIES.
AND TO SEE WHAT THESE CANDIDATES
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO THREAD THE
NEEDLE OF KEEPING THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT OR GAINING
(05:25):
THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT WHILE
MITIGATING THE DAMAGES THAT SOME
OF THE POLICIES COMING OUT OF
WASHINGTON COULD HAVE IN RURAL
AREAS LIKE EASTERN KENTUCKY.
SARAH IT MIGHT BE SAID
THIS YEAR WHILE THE
PERSONALITIES OFTEN WHAT CARRY
THE DAY AT FANCY FARM, THE
POLITICS AND POLICIES WILL BE
(05:46):
PROBABLY ON DISPLAY?
>> YEAH, AND WE HAVEN'T STARTED
TO SEE THE EFFECT AT ALL OF THE
ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, THAT
RUSS MENTIONED.
WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE
COMING.
CONGRESS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY
TRIMMED THE WAY MEDICAID WILL
LOOK AND THE WAY S.N.A.P. WILL
LOOK.
THESE ARE POLICIES THAT WILL
AFFECT A LOT OF KENTUCKIANS AND
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YOU CAN LOOK AT IT IN A POSITIVE
OR NEGATIVE LIGHT DEPENDING ON
YOUR POLITICS.
WE KNOW PEOPLE FOOD BANKS,
ANTI-HUNGER ADVOCATES SAY PEOPLE
WILL LOSE S.N.A.P. BENEFITS AND
THEY WILL BE HUNGRY.
KENTUCKY HAS HIGH RATES OF
HUNGER THESE ARE REAL THINGS
(06:28):
THAT IS AFFECTING A STATE THAT
SAY RED STATE.
THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY AS
PEOPLE LOOK FOR RUSS MENTIONED
HOSPITALS CLOSING THAT MEANS
PEOPLE LOSING JOBS.
THESE ARE REAL ISSUES UNDERNEATH
ALL THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
POLITICS OF IT.
AND WE KNOW THAT A WEEK
IS A LONGTIME IN U.S. POLITICS
TODAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
(06:50):
UNFROZE FEDERAL EDUCATION
DOLLARS TODAY THAT HAD BEEN A
SOURCE OF CONTENTION AND
COMPLAINT AND THAT MONEY WILL
COME TO KENTUCKY.
>> THERE THERE'S SO MANY BACK
AND FORTHS ON FUNDING BEING
FROZEN, RELEASED AND LETTERS
SENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON
WITH FUNDING.
IT CAN GET CONFUSING TO FOLLOW
IT ALL.
FANCY FARM HAS TO BE IN
(07:11):
REALTIME IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW
REFLECTING THE ISSUES OF THE
MOMENT.
>> FOR SURE.
THE U.S. SENATE RACE
WILL BE ON THE TOP OF THE BALLOT
IN KENTUCKY AND MITCH
McCONNELL'S NAME WON'T BE
THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
1984.
AUSTIN SET THE SCENE FOR THIS
RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION WHERE IT APPEARS TO
BE AND ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU
(07:33):
NOTED THIS WEEK THAT IT MAY NOT
BE COMPLETE.
>> YEAH.
THERE'S SOMEONE LOOMING IN THE
DISTANCE NOT VERY QUIETLY AND
THAT IS SCOTT LEWIS HE IS A
LONGTIME PR PROFESSIONAL HERE IN
KENTUCKY HAS BECOME A BONA-FIDE
CONSERVATIVE CELEBRITY.
HE IS THE LONE RIGHT-WING
(07:54):
COMMENTATOR ON "CNN" AND HAS
MADE SORT OF A BIG BRAND OF
HIMSELF OF OWNING THE LIBS ON TV
WHICH IS A THING THAT
CONSERVATIVES REALLY VALUE.
AND HE'S GAINED A LOT OF
APPRECIATION FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP HIMSELF AND SAID
(08:15):
STRAIGHTFORWARD WARDLY, IF I GET
WORD FROM DONALD TRUMP THAT HE
IS GOING TO SUPPORT ME, FOR THE
U.S. SENATE?
KENTUCKY, THEN I WILL GO.
HE HASN'T SAID THOSE EXACT WORDS
BUT THAT IS WHAT HE SAID.
THAT WOULD MIX-UP THE RACE.
WITH THE THREE VERY STRONG
CANDIDATES WHO ARE IN THE RACE
RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE GOT DANIEL
(08:36):
CAMERON ON ONE END OF THE
SPECTRUM.
HE'S RELATIVELY LOW ON CASH
RIGHT NOW.
