♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO FANCY FARM IN GRAVES COUNTY FOR THE 13D ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC, A TRADITION IN THIS STATE FOR FANCY FARM AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE BACK IN FULL FORM WITH YOU TODAY.

GNCH, I'M RENEE SHAW.

THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR AFTERNOON WITH US HERE ON KET.

THERE IS A GREAT LINEUP ON THE STAGE THAT'S BEHIND US THAT WILL START AT 2 CLOCK P.M. WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AND OTHERS WHO WILL BE SPEAKING AND WE HAVE A PANEL JOINING US THROUGHOUT OUR COVERAGE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT, TO ANALYZE WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.

BEFORE WE GET TO TALKING TO OUR PANEL TODAY, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT FANCY FARM, THE COMMUNITY AND THE PICNIC ITSELF AND HOW IT HAS PUT KENTUCKY AND FANCY FARM ON THE MAP AND THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.

>> THE STORY REALLY BEGINS IN THE 1820s WHEN SETTLERS FROM TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND OTHER PARTS OF KENTUCKY FIRST ARRIVED IN PRESENT DAY GRAVES COUNTY.

MANY WERE CATHOLIC AND THEY FOUNDED ST. JEROME'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1836.

A SERIES OF FAMILY REUNIONS TURNED INTO A REGULAR SERIES OF PICNICS AND BY 1880, THE PICNIC HAD BECOME A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHURCH, BUT IT WASN'T POLITICAL AT FIRST.

>> MY GRANDFATHER WAS THE ONE WHO REALLY POPULARIZED THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE FANCY FARM PICNIC.

AND THAT WAS IN THE 1930s.

>> 1936 SPECIFICALLY, THE YEAR A.B.

HAPPY CHANDLER SPOKE WHILE RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

HE WENT ON TO WIN THAT RACE AND FANCY FARM BECAME A CLAYS FOR OLD SCHOOL POLITICAL SPEECH PHIING.

WE THINK OF FANCY FARM AS BEING THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST.

IT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

IN FACT, FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY, IT WASN'T.

IT WAS IN JULY UNTIL 1956 WHEN KENTUCKY'S PRIMARY WAS IN AUGUST.

>> HEY, HO.

>> WHEN THE PRIMARY MOVED TO MAY, FANCY FARM WAS PUSHED BACK AND BECAME THE UNOFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THE FALL CAMPAIGN.

SOME BIG NATIONAL NAMES HAVE TURNED UP AT FANCY FARM.

GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE SPOKE IN 1975, ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS FOURTH AND FINAL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT AND THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS PARALYZED BY A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN'S BULLET.

>> HE WAS UP AT THE PODIUM SPEAKING AND THAT'S WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHERS HAD THE OLD STYLE CAMERAS WITH THE FLASH BULBS ON IT.

IT POPPED LIKE A GUN AND GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCH CHED HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

SO HE WENT ON AND PROCEEDED WITH THE SPEECH, THE PHOTOGRAPHER RELOADED THE BULL BULB, TOOK ANOTHER STILL SHOT OF HIM AND POPPED LIKE A GUN.

GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCHED AGAIN AND HE SAID IN HIS ALABAMA ACCENT, Y'ALL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT GUN SHY UP HERE.

>> SENATOR LLOYD BENT CENTRAL WAS THERE IN 1988 AS A CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT BUT COULDN'T SWING KENTUCKY TO THE DUKAKIS TICKET.

AND CLINTON AND GORE CARRIED KENTUCKY THAT NOVEMBER.

SENATOR AND VICE PRESIDENT ALVIN BARALLY SPOKE AT FANCY FARM MULTIPLE TIMES.

THE JACKSON PURCHASE'S FAVORITE SON WAS BORN IN GRAVES COUNTY.

THE FOOD HAS MADE THE HISTORY BOOKS.

WHEN PICNIC GOERS PUT AWAY 15,000 POUNDS OF MUTTON, PORK AND CHICKEN AT THE 1982 PICNIC, IT MADE THE BEGIN IS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.

YOU MIGHT BE ASKING HOW DID THE COMMUNITY GET THE NAME?

THE STORY IS IN THE 1840s WHEN THE AREA WANTED ITS OWN POST OFFICE, A VISITING POSTAL OFFICER STAYED AT A FARM THAT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON HIM AND NAMED IT FANCY FARM.

I'M TOBY GIBBS.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE AND WE ARE JOINED BY CLOAB COLMON ELRIDGE WHO IS SPOKESMAN FOR DEMOCRATIC PARE AND SEAN SOUTHARD.

COLMAN MON YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HERE AND ON THE BIG STAGE.

I WANT TO GO TO HIM FIRST.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HEAR YOU SAY TODAY?

>> THAT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I AM CONCENTRATING ON IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE OBVIOUSLY BRINGING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN EASTERN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOWED HOO.-- RIGHT NOW.

I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN, OF SOME OF OUR FOLKS ARE SUFFERING UNIMAGINABLE LOSS.

AND THE FOLKS OF WEST KENTUCKY KNOW THAT LOSS VERY WELL.

AND THEN WHAT I'VE SAID SINCE I HAVE BECOME CHAIR, WE ARE GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE VALUES OF THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE ARE GOING TO TELL OUR TRUTH WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T MAYBE DONE ENOUGH OF.

AND HOPEFULLY SET THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT DEMOCRAT TO COME AFTER ME, WHICH WILL BE CHARLES BOOKER.

>> >> Renee: LET'S TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF NO SHOWS AND I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN WHY.

WE WILL NOT SEE SENATOR McCONNELL HERE TODAY BUT WE WILL HAVE A TAPE BECAUSE HE SENT HIS REMARKS TO KET AND WILL WE WILL RUN THOSE BEFORE THE POLITICAL SPEECHIFYING BEGINS.

>> BOTH OF OUR SENATORS ARE IN D.C. VOTING AGAINST THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OR THE INFLATION INCREASE ACT AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE FIGHTING FOR KENTUCKY VALUES IN WASHINGTON.

AND LIKE COL MON, I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

>> WE ARE IN A PLACE THAT KNOWS THE NATURAL DISASTER VERY WELL, AND WE ARE ALSO THINKING OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE ENDURING SO MUCH OF THAT.

WILL THAT CHANGE THE TONE AND THE TENOR OF WAS WE WILL HEAR ON THAT STAGE TODAY?

>> I THINK THAT WILL YOU PROBABLY HEAR EVERYONE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OUT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, BUT I THINK COLMON IS RIGHT, WE WILL HAVE A DISPLAY OF VALUES, CONTRASTS UP ON STAGE LIKE WE ALWAYS DO AT FANCY FARM.

>> Renee: GOOD OL' KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT RED MEAT KIND OF THING?

>> I FOLLOWED THE REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST THIS MORNING SO I THINK I HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IS COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

AND IT WILL BE FUN I DO PROMISE THAT.

>> THE GOVERNOR IS NOT HERE.

HE IT CANCEL HIS TRIP TO ISRAEL BECAUSE HE IS DEALING WITH THE EASTERN KENTUCKY FLOODING DISASTER.

SO ARE YOU HIS PROXY AND DID THE GOVERNOR DEPUTIZE YOU TO SPEAK FOR HIM OR DID THE PICNIC ORGANIZER, POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT ORGANIZER CONTACT YOU?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW THEY CONTACTED US WHEN THE GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO ISRAEL BUT HE IS STAYING HERE.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANDY BESHEAR BEING A GRANDSON OF WEST KENTUCKY, DURING THE TORNADOES HE MADE A PROMISE TO THE FOLKS THAT HE IS GOING TO STAND IN THERE THEIR CORNER AND HE HAS DONE THAT EITHER WITH THE RELIEF EFFORTS OR JOBS ANNOUNCED HERE, RECORD INVESTMENTS MADE HERE IN WEST WEST KENTUCKY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK NO ONE IS A PROXY FOR ANDY BESHEAR.

HE IS HIS OWN MAN BUT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PARTY HAVE A STORY TO TELL AND I FEEL FORTUNATE TO BE THE ONE TO TELL THAT STORY AND TO DO SO, IN AN HISTORIC WAY.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERVE AS THE HEAD OF THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

TODAY, YOU KNOW, I WILL BE ON THAT STAGE, CHARLES BOOKER WILL BE ON THAT STAGE AND JIMMY IS ON BROOKS WILL BE ON THAT STAGE.

TWO AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND A GAY MAN WILL BE WILL BE MAKING HISTORY TODAY.