BUT HE HAS THE STRONGEST NAMENT
ID THE CURRENCY IN POLITICS OF
ANY CANDIDATE.
YOU KNOW WHO DANIEL CAMERON IS
AND PROBABLY LIKE HIM.
SO ON THE OTHER END OF THE
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SPECTRUM IS LEXINGTON
ENTREPRENEUR NATE MORRIS.
HE'S UP ON TV RIGHT NOW.
HE'S VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN BUT HE'S
STARTING TO BUILD HIS BRAND.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE
COMMERCIALS TAKING OUT THE TRASH
AND MITCH McCONNELL AND DANIEL
CAMERON AND IN THE MIDDLE IS
ANDY BARR, WHO HAS A GOOD AMOUNT
OF MONEY TO HIS NAME.
(09:19):
BUT HAS BEEN A REGIONAL
POLITICAL PHENOMENON LATELY IN
LEXINGTON.
WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TV
MARKET BECAUSE IT TOUCHES SO
MANY PLACES.
BUT HE STILL HAS A CHALLENGE IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.
LOUISVILLE IN PARTICULAR, IS
WHERE HE WOULD BENEFIT TO CRACK
INTO.
IS MORRIS IN A RACE TO
(09:39):
DEFINE HIMSELF BEFORE HIS
OPPONENTS DEFINE HIM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU SAW IT HIS OPPONENTS SEE
HIM AS A LEGITIMATE THREAT
THEY'VE UNLEASHED MATERIALS ON
FAKE NATE HOW HE DID LIBERAL
POLICIES WHEN C.E.O. OF RUBICON,
THE COMPANY THAT HE LED.
(10:00):
I'VE SEEN PHOTOS OF HIM WEARS A
BROOKS BROTHERS MASK DURING THE
COVID PANDEMIC AS PROOF THAT
HE'S NOT AS ON THE RIGHT AS HE
CLAIMS TO BE.
AND HE DOES CLAIM TO BE VERY
MUCH ON RIGHT.
HE IS THE ONLY ONE SAYING I WANT
A MORATORIUM ON ALL IMMIGRATION
RIGHT NOW.
(10:21):
THAT'S VERY FAR RIGHT ON
IMMIGRATION ISSUES.
SARAH AS REPUBLICAN
LEADERS LEAN INTO THEIR SUPPORT
FOR THE PRESIDENT AND FOR THE
BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL AND SO ON,
HOW DO THEY THREAD THAT NEEDLE
IN PLEASING THE PRESIDENT MAYBE
HOPING TO GET HIS ENDORSEMENT AT
THE SAME TIME FACING QUESTIONS
ABOUT BUDGET CUTS THAT WILL
(10:43):
IMPACT KENTUCKY?
>> I KNOW ON SOME OF THE FEDERAL
LAWMAKERS' SIDE SOME ADVOCATES
SAID THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH TO
THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THEY ARE
NOT WILLING TO ANSWER SOME OF
THOSE QUESTIONS.
I THINK GOING FORWARD, A LOT OF
THE PRESSURE IS GOING TO SHIFT
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO
STATE LAWMAKERS.
BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS DONE WHAT
THEY'VE DONE.
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SO NOW YOU HAVE TO SORT OF LOOK
TO FRANKFORT AND SAY OKAY, IF
THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE WE ARE
LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
IF PEOPLE ARE LOSING S.N.A.P.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FEED THEM
AND RUN A S.N.A.P. PROGRAM THAT
MAKES SURE THAT CHILDREN AREN'T
HUNGRY, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE
THAT HOSPITALS STAY OPEN.
THE PRESSURE IS GOING TO SORT OF
(11:24):
SHIFT MORE TO THE LEGISLATURE AT
LEAST FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM
ADVOCATES.
RUSS, WHAT DO YOU THINK
WILL ENGAGE VOTERS IN EASTERN
KENTUCKY?
>> A LOT WILL BE SELF-INTEREST
TO SOME EXTENT.
AS WE MENTIONED, THE HEALTHCARE
IMPACTS FOR EXAMPLE THE ONE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL, HEALTHCARE JOBS
(11:46):
HAVE KIND OF COME INTO FILL THE
GAP OF ALL THE JOBS WE LOST IN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S COAL
POLICIES.
WE LOST A LOT OF JOBS.
WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND THIS COULD HAVE A SIMILAR
IMPACT IF IT IMPACTS HEALTHCARE.
SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE
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GO TO THE POLLS THEY WILL BE
LOOKING AT HEY, I'M HUNGRY, MY
FAMILY IS HAVING TO MOVE AWAY.
SCHOOLS HAVE LESS MONEY.
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD CAUSE THEM
TO BREAK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
EASILY.
WELL, WE WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE
SENATE RACE TURNS OUT.
(12:26):
BUT CERTAINLY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
WEEK AT FANCY FARM.
IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT HOUSE RACE
IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHICH
CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR IS LEAVING
OPEN WITH HIS SENATE BID THE
RACE IS GETTING MORE CROWDED ON
THE G.O.P. SIDE.
FORMER SENATOR RALPH ALVARADO IS
IN THE RUNNING NOW.
HE PROMISES TO BE A RELIABLE
SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND WHILE HE WAS TENNESSEE'S
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HEALTH COMMISSIONER, HE TOLD ME
THIS WEEK TRIED TO MAKE THE CASE
THAT HE NEVER LEFT KENTUCKY.
>> FIRST OF ALL KENTUCKY'S HOME.
AND SO FOR ME, I ARGUE THAT I
NEVER LEFT.
WE'VE BEEN COMMUTING EVERY OTHER
WEEKEND.
FOR ME, I HAVE AHE BEEN SEEING
PATIENTS HERE THE ENTIRE TIME
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE I'VE
RAISED MY FAMILY AND BUILT OUR
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HOME.
MY MEDICAL PRACTICE IS HERE.
MY CHURCH FAMILY IS HERE I
SERVED IN THE STATE SENATE HERE
WE HAVE BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE
TIME BUT IT'S TO HELP PARTNER
WITH THE PRESIDENT IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WORK ON HIS
AGENDA AND VISION FOR THE
COUNTRY.
AUSTIN, IS ALVARADO
(13:29):
GOING ON OFFENSE SO HE DOESN'T
HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE AGAINST
ALLEGATIONS OF BEING A
CARPETBAGGER THAT WENT TO
TENNESSEE?
>> I THINK SO.
WE SAW THESE CONCERNS I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER Dr. OZ IN
PENNSYLVANIA WHEN HE RAN AGAINST
JOHN FETTERMAN HE HAD A HOME IN
NEW JERSEY AND TIES TO NEW
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JERSEY BUT HE WAS RUNNING IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
PEOPLE MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF
THIS KIND OF THING.
SO I WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IT.
DEANNA GORDON MAKE A POST OR
TEXT WHERE SHE IS GOING TO MAKE
A WELCOME BASKET TO Dr.
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ALVARADO COMING BACK TO THE
SIXTH DISTRICT A PHOTO AT THE
BLUEGRASS AIRPORT BEHIND THE
SECURITY.
I HOPE SHE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE
TO GET THAT PHOTO-OP.
BUT IT'S STILL FUNNY WRINKLE
REGARDLESS.
SHE HAS RESOURCES TO
RUN HER CAMPAIGN.
>> SHE DOES.
MOST PEOPLE EXPECT SHE WILL
BRING A LOT OF MONEY TO THE
TABLE AND COULD RAISE A LOT OF
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MONEY.
WHICH COULD BE AN X FACTOR IN
THIS CAMPAIGN.
I THINK OF THE STATE TREASURER
CAMPAIGN IN 2023, YOU HAD THIS
FURTHER RIGHT CANDIDATE IN
ANDREW COOPER, MORE ESTABLISH
MEMBER AND THIS RELATIVELY LOWER
KEY PERSON IN MARK METCALF AND
(14:54):
EVERYBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION
TO THE TWO BUT METCALF SPENT A
TON OF MONEY AND SHOT UP THE
MIDDLE AND WON BY A LOT.
DEANNA GORDON COULD RUN THAT
SAME PLAYBOOK AND YOU HAVE RYAN
DOTSON A STATE REPRESENTATIVE
OUT OF WINCHESTER WHO DOES HAVE,
I THINK, REAL POLITICAL TALENT.
HE'S BEEN A PREACHER FOR A
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LONGTIME.
HE KNOWS HOW TO TALK THE TALK.
HE KNOWS HOW TO ENGAGE WITH
VOTERS.
HE HAS A STRONG FACEBOOK
PRESENCE AS SILLY AS THAT
SOUNDS, IT REALLY MATTERS.
LIKE HOW THESE CANDIDATES RUN
THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA DOES MATTER
AND HE IS GOOD AT THAT.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE
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ZACK ZACK A FORM ZACK DEMBO AND
ALSO WORKING IN GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR'S ADMINISTRATION.