>> YOUR NAME HAS BEEN TOSS ADD ROUND FOR OTHER RACES AND OTHER TIMES.

ARE YOU MAKING THE SPEECH FOR A WARMUP ACT FOR POSSIBLY 2023.

>> I'M MAKING THE SPEECH TO REPRESENT THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> SEAN.

I LOVE COLMON AND HE HAS BEEN A GREAT CHAIRMAN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

I THINK HE IS THE GREATEST CHAIRMAN THE REPUBLICANS HAVE EVER HAD.

>> WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT.

HE HAS A RECORD THAT ALL OF US REPUBLICANS CAN BE PROUD OF.

CEDING HALF THE STATEHOUSE AND SENATE CANDIDATES TO REPUBLICAN HANDS THIS NOVEMBER.

AND FLIPPING VOTER REGISTRATION TO REPUBLICAN HANDS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY.

I WANT TO SAY IN A MOMENT OF BIPARTISANSHIP, I ENDORSE WHATEVER YOU DECIDED TO DO BUT I NEED YOU TO STAY THEIR AT THE K.D.P.

FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

>> WHAT I PROMISE YOU, WHEN Y'ALL ARE DONE COOKING THE BOOKS OVER AT THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT KNOWS HOW TO PRACTICE LAW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REAL KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN PARTY COMING BACK INSTEAD OF THIS MEGA WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF RIGHT UP HERE ON THE STAGE.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO BY TENURE, BUT DURING YOUR TENURE, MacBROWN'S TENURE, WE HAVE SEEN A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IS SUNK SO LOW IN TERMS OF HOW THEY TREAT OUR PEOPLE, THE RESPECT THEY HAVE FOR KENTUCKIANS, STANDING ON THE SIDE OF RAPISTS AND-- >> Renee: I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE STAGE HERE TODAY.

SO BECAUSE WE MENTIONED SENATOR McCONNELL AND RAND PAUL WILL NOT BE HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN WASHINGTON.

THE SENATE IS IN SESSION.

McDONNELL, THE LEADER'S OFFICE DID SEND US HIS REMARKS AND HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SATE.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T JOIN Y'ALL IN PERSON.

FANCY FARM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRADITIONS.

BUT MY DAY JOB IS FIGHTING FOR KENTUCKIANS HERE ON CAPITOL HILL AND WITH DEMOCRATS THREATENING TO HIKE TAXES IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECESSION, I HAD TO BE HERE TO VOTE.

I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DEVASTATING FLOODS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN DEVASTATING TORNADOES HIT WESTERN KENTUCKY JUST LAST DECEMBER.

IT'S HEART WARMING TO HEAR THAT THE MAYFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT SENT AN AMBULANCE FULL OF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES TO EASTERN KENTUCKY AS SOON AS THE FLOODING STARTED.

KENTUCKIANS WILL ALWAYS HELP KENTUCKIANS IN A CRISIS.

BEYOND NATURAL DISASTERS, THE COMMONWEALTH HAS FACED SOME DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THIS YEAR.

INFLATION IS UP, VIOLENT CRIME IS UP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS UP.

WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS CREATED THESE PROBLEMS AND THEY'RE DOUBLING DOWN ON THEIR FAILED AGENDA.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE CAR KEYS AWAY FROM NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER AND GET THE GROWNUPS BACK IN CHARGE.

I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOUR HELP TO RE-ELECT RAND PAUL, JAMIE COMER AND THE REST OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

LET'S BRING KENTUCKY VALUES BACK TO WASHINGTON.

HAVE A GREAT DAY AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

>> Renee: THAT WAS SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL WHO DELIVERED HIS REMARKS ON TAPE BECAUSE HE IS UNABLE TO BE HERE ALONG WITH SENATOR RAND PAUL BECAUSE OF THE DUTIES IN WASHINGTON.

I WANT TO GO TO YOU COLMAN MON AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT CHARLES BOOKER.

THERE WERE RUMORS HE WAS GOING TO RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT AND EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH HIM ABOUT THOSE FRUSTRATIONS WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW ARE YOU RECOMMENDYING THOSE?

>> I TALK TO CHARLES A GREAT DEAL.

WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT FRIENDSHIP TRAND SENDS HIS CANDIDACY AND MY CHAIRMANSHIP.

I THINK ALL CANDIDATES AT TIMES FEEL FRUSTRATIONS WITH THEIR PARTY IF THEY DON'T GET EVERYTHING THEY WANT.

EVERYTHING THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED.

WHERE WE HAVE COME OUT ON ALL OF THIS IS WE ARE UNITED TO DEFEAT RAND PAUL.

RAND PAUL IS A DANGER TO THE AMERICAN STATE.

HE IS A RUSSIAN PROPAGANDISTIC.

HE HAS NOT DELIVERED FOR THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY.

HE WOULD RATHER GRAND STAND THAN HELP OUR FRIENDS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

HE HAS SHOWN US WHO HE IS AND SO, YOU KNOW, WILL PALACE INTRIGUE THAT COMES WITH OLD DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING, WE ARE NOT FIGHTING.

WE ARE UNITED IN OUR EFFORTS TO NOT ONLY DEFEAT RAND PAUL AND UP AND DOWN THE TICKET WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF NATION AND THE CONSCIOUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

UNDER REPUBLICAN RULES, WOMEN ARE LOSING RIGHTS, PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE LOSING RIGHTS.

POOR AND MIDDLE-CLASS HAVE BEEN ABAND DONED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THAT'S WHAT UNITES US AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET SO MANY DEMOCRATS FIGHTING TO TAKE BACK THE COMMONWEALTH.

>> Renee: I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT SENATOR PAUL.

HE HAS JUST THE OTHER DAY, HE DID NOT VOTE FOR THE PACKET ACT THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED VETERANS WHO HAVE SUFFERED TOXINS SUCH AS AGENT ORANGE, ET CETERA.

THOSE CAN BE CONTROVERSIAL EVEN THOUGH HE HAS GIVEN AN EXPLANATION.

HOW RUL OR DEALING WITH MAYBE PERHAPS HIS VOTING PERFORMANCE AND WHAT THE OVERALL PARTY IS TRYING TO MESSAGE TO KENTUCKY VOTERS THIS TIME AROUND?

>> I THINK SENATOR PAUL HAS A STRONG RECORD TO RUN ON AS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE WHO WANTS TO SUPPORT THE POLICE AND HE HAS BEEN PROVEN RIGHT AND RIGHT AGAIN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR OR TWO WITH GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HIS CAMPAIGN AND MAKING THE CASE THAT KENTUCKY IS MUCH BETTER WITH RAND PAUL IN THAT U.S. SENATE SEAT THAN CHARLES BOOKER.

CHARLES BOOKER DOESN'T REPRESENT THE VALUES OF THIS STATE.

RAND PAUL DOES.

>> Renee: THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU COLMON ELRIDGE AND SEAN SOUTHARD.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I'M GOING GO CHANGE CLOTHES.

>> Renee: APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.

STAY COOL.

IT IS A LITTLE WARM OUT HERE.

NOT AS WARM AS OTHER FANCY FARMS.

WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE WEATHER.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO TELL YOU THAT SO MANY PEOPLE GO INTO MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN.

THERE HAVE BEEN POLITICAL CHAIRMEN OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE INTRODUCED YOU TO AND SHARED THEIR STORIES.

STEVEN ELDER HAS TAKEN THE REINS.

WE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS YEAR'S FANCY FARM PICNIC BECAUSE COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADOES, THIS IS THE FIRST PICNIC SINCE THAT TIME.

CASEY PARKER-BELL SPOKE WITH STEVEN ELDER ABOUT THIS EVENT.

>> YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO TOWN THAT WILL PROBABLY SEE THE TORNADO ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, BLANK SLATES WITHOUT BUILDINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> STEVEN ELDER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN MAYFIELD AS THE TORNADO DECIMATEED THE TOWN.

>> THAT IS UNREAL.

>> HE WAS ON THE GROUND DURING RECOVERY EFFORTS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME, BUD.

>> NOW, AS EASTERN KENTUCKY BEGINS RECOVERY FROM RECENT FLOODS, HE HAS ADVICE FOR THE PEOPLE THERE.

>> DEVASTATING TO SEE.

IT CAME THROUGH AND IT LEFT, RIGHT?

THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN'T PASS OVER.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT IN THAT SENSE.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH SUPPORT, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC THING.

>> ELDER SAYS EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AN INFLUX OF KINDNESS AND GIVING AND HOW TO HANDLE THE LOAD.

BUT FOR THE GRAVES COUNTY COMMUNITY, THIS WEEKEND'S FANCY FARM PICNIC OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO GATHER AND HEEL FROM DECEMBER'S WOUNDS.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EMOTIONAL HOMECOMING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT GRAVES COUNTY.

BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD ONE BECAUSE WE WILL ALL BE BACK TOGETHER.

>> FOR MANY, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PICNIC IS THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT.

AND THIS YEAR THE SPEAKING ROSTER IS BROADER THAN USUAL.

TYPICALLY SPEAKERS INCLUDE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR'S ELECTION.

THIS YEAR, SPEAKERS INCLUDE THE USUAL CAST AND REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES VANNA MADDOX AND COLMON ELRIDGE DEMOCRATIC CHAIR.

>> YOU INCLUDED SAVANNAH MADDOX TO THE SPEAKING ROSTER BECAUSE SHE IS A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU MADE THAT DECISION?

>> YEAH, SO, IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS THAT NORMALLY SPEAK, YOU HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE STATE AUDITOR, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE ALL RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, AND I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT ANYBODY SAYS THERE ON THE STAGE.

BUT MY GUESS WOULD BE IS THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING GIVE A POLITICAL SPEECH IN TERMS OF WANTING TO BE THE GOVERNOR OR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST AN EXECUTIVE STYLE SPEECH.

AND #E I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE ONLY FAIR TO ADD SAVANNAH MADDOX TO THE ROSTER BECAUSE SHE HAS BROAD SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

YOU CAN TELL THAT THROUGH HER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD MIX OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND IDEAS AND SPEECHES ON STAGE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES FANCY FARM SO UNIQUE IS THAT THAT'S THE TIME THAT PEOPLE FROM BOTH PARTIES CAN KIND OF COME TOGETHER, HAVE A LOT OF FUN, BUT HAVE SOME JABS BACK AND FORTH.

>> FOR KET, I'M CASEY PARKER-BELL.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, CASEY.

APPRECIATE THAT.

NOW WE ARE JOINED FOR A SWITCHEROO.

JARED SMITH, DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CONSULTANT AND STRATEGIST AND FAMILIAR FACE TO THE KET AIRWAVES, SCOTT JENNINGS, CONSERVE CNN COMMENTATOR.

HE COMMENTATES FOR US, TOO.

YOU ARE WITH US TODAY.

WE GOT YOU.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHO IS ON THE ROSTER.

WE JUST HEARD THE PIECE BY CASE CASEY PARKER-BELL.

THE ADDITION OF SAVANNAH MADDOX BUT THERE IS A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ON THE GROUNDS WHO IS NOT GOING TO BE ON THE STAGE.

I WANT YOU, SCOTT JENNINGS TO TALK ABOUT THE ADDITION OF HAVING SAVANNAH MADDOX AND IF THAT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BREAK PRECEDENT.

>> I THINK FANCY FARM IS GOING TO BECOME, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE POLITICS OF THE STATE, WE USED TO THINK OF IT AS A KICKOFF TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

NOW IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HERE NOW.

I THINK IT'S FINE FOR THEM TO INCLUDE MORE CANDIDATES WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE MAY BALLOT AND I SUPPORT WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY SPEAKERS AND THE DEMOCRATS BOYCOTTED IT SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE MORE THE MERRIER.

TRADITION IS IMPORTANT.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THERE ARE DEMOCRATS HERE THIS YEAR.

LOTS OF REPUBLICANS HERE.

THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THE MORE PEOPLE WE INCLUDE, IT'S GREAT FOR WEST KENTUCKY AND THEY NEED THE ATTENTION.

>> Renee: SO TO SCOTT'S POINT, IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2019, I BELIEVE THAT DEMOCRATS WERE ON THE STAGE.

NOW WE HAVE COAL DOLE COLMON ELRIDGE WHO JUST LEFT OUR STAGE AND THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NOMINEE, AND OF COURSE CHARLES BOOKER.

SO TALK TO US ABOUT THE SEEMINGLY DIMINISHING DEMOCRATIC PRESENCE ON THE STAGE.

>> I THINK IT'S A GEOGRAPHY ISSUE.

IN LOUISVILLE, MCGARVEY WILL BE THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FANCY FARM TAKE MORE OF A COMPLETE STATEWIDE PRESENCE INSTEAD OF JUST THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PRESENCE BUT WE UNDER THE URBAN RURAL DIVIDE AND WHERE IT'S HEADED.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT CHARLES BOOKER IS GOING TO DO TODAY.

>> Renee: TALK TO US ABOUT THE ABTIFFTS THAT LEAD UP TO FANCY FARM.

BEAN DINNERS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

>> IF MIKE CHERRY IS LISTENING, PLEASE BRING BACK THE GARDEN PARTY IN PRINCETON ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, PLEASE.

>> Renee: FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE ARE WE HAVE THE BEAN SUPPER FOR THE MARSHALL COUNTY AND GRAVES COUNTY, FUNDRAISER FOR THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

IF YOU DON'T ATTEND THEM AND JUST SHOW UP HERE, YOU ARE DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE PARTY.

>> Renee: I ALWAYS THINK IT IS INTERESTING WHO IS IN THE CROWD BUT NOT ON THE STAGE.

IS MIKE WISE HERE.

I'VE SPOTTED AND WE'VE INTERVIEWED SAVANNAH MADDOX, DEETER, KELLEY CRAFT.

WHO IS HERE.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN KELLEY.

DEETERS HAS A CONTINGENT HERE.

>> MAX IS HERE.

>> SO, YEAH, LOOK.

AND JARED'S POINT, THE STUFF THAT LEADS UP TO THIS FOR REPUBLICANS, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FANCY FARM EVENT, THE GRAVES COUNTY REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST, A BIG SHIN DIG OUT AT THE CASH FARM WHERE REPUBLICANS GATHER.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE RELATIONSHIPS ARE CEMENTED IN WEST KENTUCKY.

SO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP, IT REALLY DOES MATTER AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MANY TREATING THIS WITH THE RESPECT IT DESERVES.

I ECHO WHAT JARED SAID.

I'M GLAD CHARLTS BOOKER IS HERE.

IT TAKES GUTS GIVEN THAT GOVERNOR BESHEAR WANTS TO KILL THIS EVENT OFF.

HE DESERVES TO BE HERE AND DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD WHEN ONE PARTY WRITES OFF A WHOLE PARTY OF THE STATE.

>> TALK TO US ABOUT THE OMISSION, WE HAVEN'T SEEN HER, OF KELLY CRAFT.

>> SHE IS NOT AN ANNOUNCED CANDIDATE YET AND I EXPECT HER TO ANNOUNCE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR THE PICNIC TO INVITE PEOPLE WHO ARE ANNOUNCED; THAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE VIABLE CANDIDATES.

I THINK THAT'S FINE.

SHE IS NOT YET IN THE RACE.

I DO EXPECT HER TO RUN.

AND SO I THINK THEY MADE THE RIGHT CALL ON IT.

>> Renee: I MENTIONED MAKES FER MAX WISE, SENATOR MAX WISE, CHAIR OF THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE FROM CAMPBELLSVILLE.

WHAT IS HE EYEING?

>> THE RUMORS ARE THAT HE AND KELLY ARE TALKING ABOUT FORMING A TICKET.

IT WOULD BE A FORMIDABLE TICKET.

BEING A REPUBLICAN HEADING INTO 2023 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL VIABLE AND BRING DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES BUT MAX COMES FROM A REPUBLICAN VOTE RICH PART OF THE STATE AND IS OBVIOUSLY A CAPABLE LEGISLATOR AND GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER.

IF HE HOPPED ON SOMEBODY'S TICKET, HE WOULD BE A FORMIDABLE ADDITION.

>> I'VE SEEN PEOPLE IN THE CROWD FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, BUT I DO WANT TO GO TO YOU, JARED WALCZAK BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS HOT DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING TO GO DOWN BALLOT.

WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE TREASURER.

>> JENNIFER MOORE'S NAME HAS BEEN TOSS ADD ROUND FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

I THINK SHE WOULD BE GREAT.

PAMELA STEVENSON KICKING IT AROUND.

>> Renee: TICK KICKING AROUND WHAT?

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> DAVID YATES AS WELL.

SO I THINK THE A.G. RACE WILL BE VERY INTERESTING.

AUDITOR AND TREASUREER NOT HEARING TOO MUCH NOW.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE TOP FIRST.

THE GOVERNOR IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECT.

WE NEED A SOLID ONE OR TWO A.G. PEOPLE.