SO WHILE SOME MAY HAVE SAID
MAYBE CHERLYNN STEVENSON IS THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT
CANDIDATE, COULD IT BE SAID THAT
DEMBO COULD HAVE A FOOT IN THAT
KAMAS WELL?
>> YEAH, I THINK HE'S GOT ENOUGH
(15:57):
OF A FOOT IN THAT CAMP TO MAYBE
ENSURE THAT BESHEAR DOES NOT
ENDORSE SOMEBODY LIKE CHERLYNN
STEVENSON.
HE'S SORT OF RUNNING, I THINK
THIS IS NOT A BAD THING, BUT AS
SORT OF A MORE BLANK SLATE KIND
OF PERSON.
HE IS ABLE TO DEFINE HIMSELF
FROM THE OUTSET.
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AND HE'S RAISING A LOT OF MONEY.
THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF HIS
CAMPAIGN HE RAISED $160,000.
EVEN GIVEN THAT MOST OF THESE
CANDIDATES LINEUP MONEY, WELL
BEFORE THEY ENTER THE RACE,
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
DEMOCRAT IN THIS RACE.
AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK
TURNED A LOT OF HEADS.
THAT SAID CHERLYNN STEVENSON IS
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THE FAVORITE CANDIDATE OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE ENDORSEMENT
OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
JACQUELINE COLEMAN.
HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF REGGIE
THOMAS WHO COVERS A LOT OF
FAYETTE COUNTY.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU HAVE
DAVID CLOI BER WHO HAS KLOIBER
HAS RESOURCES TO HIS NAME AND
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SPENT HALF A MILLION ON THE
MAYORAL CAMPAIGN AND HE LOST BY
A LOT BUT LINDA GORTON IS AN
ABSOLUTE POLITICAL FORCE IN
LEXINGTON A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WILLING TO FORGIVE A LOSS EVEN
BY A SIZABLE MARGIN LIKE HE DID.
SO HE COULD ABSOLUTELY SHAKE UP
THIS RACE.
THERE COULD BE A
COMPETITIVE RACE IN THE FIFTH
(17:23):
DISTRICT WELL-KNOWN NED
PILLERSDORF IS CHALLENGING HAL
ROGERS WHO IS FIRST ELECTED IN
1980.
RUSS, ASSUMING ROGERS AND NED
PILLERSDORF WILL BE THE NOMINEES
WHAT CHOICE WILL THAT BE FOR
VOTERS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY?
>> WELL, IT COULD BE
REPRESENTATIVE ROGERS FIRST
(17:44):
COMPETITIVE RACE IN DECADES.
YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE ROGERS
IS ON THE APPROPRIATIONS ECONOMY
HE BRINGS HOME THE BACON.
HE BRINGS HOME THE MONEY AND
PROJECTS.
HE HAS THE NAME RECOGNITION.
OBVIOUSLY, BUT, NED'S MAKING A
LOT OF NOISE.
HE'S OUT TO A BIG START.
(18:05):
HE'S GETTING HIS NAME OUT THERE.
HE'S PARTICIPATING IN PROTESTS
AROUND THE REGION IN PROTESTS OF
THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF NAME
RECOGNITION.
MOST RECENTLY HE REPRESENTED PRO
BONO AND LED AN EFFORT TO
REPRESENT THE FORMER CLIENTS OF
(18:26):
DISGRACED ATTORNEY ERIC KHAN.
HE HAS NAME RECOGNITION.
SO IF THOSE ARE THE TWO
CANDIDATES IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION IT COULD BE A VERY
COMPETITIVE RACE ESPECIALLY
DEPENDING HOW THE
ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES SHAKE
OUT.
ALL RIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICAL TEAM
CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR A
CHALLENGER FOR CONGRESSMAN
(18:46):
THOMAS MASSIE.
AUSTIN, THEY SEEM TO BE ZEROED
IN ON A POTENTIAL CHALLENGER?
>> I THINK SO.
I HEAR A LOT OF CONFLICTING
THINGS BUT AARON REED A STATE
SENATOR IS THE NAME MOST PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING AT AT THIS TIME.
HE'S KIND OF A VERY SOLID
(19:07):
CANDIDATE ON PAPER FOR A
REPUBLICAN.
HE IS A NAVY SEAL VETERAN.
HE OWNS A GUN STORE.
HE HAS HIS OWN BRAND.
HE IS VERY TALL GUY ALWAYS WEARS
A COWBOY HAT.
HE HAS THE PERSONA DOWN.