>> THE DOWNTICKET RACES WERE NOT CLOSE.

REPUBLICANS SWEPT.

BUT IT STRIKES ME THAT IN 2023 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A VERY HOT AND CLOSE PRIMARY ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND I THINK THE GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDLY IS A 50-50 RACE.

IT WILL BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST RACES WE'VE HAD IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

SO FOR KENTUCKY POLITICOS LIKE US, THIS, TO ME, IS THE BIG KICKOFF FOR ALL OF 23, JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF TALENTED CANDIDATES.

AND ANDY BESHEAR IS GOING TO BE FORMIDABLE.

HE IS AN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR AND INCUMBENTS ARE HARD TO BEAT.

>> Renee: MANY PEOPLE WOULD SAY HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF WITH THE DISASTERS AND CROAD THAT HE HAS PROVEN TO HAVE STEADY LEADERSHIP.

>> IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THESE DISASTERS GET THRUST UPON HIM AND HE SHINES AND COMES THROUGH AND PEOPLE SEE HIM AS AUTHENTIC AND CARING AND HE WANTS EVERYBODY TO BE HEALTHY, HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT IT TAKES THESE MOMENTS TO BRING THAT OUT.

>> SO THE EMCEE IS THE HOUSE SPEAKER OF KENTUCKY, DAVID OSBOURNE.

AND SO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WENT TO FRANKFORT TO CATCH UP WITH HIM TO SEE HOW HE WAS PREPARING.

I TRIED TO GET HIM TO GIVE US SOME FOLKS.

HE DIDN'T DO THAT.

HEN'T WASSED YOU TO BE SURPRISED BUT HERE IS WHAT HE SAID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

SPEAKER OSBOURNE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

GOOD TO BE HERE.

>> Renee: ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT FANCY FARM, THE 142nd ANNUAL PICNIC.

>> AUTO I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT'S A WONDERFUL TRADITION IN KENTUCKY POLITICS AND I HAVE BEEN A POLITICAL JUNKIE MOST OF MY LIFE AND TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, IT'S GREAT.

I'M HONORED TO BE ASKED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> Renee: HOW DID THAT CONVERSATION GO?

>> IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, STEVE ELBETTER CALLED OUT OF THE BLUE AND SAID I'M WORKING ON THE FANCY FARM GUEST LIST THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE EMCEE WHICH I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO ASK WHO I MIGHT RECOMMEND.

IT NEVER EVEN DAWNED ON ME, FRANKLY, THAT THEY WOULD ASK.

SO HE SAID I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.

IT'S THE REPUBLICANS TIME THIS YEAR.

I WAS HONORED TO SAY YES.

>> DID YOU SAY YES IMMEDIATELY.

>> I I THINK I ASKED A FEW PEOPLE, A COUPLE OF MY COMS PEOPLE IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

>> Renee: THEY GAVE YOU THE GREEN LIGHT.

EVERY APPROACH IS DIFFERENT.

WE'VE HAD SOME COMEDIANS, SOME THAT HAVE TOWED THE LINE AND READ WHAT THEY NEEDED TO READ AND MOVE IT ALONG.

WHAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR APPROACH?

>> WAIT AND SEE.

>> KEEP US IN SUSPENSE.

>> FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME, THEY KNOW I HAVE A SARCASTIC BELT BENT TO ME SO THERE WILL BE SARCASM AND GOOD NATURED JABS.

BUT I THINK ALL IN ALL IT WILL BE A FUNNY VENT.

>> Renee: IT IS FUN.

IT'S TRADITION.

I DO WANT TO ASK YOU A POLITICAL QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

WE █KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC PRESENCE ON THE ROSTER IS THIN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT COLMON ELRIDGE, THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING, WHICH IS NOT USUAL, WE KNOW THE GOVERNOR WILL NOT BE THERE.

SO DO YOU CARE TO COMMENT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ON THAT STAGE WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE THERE?

I.

>> >> I THINK SIGHTS IMPORTANT TO BE THERE.

THE PEOPLE OF WEST KENTUCKY ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE LAST NOW MONTHS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

IT'S ALL FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN SO MANY WAYS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THIS IS A MAJOR FUNDRAISER SO TO BE ABLE TO GARNER ANY EXTRA SUPPORT THAT WE CAN FOR THAT FUNDRAISER IS GOOD.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, I HAD HEARD OF TIMES IN THE PAST, NOT THAT I PERSONALLY REMEMBER, BUT I'VE HEARD OF TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE THE ONLY REPUBLICANS THEY COULD GET TO SPEAK WERE, IN FACT, PARTY OFFICIALS; THAT THERE WERE NO ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THAT THE REPUBLICANS THAT WERE ELECTED DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO WESTERN KENTUCKY WHICH WAS VERY, VERY HOSTILE TERRITORY TO THEM AT THE TIME.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE'VE ALMOST GONE FULL CIRCLE WITH THAT AND COLMON IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HIM BEING THERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CHARLES BOOKER BEING THERE.

I I IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT.

>> Renee: ONE QUESTION IN THE RELEVANCY TO FANCY FARM.

IN A DIGITAL TIME THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE YOUR MESSAGE ANY TIME BEFORE AND AFTER FANCY FARM, IS THERE A RELEVANCY FOR THIS TRADITION?

>> ALL THE TIME MORE AND MORE.

POLITICS HAS TAKEN SUCH AN IMPERSONAL NATURE, YOU KNOW.

WE ARE DEFINED BY FIVE-SECOND SOUNDBITES THAT ARE CLIPPED OFF SOCIAL MEDIA AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MAKE THOSE THINGS SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO.

SO I THINK THE MORE WE SEE OF THAT, THE MORE IMPORTANT, I THINK IT IS FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS AND ASPIRING PUBLIC SERVANTS TO GET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

AND WE HAVE LOST THAT.

WE ARE LOSING THAT ABILITY TO DEVELOP THOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY HOW YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE.

>> AND YOU GET SOME MUTTON.

15,000 POUNDS OF THAT.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THAT UP?

>> IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU GET EVERY PLACE EITHER.

I ALWAYS ENJOY MY MUTTON.

>> Renee: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MR. SPEAKER.

>> YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME.

>> Renee: WE ARE LIKE ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM THE ABOUT I GO FIREWORKS ON THE STAGE BEHIND US SET OFF.

THANK YOU IF YOU ARE JOINING US.

YOU ARE WATCHING KET EATS CLONCH OF FANCY FARM, 142.

THEY'RE GETTING ALL RILED UP.

IT'S TIME.

THE CROWD CHANGES ENERGY AS SOON AS THE CLOCK STRIKES 2:00.

BOB BABBAGE HAS POPPED IN.

>> A LOT OF ACTION HERE.

THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TRADITION.

JUST AS THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS THE GREATEST TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS, FANCY FARM KENTUCKY IS THE GREATEST TWO HOURS IN AMERICAN POLITICS.

IT'S THAT GOOD, ALWAYS LIVES UP TO THE BILLING AND IT'S GOING TO BE HOT, HOT, HOT.

>> FANCY FARM STILL HAS CIG SIGNIFICANCE.

>> FOR ALL THE NOISE BEHIND US, ALL THE CAUSES REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S FADING A BIT.

WE COULD HAVE OUR GOVERNOR AND U.S.

SENATORS HERE AND HOPE FOR NEXT YEAR BUT FOR TODAY, WE'VE EVE GOT PLENTY OF TALENT, PLENTY OF DRIVE ON THAT STAGE.

>> Renee: YOU MENTION THE CAUSES, BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT SEE FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF OUR CAMERAS, THERE ARE CAUSES TO OUR STAGE RIGHT, THE AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 ON THE BALLOT THAT YOU HAVE THE PROLIFE PEOPLE HERE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAY BE HERE.

OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE SET UP.

TALK TO US ABOUT MORE GETTING SUPPORT FOR THOSE CAUSES AS WELL.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN POLITICS AND PICNICS, YOU ARE GOING TO GET OTHER ADVICE ON WHAT TO VOTE FOR DOWN THE BALLOT WHERE THE AMENDMENTS ARE.

THE KANSAS VOTED AND INDIANA, THEY'RE INSTRUCTIVE FOR CANADA'S BUT NOT ANY CLEAR COP COLLUSIONS.

THAT HATS TO BE ONE WON OR LOST OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

I WOULD ASK EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO YOU NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, READ THE AMENDMENTS, PAY ATTENTION AND KNOW WHAT YOU STAND FOR THE AND GET IN THERE AND VOTE FOR THEM.

>> Renee: UNDERSTAND THEM.

I UNDERSTAND KANSAS, THE TEXT WAS COMPLICATED.

IT'S NOT SO COMPLICATED ON THE KENTUCKY BALLOT AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT, IF YOU CAN HEAR US.

>> IT'S STILL COMPLICATED.

>> WHY IS IT COMPLICATED.

>> THE WAY THEY WRITE THINGS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T REALLY STUDIED THE QUESTION, YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS YES OR AND WHICH ONE IS NO.

THEY WRITE THEM VERY WELL.

I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY.

>> WE KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIG CAMPAIGN FOR BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE?

THERE ARE A LOT OF VOTERS WHO WALK IN THE BOOTH AND DON'T REALIZE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THEM ON THE BALLOT VERY OFTEN.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE EBB EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT IT AND KNOW WHERE YOU STAND AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR.

THE DEFAULT POSITION IS NO.

IF YOU ARE PRO-LIFE, STUDY UP ON IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP AND VOTE AGAINST YOUR OWN POSITION.

>> Renee: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHO IS NOT GOING TO BE ON THE STAGE BUT IS HERE.

WHO HAVE YOU TALKED TO?

>> THE CONVERSATION THAT CAME MY WAY TODAY AND ALL THE TIME IS ABOUT THE NEXT RACE WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.

FOR RAND PAUL AND CHARLES BOOKER, THIS SHOULD BE THEIR DAY WITH RAND PAUL IN WASHINGTON AND BOOKER HERE WITH THE CROWD.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

SIGHTS ALL ABOUT HARMON AND MADDOX AND ALAN FROM SOMERSET.

THAT'S THE FOCUS, THAT HAS THE KONKS STRAITION WHAT THEY SAY MATTERS TODAY PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

>> THE MAYOR OF SOMERSET, WE MENTIONED SENATOR MAX WISE BUT WE HAVE NOT MENTIONED SOMERSET MAYOR.

>> SOMERSET HAS A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC WAVE RIGHT NOW, HE IS UP FOR REELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.

HE IS NOT A CANDIDATE YET.

BUT FOR HIM.

>> >> AMBITIOUS GUY.

HAS A GOOD RECORD.

HE IS ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR.

SOUND LIKE HE IS GOING TO BE A CANDIDATE.

AND THE THING ABOUT HAVING OFF YEAR GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS, IF HE GETS RE-ELECTED MAYOR, HE CAN RUN FOR GOVERNOR.

YOU MIGHT CATCH LIGHTNING IN THE BOTTLE LIKE HAS HAPPENED IN THE RECENT PAST.

>> THIS IS THE CHARL BOOKER SHOW.

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT CHARLES AND WHAT I THINK IS, THERE IS NOT MUCH PRESSURE ON CHARLES.

CHARLES IS GOING TO RISE TO THE MOMENT AND GIVE AN AMAZING SPEECH.

WITH ALL THE REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY'RE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IS NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS THEIR OPENING STATEMENT TO A VERY WRAPT AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO HARE WHAT SAVANNAH MADDOX AND RYAN QUARLES HAS TO SAY.

READY FOR CHARLES TO COME OUT HERE AND GET THE CROWD FIRED UP.

>> Renee: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE EASTERN KENTUCKY FLOODS AND RECOVERY WILL CHANGE THE TONE AND TENOR OR WILL THEY BE TONED DOWN OR THROW THE RED MEAT?

>> JUST TALKING ON THE STAGE, WE NEED TO LAUGH THROUGH OUR TEARS.

WE HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, TERRIBLE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AS WELL.

KECK L. >> I THINK THEY JUST DID THE PRAYER.

BUT CONTINUE.

SO PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD LAUGHS, A FEW GOOD ZINGERS, A FEW GOOD PUNCHES.

HAVE YOU TO EXPECT THAT.

SOME HUME HUMOR GOES A LONG WAY.

THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD MATERIAL.

>> IT WAS NOT THE PRAYER BUT A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

>> IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY IS GOING THROUGH IS THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

I THOUGHT GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS A GOOD CASE TO COME DOWN HERE.

HE HAS BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RECOVERY HERE.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT HE DIDN'T COME BECAUSE I THINK HE COULD SAY IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE EAST ARE GOING THROUGH, IT WOULD BE THE WEST AND THAT'S UNIFYING FOR THE STATE.

>> THE ADMINISTRATION, NOBODY CAN DOUBT THE ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO WRN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THE GOVERNOR IS NOT ON THE BALLOT THIS ELECTION.

RAND PAUL IS ON THE BALLOT AND HE IS NOT HERE.

>> SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE HERING STEVEN ELDER-- I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO BE RILED UP ANYMORE.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM BUT FOR THE THREE OF US BORN WITH BELOW AVERAGE LOOKS AND INTELLIGENCE, THIS IS AS CLOSE TO FEELING LIKE A ROCKSTAR.

YOU DON'T HAVE THIS ISSUE.

YOU WERE BORN WITH EVERYTHING-- AND WE FEEL LIKE METALLICA UP HERE.

I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE WANT RENEE SHAW AT THE PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENT USUALLY DEBATE IN 2024.

WHEN IT WAS SAID BY THE WONDERFUL EMCEE, VERY BIPARTISAN.

THE CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO BEGIN SOON.

WE'LL NEED YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

>> REGIONAL REPRESENTATION WOULD BE HELPFUL SO WE DON'T MAKE IT NATIONALIZED AND FEDERALIZED ON THE TOUR.

THAT WE THROW A BONE TO OTHERS, RIGHT?

WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE FOR THE PRAYER.

>> TO BE HERE AFTER THE HIATUS THAT THE COVID PANDEMIC PLACED UPON US.

BUT ALWAYS PROPER TO PRAY AND CALL UPON ALL MIGHTY GOD'S BLESSINGS AND I WOULD ECHO THE PRAYER ALL OF OUR PRAYERS AND HEARTS ARE TURNED TOWARDS THE PEOPLE OF GRAVES COUNTY AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY WHO NOW STRIVE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND THEIR HOMES AND THREE COMMUNITIES AND OUR DEAR NEIGHBORS AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY WHO LIKEWISE STRIVE NOW TO REBUILD.

LET US PRAY.

ALL MIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD YOU HAVE REVEALED YOUR GLORY TO ALL NATIONS, GOD OF POWER AND MIGHT, WISDOM AND JUSTICE, THROUGH YOU AUTHORITY IS RIGHTLY ADMINISTERED LAWS ARE ENACTED AND JUDGE JUDGMENT IS DECREED AND BLESS THE PEOPLE OF ST. JEROME AND FANCY FARM WHO, TODAY WELCOME TO THEIR COMMUNITY TENS OF THOUSANDS.

MAY THE WELCOME AND FOOD THEIR GIFTS RECEIVE NOURISH BOTH THEIR BODIES AND THEIR SPIRITS ALL BE GREETED HERE AS CHRIST.

LET THE LIGHT OF YOUR DIVINE WISDOM DIRECT THE DISCOURSE OF ALL WHO WOULD BE PUBLIC SERVANTS, BLESS THEM LORD FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN THE PUBLIC REALM AND PROTECT THEM FROM UNCHARITABLE SCRUTINY.

WE PRAY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

WE PRAY FOR THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH KENTUCKY AND MEMBERS OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.

WE PRAY FOR LOCAL LEADERS AND SERVANTS.

MAY ALL WE SPEAK TO PRESERVE PEACE, PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD AND HAPPINESS, CONTINUE TO BRING THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND EQUALITY TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN CREATED AS CHILDREN OF ONE GOD AND CREATOR.

BLESS THE CITIZENS OF OUR NATION THAT WE MAY PROSPER IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S WAYS AND BE IT SANCTIFIED IN THE OBSERVANCE OF YOUR HOLY LAW.

MAY WE BE PRESERVED IN UNION AND THAT PEACE THAT THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE.

BLESS LORD THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR NATION, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO TODAY SERVE IN IN ARMED CONFLICT.

BLESSED IN EXTRAORDINARY WAY THOSE CALLED TO BE LEADERS OF STATE, OF EDUCATION AND CHURCH, TO CALL ALL PEOPLE TO SACRIFICE FOR THE COMMON GOOD AS OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NATION AND THE WORLD SERVE TO BRING HEALING FROM THE COVID VIRUS.

GIVE US A SENSE OF THE DIGNITY OF ALL LIFE CREATED IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD.

BLESS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND SCIENTISTS THAT SHOW YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR CHARITY.