THE QUESTION IS (19:21):
WILL HE GET IN
AGAINST THOMAS MASSIE?
THOMAS MASSIE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS
VERY ENTRENCHED IN THAT
DISTRICT.
HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2012.
HE IS A KNOWN ENTITY AND IS HE
WILLING TO BE TRUMP'S SOLDIER IN
THIS LONG STANDING FEUD, WAR,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THOMAS
(19:42):
MASSIE.
WHICH COULD, I THINK I'VE HEARD
ARGUMENTS EITHER WAY ON IF
MASSIE CAN WITHSTAND AND
EMBARRASS THE PRESIDENT OR IF
TRUMP WHO HAS A LOT OF FANS IN
THAT DISTRICT CAN UNSEAT MASSIE.
>> Bill (19:58):
AFTER WRAPPING UP HIS
TOUR IN SOUTH CAROLINA, GOVERNOR
ANDY BESHEAR HAS ANOTHER OUT OF
STATE TRIP TO GO TO NEBRASKA IN
NOVEMBER.
THERE MAYBE OTHER TRIPS BEFORE
THAT.
SARAH, THE GOVERNOR SEEMS TO BE
TESTING THE WATERS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
HE MADE VOGUE MAGAZINE THIS WEEK
AND HAD FUN WITH THAT AT HIS
(20:18):
NEWS CONFERENCE.
>> HE WAS LAUGHING IT.
I SAW FUNNY COMMENTARY ON SOCIAL
MEDIA SAYING HIS DOG GOT THE
EXPOSURE HE DESERVED.
HE LAUGHED ABOUT THE VOGUE
PROCEDURE.
SORT OF ON THE EXPOSURE NOTE, HE
STILL IS A BIG VAGUE ABOUT 2028
(20:38):
PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK.
AND SAID IF HE IS A CANDIDATE
WHO COULD HEAL THE NATION LOWER
THE TEMPERATURE IN POLITICS HE
WOULD CONSIDER IT.
IF SOMEONE ELSE IS THAT
CANDIDATE HE WOULD SUPPORT THEM.
EXPOSURE BUT A LITTLE VAGUE.
AUSTIN YOU ARE
CONVINCED HE WANTS TO RUN?
>> I MEAN, IF IT LOOKS LIKE A
DUCK, WALKS LIKE A DUCK, QUACKS
(20:59):
LIKE A DUCK ET CETERA, IT'S
PROBABLY A DUCK, RIGHT?
AND HE'S NOT KOI ABOUT THIS.
HE IS GETTING AS CLOSE TO THE
LINE AS HE CAN.
U.S. OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS KENTUCKY
DID NOT EFFECTIVELY MONITOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID-19
SCREENING AND TESTING A PROGRAM
(21:20):
SARAH THAT HAS TO DO WITH NOT
DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS?
>> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ISSUES
THAT THE OFFICE FOUND.
INCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE CONTRACTED TO GIVE COVID
TESTS AND SCREENING ON SCHOOL
PROPERTY.
AMONG K-12 CHILDREN.
DIDN'T HAVE PROPER BACKGROUND
CHECKS BEFORE BEING ON THAT
PROPERTY AND DOING THAT.
(21:40):
THAT WAS A RED FLAG FOR THE
OFFICE.
ALSO THERE WERE OTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS LIKE NOT
GETTING PROPER LAB SIGNATURES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS HADN'T
BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH TO
MEET THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL HAS ASKED KENTUCKY TO
LOOK AT 4.5 MILLION I BELIEVE
(22:03):
AND SEE WHAT WAS ALLOWABLE WHAT
THEY SPENT RIGHTFULLY AND GIVE
BACK WHATEVER THEY DIDN'T.
AND I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING
THAT THE AUDIT STARTED UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND
FINISHED UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
SO AT LEAST ON PAPER, IT IS A
BIPARTISAN INVESTIGATION.
RUSS, THIS WEEK
PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVED
(22:23):
DISASTER FUNDS FOR RECENT
TORNADOES AND FLOODING IT'S $56
MILLION.
MOST OF THAT IN EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT
SEEMS LIKE WE'VE HAD DISASTER
AFTER DISASTER IN THIS REGION.
SO YEAH, THAT MONEY IS
DEFINITELY WELCOMED.
I THINK THERE'S STILL PEOPLE IN
(22:45):
THE AFFECTED AREAS FROM FEBRUARY
THAT WOULD SAY THERE'S STILL
MONEY NEEDED FOR THAT AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN THROW
ENOUGH MONEY AT IT TO MITIGATE
THE DAMAGES WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
FORMER LOUISVILLE
POLICE OFFICER BRETT HANKISON
WAS SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS IN
PRISON THE JUDGE REJECTED THE
(23:05):
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RECOMMENDATION OF A SENTENCE OF
ONE DAY.
>> THE DOJ WOULD HAVE SERVED IT.
SHE THE JUDGE WAS A LITTLE
UPSET, PEEVED BY THAT SENTENCING
MEMORANDUM.
SHE FELT LIKE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAD SORT OF DONE A
180 WITHOUT ANY FACTS CHANGING
(23:26):
IN THE CASE AND SORT OF SAID IT
SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE
TIP-TOEING AROUND POLITICS AND
SHE SAID IN THE COURTROOM I
WON'T BE SWAYED BY POLITICS.
SHE GAVE HIM 33 MONTHS, WE
EXPECT AN APPEAL ON THAT
SOMETIME IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET
(23:46):
TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
NOW, IT WAS A MIXED REACTION.
BREONNA TAYLOR'S MOTHER SORT OF
SAID SHE WAS GRATEFUL THE JUDGE
LISTENED TO THE ARGUMENTS AND
LISTENED TO WHAT WAS STAYED IN
COURT AND WENT ABOVE WHAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS ASKING
FOR.
BUT SHE AND OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE
THE COURTHOUSE FELT LIKE IT
(24:08):
WASN'T ENOUGH.
AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN
COURT TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE
FACT THAT BRETT HANKISON WAS NOT
THE PERSON WHO FIRED THE SHOT
THAT KILLED BREONNA TAYLOR.
BUT WHAT HE HAS BEEN FOUND
GUILTY OF IS VIOLATING HER CIVIL
RIGHTS BY FIRING BLINDLY INTO
HER APARTMENT.
THAT IS WHAT THIS FOCUSED ON.
AUSTIN WE GOT LATE WORD
(24:28):
OF NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE U.K.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONE NAME WE
ALL RECOGNIZE?
>> JIM GRAY FORMER MAYOR OF
LEXINGTON, CURRENT
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN BE
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY AND
ALSO SERVE ON THE U.K. BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
HE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S OFTEN
MENTIONED FOR DIFFERENT OFFICES
(24:49):
LIKE MAYBE HE WOULD RUN FOR
MAYOR AGAIN IN 2026.
I THINK THIS APPOINTMENT
PROBABLY LIMITS THAT TALK IN THE
FUTURE.
WE'LL LET JIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF
ON THAT FRONT.
BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT A COUPLE NEW
NAMES CLARK WILLIAMS OF
LEXINGTON, ELAINE WILSON OF
SOMERSET AND TODD CASE IS A
(25:10):
REAPPOINTMENT.
THE KENTUCKY STATE
CAPITOL IS UNDERGOING
RENOVATIONS AT A COST OF $300
MILLION.
MICHAEL ADAMS ANNOUNCED HIS
OFFICE'S LAST WEEK IN THE
CAPITOL IS DONE NOW FOR YEARS TO
COME.
>> THIS BUILDING IS VERY EMPTY.
THE TOP TWO FLOORS ARE ALREADY
GONE.
THE LEGISLATURE IS GONE.
THE SUPREME COURT IS GONE.
(25:31):
THE MEDIA ARE GONE.
AND SO REMAINING ARE JUST THE
FOUR OF US ON THE GROUND FLOOR,
GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ME.
WE ARE RELOCATING TO EAST
FRANKFORT THE SUITE OF OFFICES
WE'VE TAKEN WE WILL BE THERE
UNTIL 2029 I'M TOLD.
IT'S GOING TO BE A
WHILE BUT THEY ARE PACKING UP
(25:52):
AND MOVING.
WE CLOSE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND
WILL REOPEN WEDNESDAY AT THE NEW
LOCATION.
A CHANGE FOR OAKS DAY.
THE OAKS RACE WILL BE RUN IN
PRIMETIME AT 8:00 P.M. NEXT
YEAR.
SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL
PRAISED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
FOR SELECTING THE PADUCAH PLANT
AS ONE OF FOUR SITES FOR CUTTING
(26:14):
EDGE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CENTERS.
PADUCAH STANDS READY FOR THE
NEXT STEP AND THAT FACILITY'S
IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE COUNTRY
AND WILL HELP FACILITATE U.S.
LEADERSHIP IN A.I.
THAT'S "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
STAY COOL IF YOU CAN AND HAVE A
GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
(26:59):
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