WE TRUST, DEAR GOD THAT YOU ARE THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT THAT WILL LEAD US TO PEACE AND WELLNESS.

BLESS AND COMFORT ALL VICTIMS OF WAR, KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM.

MAY EACH OF US BE INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE THAT THE DAY MAY SOON COME THAT CONFLICTS NEED NOT BE RESOLVED BY VIOLENCE.

BLESS THE POOR OF OUR NATION AND THE WORLD.

NEVER LET US FORGET LORD THAT THESE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THE BOUNTY OF YOUR CREATION IS INSTENDED FOR ALL.

LORD LET CHARITY PREVAIL HERE TODAY THAT EVERYTHING WE SAY AND EVERYTHING WE DO MAY SERVE TO BUILD UP YOUR KINGDOM OF JUSTICE LIGHTNESS AND TRUTH AND ASK THIS HUMBLE PRAYER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> FOR THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME" WE WANTED TO BRING TALENT AND TREASURE FROM MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY.

THIS YEAR SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE FORMER MAYOR OF MAYFIELD, THERESA CANTRELL, SHE SERVED TWO TERMS AS MAYOR FROM 2011-2018.

SHE IS NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ANNIE GUARD GARDENER COULD YOU UNDERSTAND FACE THAT-- FOUNDATION THAT SERVES THE LESS FORTUNATE IN GRAVES COUNTY.

PLEASE COME FORTH, THERESA.

♪ OH SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT'S SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪ ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED ♪ AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE ♪ ♪ THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ OH, SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> WOW!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT ARTIST ARE TWO LIFE LONG RESIDENTS, MAYFIELD AND GREENE COMMUNITY CARTER PARKS GRADUATED FROM MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST YEAR AND ATTENDEDING MURRAY STATE THIS YEAR, ALEX GOODMAN IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AWARDS MASTERS IN MAYFIELD, BOATS INVOLVED WITH OUR COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE TORNADO BUT IT WAS REPAIR AND THEY HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT SHOWS SINCE DECEMBER.

CARTER AND ALEX, PLEASE KIM FORWARD TO SING "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME".

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OH, THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT ♪ ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ 'TIS SUMMER ♪ THE OLD FOLKS ARE GAY ♪ WELL, THE CORN TOP'S RIPE ♪ AND THE MEADOW'S IN THE BLOOM ♪ WHILE THE BIRDS MAKE MUSIC ♪ ALL THE DAY ♪ WEEP NO MORE, MY LADY ♪ THE YOUNG FOLKS AROUND THE CABIN FLOOR ALL MERRILY AND HAPPY AND BRIGHT ♪ ♪ ♪ AND THE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR ♪ ♪ AND MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME GOOD NIGHT ♪ ♪ WEEP NO MORE, MY LADY ♪ OH, WEEP NO MORE, TODAY ♪ WE SING ONE SONG ♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ FAR AWAY.

♪ WEEP NO MORE, MY LADY ♪ OH, WEEP NO MORE, TODAY ♪ WE SING ONE SONG ♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ FAR AWAY.

♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ FAR AWAY.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT.

GREAT JOB CARTER AND ALEX.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TIME KEEPER.

WE ARE GOING KEEP OUR FOLKS UP HERE ON TIME.

MY SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER IS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT.

SHE WILL HOLD INCREMENTS OF ONE MINUTE, 30 SECONDS AND TIME IS UP.

YOU GOT THE STOP SIGN AND IF SPEAKERS GO OVER, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PLAY.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (BANJO MUSIC) ALL RIGHT.

SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS.

LET'S HAVE A GOOD TIME.

BE AS CONSIDERATE AS POSSIBLE.

ALLOW THE CANDIDATES TO SPEAK, CHEER AND JEER AS MUCH AS YOU WANT AND MOVE FORWARD.

NOISE MAKERS, WE'LL HAVE MAYBE SOME OF THE SECURITY COME GET IF YOU YOU GOT A NOISE MAKER.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO OUR EMCEE.

HE IS NO STRANGER TO THE POLITICAL ARENA.

HE HAS BEEN ON THIS STAGE MANY TIMES BEFORE.

HOUSE SPEAKER DAVID OSBOURNE HAS SERVED IN THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SINCE 2005.

HE WAS SWORN IN ON JANUARY 8, 2019 TO SERVE AS THE SPEAKER OF THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SPEAKER OSBOURNE REPRESENTS THE 59th HOUSE DISTRICT WHICH IS COMPRISED OF PART OF OLDHAM COUNT.

HE WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE 2022 CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN AWARD, PREVENT CHILD ABUSE KENTUCKY'S CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN'S MARYELLEN AWARD IN 2018, AND THE 2020 OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD FROM THE KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE.

THE SPEAKER IS ALSO A RECIPIENT OF MULTIPLE M.V.P.

AWARDS FROM THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ADDITION, AS A LAWMAKER, OSBOURNE OWNS AND OPERATES DEERFIELD FARM, THOROUGHBRED RACING AND BREEDING OPERATION IN PROSPECT.

HE IS A MEMBER OF THE OLDHAM COUNT OF COMMERCE, FARM BUREAU, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AS WELL AS REALTORS LAND INSTITUTE.

HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF SEVERAL BREEDERS AND EQUINE ASSOCIATIONS ♪ ALL ABOARD, HA HA HA HA,.

(OZZIE OSBOURNE'S CRAZY TRAIN).

>> HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OLDHAM COUNT, OSBOURNE GRADUATED FROM OLDHAM COUNT HIGH SCHOOL AND CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH HONORS AND A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE WHICH ECONOMICS AND CULTURAL ECONOMICS.

OSBOURNE CONTINUES TO OPERATE HIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS, SPECIALIZING IN FARMS AND LAND.

HE AND HIS WIFE LORI LIVE IN PROSPECT.

PLEASE WELCOME SPEAKER OSBOURNE TO THE STAGE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ().

(CRAZY TRAIN BY OZZIE OSBOURNE) >> >> [ CHEERING ] >> THANK YOU, STEVE, WELCOME TO THE 142nd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC!

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE YOUR EMCEE.

YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I WALK OUT INTO THE HOUSE CHAMBERS I PLAY THAT SONG IN THE BACK OF MY MIND BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY ELSE EVER GOT TO HEAR IT.

SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE TAKES A LOT OF WORK OF VOLUNTEERS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES, BISHOP MEDLEY, STEVEN ELDER FANCY FARM PICNIC COMMITTEE AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THIS DAY POSSIBLE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY FOR THIS FUNDRAISER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S A FUNDRAISER.

SO GET YOUR WALLETS OUT, BUY SOME BARBECUE, PLAY SOME BINGO, BY A CHANCE ON THE TRUCK.

FOR ANY GAMBLING ON SPORTS OTHER THAN THE BLOOD SPORTS OF POLITICS HAVE YOU TO GO ACROSS THE RIVER TO MISSOURI OR ILLINOIS.

ALSO WANT TO WELCOME MY WIFE LORI WHO IS MAKING HER MADEN APPEARANCE AT FANCY FARM.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SHE HAS BEEN AFTER ME TO TAKE A VACATION AND I WILL TELL YOU SHE IS STILL UTTERLY SPEECHLESS ABOUT THE R.V.

TRIP I PLANNED DOWN HERE.

[LAUGHTER] I'M SERIOUS.

SHE IS LITERALLY NOT BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO A WORD TO ME SINCE ANNOUNCED OUR PLANS.

DON'T WORRY, HONEY.

NEXT TIME WE'LL GET YOU SOMETHING REALLY NICE.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

I APPRECIATE THE TRADITIONS OF THIS GREAT PLACE AND TODAY'S EVENT MEANS SO MUCH MORE AFTER ALL THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THROUGH OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS.

IT HAS PROOF THAT KENTUCKIANS ARE RESILIENT AND WILLING TO FIGHT FOR WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

OF COURSE FANCY FARM IS ALL ABOUT SPEECHES.

AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS YOUR EMCEE, I AM HERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT I AM RUNNING FOR NOTHING ELSE.

[ APPLAUSE ] YET.

[LAUGHTER] I LIKE MY CURRENT JOB.

PROUD TO RESIDE OVER THE HOUSE CHAMBER COMMITTED TO BUILDING A BETTER AND STRONGER KENTUCKY FOR EVERYONE AND BUILDING A BETTER LIFE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

SINCE TAKING THE MAJORITY, WE HAVE DELIVERED ON EVERY CAMPAIGN PROMISE WE'VE MADE, PASSING THE MOST RESPONSIBLE BUDGETS IN HISTORY, PROTECTING THE VALUES WE HOLD DEAR AND WORKING TO GROW ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS KENTUCKY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GENERATIONS...

THERE IS A SENSE THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

THAT'S OF COURSE IF WE CAN KEEP THE GOVERNOR FROM GIVING EVERYTHING WE TAKE IN AWAY.

FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE BUDGETS WE HAVE SPENT LESS THAN WE HAVE TAKEN IN, SOMETHING GOVERNMENT SIMPLY DOES NOT DO.

[ APPLAUSE ] BUT WE BELIEVE KENTUCKIANS SHOULD KEEP MORE OF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY AND AS A RESULT WE CREATED THE LARGEST BUDGET RESERVE IN KENTUCKY'S HISTORY AND WE PASSED LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE KENTUCKY'S INCOME TAX.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND GUESS WHAT?

THE VOTERS OF KENTUCKY AGREED!

WE HAVE SEEN IN ELECTIONS OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES WE SAW THE STATE FLIP LAST MONTH.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, REPUBLICANS OUTNUMBER DEMOCRATS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TO ME IT'S MORE THAN JUST R & D. IT'S ABOUT POLICY.

NOW OBVIOUSLY R & D IS THE SCORE BOARD WORE USE TO KEEP SCORE AND BY GOSH WE ARE RUNNING UP THE SCORE... [ CHEERING ] WE ARE SEEING IT EVEN THIS YEAR AS THEY COULD ONLY FIND CANDIDATES TO CHALLENGE A THIRD OF OUR INCUMBENTS AND WE ARE FIELDING CANDIDATES IN 89 OF KENTUCKY'S 100 SEATS.

[ CHEERING ] A WHOLE LOT OF OLD DEMOCRATS ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES.

BUT LEAST THEY GOT SOMETHING TO DO NOW THAT MICHAEL ADAMS HAS MADE IT HARDER FOR THEM TO VOTE!

SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING OUTNUMBERED, FOR THE RECORD, EVEN WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MAJORITY YOU SOMETIMES FEEL OUTNUMBERED.

FOR PETE'S SAKE AT OUR OWN CAUCUS I HAVE FAXES LARGER THAN THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

REMINDS ME OF AN OFTEN USED MITCH McCONNELL JOKE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT BEING THE LEADER IS LIKE BEING THE GROUNDS KEEPER AT A CEMETERY.

EVERYBODY IS UNDERNEATH YOU BUT NOBODY IS LISTENING.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE RECOVERS.

AND RECOVERS AND RECOVERS YET AGAIN FROM COVID.

WE ALL HOPE HE DOESN'T GET COVID BRAIN.

I HEAR IT LEADS TO SLEEPINESS.

TROUBLE SPEAKING, CONFUSION.

WHOOPS.

IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR JOE.

HE CONTINUES TO SET NEW PERSONAL RECORDS FOR LOW APPROVAL RATINGS THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ANYONE WHO HAS EVER SAT AROUND A KITCHEN TABLE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY THEIR BILLS WHEN THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PUT GAS IN THEIR CAR OR FOOD ON THE TABLE.

INFLATION IS AT A 40 YEAR HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE RISING AND POLICIES OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO BE MORE AND MORE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY.

THEY THINK THAT THE ANSWER TO FUEL COSTS IS BUYING MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

THE GOVERNMENT, MY NOT PARENTS KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILD AND TITLE IX CAN BE HIJACKED TO LET MEN COMPETE AS WOMEN.

(B-2ING) EVEN CAITLYN JENNER DOESN'T BUY THAT.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

I HAVE HAD FOLKS ASK ME FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW-- THIS IS SERIOUS.

HOW YOU CAN BE FUNNY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING TRAGEDY HERE IN KENTUCKY.

AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE FUNNY DURING THESE TIMES.

WE KNOW THAT.

BUT OUR SENSE OF HUMOR HAS HELPED US ENDURE IN TIMES BEFORE.

AND ONLY SHARPENS OUR RESOLVE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITIES RECOVERING FROM THESE STRATEGIC DISASTERS.

OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY AND ARE WITH THOSE SUFFERING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND THOSE RECOVERING FROM THE TORNADOES HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

BUT TODAY I WILL HONOR THE TRADITION OF FANCY FARM WITH GOOD SPIRITED FUN.

JUST AS THE GENERATIONS BEFORE US DID WHEN THEY FACED THEIR OWN CHALLENGES.

NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE ELEPHANT OUT OF THE ROOM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DONKEY IN THE ROOM.

ACTUALLY IT'S THE DONKEY NOT IN THE ROOM.

AS YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT DOWN HERE TODAY.

IN ACCOUNT FA, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

MY REMARKS HAVE GOTTEN CONSIDERABLEBLY SHORTER SINCE THE GOVERNOR'S CANCELLATION OF THIS TRIP.

WITH HIM NOT HERE HALF MY MATERIAL IS GONE.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I APPRECIATE THE GOVERNOR'S WORK AND I THANK HIM AND HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE HANDLING OF THE FLOODING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND MAKING THE DECISION TO STAY IN KENTUCKY RATHER THAN GO OVERSEAS.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS IN THE NATION.

[ APPLAUSE ] BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO LET HIM OFF THE HOOK.

FOR INITIALLY CHOOSING TO BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY INSTEAD OF WEST KENTUCKY AT FANCY FARM.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE ELEPHANTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE ROOM.

AS YOU HAVE HEARD, LEADER McCONNELL AND SENATOR PAUL HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN, DID D.C. AND THAT TOOK THE REST OF MY MATERIAL.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT LEADER McCOMMAND SENATOR PAUL WORKING TOGETHER.

WE ALL KNOW THE GOVERNOR WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN 2023.

AND HE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE HERE AT FANCY FARM AND HE WILL BE HERE ON THE STAGE MAKING SAY SPEECH.

AND AFTER HE LOSES NEXT FALL, I'M SURE THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK IN WITH 2025 WHICH IS THE NEXT TIME THE DEMOCRAT CAN BE THE EMCEE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO WORK!

I KNOW I SAID IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND HUMOR, BUT LET'S FACE IT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO MAKE FUN OF SOME OF YOU ALL.

AND SOME OF YOU JUST AREN'T VERY FUNNY.

BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SPEAKER, LET'S GO THROUGH SOME GROUND RULES.

OF COURSE THE FIRST RULE OF FANCY FARM IS THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO THE EMCEE.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT YOU GOT TO WATCH YOUR TIME.

AND LET'S BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS.

BOTH HERE AND ON KET P. NO NOISE MAKERS, NO CHANTING WHILE FOLKS ARE SPEAKING AND NO CURSING.

LET'S KEEP IT CIVIL.

I AM NOT AFRAID TO USE THIS.

AM I RIGHT, CHARLES?

JUST KIDDING, CHARLES.

SPEAKER PRO TEM DAVID MEADE MADE A CAMEO IN YOUR LAST TV COMER COMMERCIAL.

I DON'T INDEPENDENT I DON'T INTEND TO MAKE IT IN THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET STARTED.

AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SET THIS HERE WHILE YOU GO IT CLOSE TO IT.

AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, I THINK IT'S QUITE FITTING THAT WE BEGIN WITH LEGISLATORS THAT REPRESENT GRAVES COUNTY AND THE STATEHOUSE AND THE STATE SENATE.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS A FAMILIAR FACE.

SENATOR JASON HOWELL, THE SENATOR FOR SEVEN COUNTIES AND THE JACKSON PURCHASE, HE LIVES IN MURRAY WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN.

WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FULTON COUNTY.

SENATOR HOWELL HAS BEEN A WELCOME VOICE IN THE SENATE PROVIDING A CALM, RATIONAL LEADERSHIP APPROACH THAT HELPS TAKE THE EDGE OFF OF EVEN HIS PRICKLIEST COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING DAMON THAYER.

SENATOR HOWELL, WELCOME TO THE STAGE.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S ABOUT GOOD TO SEE YOU SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK HERE LIKE YOU DO IN FRANKFORT.

ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN MY PARRISH OR MY DISTRICT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE 1423nd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC.

THANKS TO STEVEN, MARK, AND ALL THE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS OF ST. JOHN PARRISH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO IN PUTTING THIS GREAT EVENT ON.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ON STAGE WITH SO MANY DISTINGUISHED LEADERS IN OUR STATE.

AND I'M EXCITED TO TELL Y'ALL, THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF A DEMOCRAT THIS YEAR, CHARLES, GREAT TO SEE YOU DOWN HERE.

[ CHEERING ] I'M NOT SURE YOU ARE ONE IN A MILLION BUT YOU ARE ONE MORE THAN WE HAD UP HERE LAST YEAR.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

LAST YEAR I STOOD UP IN FRONT OF YOU AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DECIDED TO COME TO WESTERN KENTUCKY TO RAISE OUR FAMILY AND OUR CHILDREN HERE.

IT'S NATURAL TO BE PROUD OF WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

ALL OF US, SAY IT.

MOST OF US MEAN IT.

THE PRIDE IN OUR HOME IS PART OF WHO WE ARE.

WE KNOW IT WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE WHY.

SOMETIMES IN LIFE SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT TRANSITIONS US FROM KNOWING TO UNDERSTANDING.

ON DECEMBER 10, LAST YEAR, WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE PROUD TO BE FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY.

WITH THAT, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY ARE GOING THROUGH AS WELL.

KNOW THIS: WE LOVE YOU.

WE SUPPORT YOU AND WE STAND WITH YOU AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THIS HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

[ APPLAUSE ] THE COUNTLESS WAYS OUR COMMUNITIES RALLIED AROUND OURSELVES BOTH HUMBLED ME AND MADE ME PROUD TO LIVE HERE AND REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT.

THAT DECEMBER NIGHT, THE SELFLESS SERVICE OF FARMERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE KEITH LOWERY WHO LOADED UP HIS TRACK HO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO HELP DIG PEOPLE OUT OF THE RUBBLE.

I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T TRIED TO LOAD ONE ON, IT IT IS NOT EASY.

HAD TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT IN THE DARK.

WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES ANOTHER DOOR OPENS.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REBUILDING OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

MANY OF THE THINGS WE HAVE WILL NEVER BEEN THE SAME AGAIN AND WE KNOW THAT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND WE ARE STEPPING FORWARD TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.

AS THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER WILLIE NELSON ONCE SAID, IT HAS BEEN ROUGH AND ROCKY TRAVELING BUT I'M FINALLY STANDING UPRIGHT ON THE GROUND.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AND I WILL BE HONORED TO BE PART OF THE JOURNEY FOR OUR RECOVERY IN THIS AREA EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THANK YOU, JASON.

IN TWO SHORT YEARS, SENATOR HOWELL HAS RAPIDLY BECOME ONE OF THE FAVORITE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FOR US IN THE HOUSE.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A LOW BAR THAT TO THAT IS: NEXT UP IS ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTWORTHY LIKEABLE GUYS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH.

REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD HEATH.

OF COURSE WHEN YOU GOT A GUY AS NICE AS RICHARD, IT'S HARD TO MAKE FUN OF HIM AT HIS EXPENSE.

IT'S TRUE THAT RICHARD SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE ON A TRACTOR, BUT NEVER AS MUCH AS THE DAYS AFTER THE TORNADO.

WE WERE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND AT FIRST TRYING TO MAKE SURE AFTER HE AND RUTH AND THEIR FAMILY WERE SAFE, THEN WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THIS AREA.

EVERY TIME I REACHED OUT TO RICHARD HE WAS WORKING TO HELP HIS COMMUNITY.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM IN PERSON WAS A FEW DAYS AFTER THE TORNADOES WHEN WE BROUGHT TRUCK LOADS OF SUPPLIES AND HE WAS WORKING WELL INTO THE DARK.

RICHARD, LET'S HEAR WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO GRAVES COUNTY!

WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO FANCY FARM, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S EVEN MORE SPECIAL.

I WANT TO ALSO JOIN WITH THE OTHERS TO THANK FATHER VINTNERS AND THE ST. JEROME PARRISH FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND AND THE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WORKED TO MAKE THIS EVENT SPECIAL EVERY YEAR.

I'M SO PROUD OF MY COMMUNITY AND THE COMEBACK THAT WE ARE MAKING.

I KNOW AS MANY OF YOU DROVE THROUGH TODAY, YOU WENT AND LOOKED AT THE TORNADO DAMAGE AND I KNOW IT LOOKS DIFFERENT TO YOU AS A VISITOR FROM OUT OF TOWN BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE FOLKS HERE ARE STILL DRIVEN BY LOVE OF FAITH AND FAMILY AND COUNTRY: [ APPLAUSE ] I RAN FOR THE HOUSE IN 2012 BECAUSE I FELT LIKE MY EXPERIENCE IN FARMING AND AGRI-BUSINESS AND SMALL BUSINESS COULD BE OF USE TO THE STATE THAT I LOVE.

WE ARE MAKING BUSINESS HERE IN KENTUCKY MAKING BUSINESS FRIENDLY DECISIONS AND REAPING THE BENEFITS WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES LOCATING IN KENTUCKY.

WE'VE LOWERED OUR INCOME TAX FROM 6% TO 4.5% WITH THE PLAN TO ELIMINATE INCOME TAX IN KENTUCKY ALL TOGETHER.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE PASSED LEGISLATION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROTECT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE'VE ALSO PASSED LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.

I HAVE GRANDDAUGHTERS THAT PLAY SPORTS AND THIS IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART.

LAST YEAR I FILED A LETTER OF INTENT TO RUN FOR REY WILL EXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN 2022.

I'M DOING THAT.

I FILED A LETTER OF INTENT TO RUN FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURAL IN 2023.

SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT'S STRANGE BUT I WANTED TO BE OPEN AND HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH THE VOTERS IN DISTRICT 2 AND THE VOTERS IN KENTUCKY.

IF I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ELECTED AS COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, I FEEL LIKE THE STATE OF KENTUCKY CAN BENEFIT FROM THE LIFE EXPERIENCES I BRING.

IF I'M NOT SUCCESSFUL IN ONING THE RACE FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, I HOPE TO CONTINUE SERVING AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND CHAIR OF THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE.

EITHER WAY I FEEL LIKE I CAN BENEFIT THE STATED WITH MY EXPERIENCE AND I'M EAGER AND READY TO SERVE.

I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE SEAT OF THE TRACTOR, THE BACK OF THE TOBACCO CENTER AND FROM THE INSIDE OF A HOG BARN.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO STARE AT THE BOOKS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN TIMES LIKE THIS AS I STAND HER TODAY, I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AND YOUR SUPPORT.

BEFORE I FINISH I WANT TO THANK THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS WHO CAME HERE TO HELP US RECOVER AND REBUILD FROM THE TORNADOES IN DECEMBER.

(BANJO MUSIC) >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WAS TO HAVE BEEN LEADER McCONNELL WHO HAS BEEN SPEAKING AT FANCY FARM, BY GOSH SINCE MOST FOLKS ON THIS STAGE WERE IN PRESCHOOL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK HIS FIRST TIME HERE WAS WHEN HE WAS INTERNING FOR HENRY CLAY AND THIS WAS STILL NEW TERRITORY.

IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT HOWEVER THAT I PICKED HENRY CLAY BECAUSE I THINK WHEN THE HISTORY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN, MITCH McCONNELL WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST LEGISLATORS IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY.

[ APPLAUSE ] HE HAS BROUGHT COUNTLESS RESOURCES TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, ENGINEERED A MAJOR RESTORATION OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY AND IS THE ARCHITECT OF KENTUCKY'S REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION!

LEADER McCONNELL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMONWEALTH.

OF COURSE EVERYONE KNOWS WHY THE GOVERNOR AND THE SENATORS COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COULDN'T BE HERE.

SHE JUST SAID SHE WASN'T COMING.

KIND OF LIKE THOSE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS SHE PROMISED.

SO NOW WE GET TO WELCOME KENTUCKY DEMOCRAT PARTY CHAIRMAN AND STANDARD BEARER COLMON ELRIDGE.

WE GET IT.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN ONLY REPUBLICAN WE COULD GET TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEAK WAS OUR PARTY CHAIR.

I AM TOLD ONE YEAR IT WAS SO BAD THEY MADE LARRY FORD CHAIRMAN FOR THE DAY SO SOMEBODY COULD SPEAK ON THIS STAGE.

BUT HEY, MAKING THE TRIP HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF MAKING SURE THAT CHARLES DOESN'T SWITCH TO INDEPENDENT WHILE HE IS DOWN HERE MANY OF US IN FRANKFORT REMEMBER COLMON FROM THE FIRST BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE WORKED FOR THIS GOVERNOR'S FATHER.

OF COURSE TODAY HE REALLY HAS THE WORST JOB IN POLITICS.

EVERY SINGLE DAY HE HAS TO PUT A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE BIDEN POLICIES AND THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTION RESULTS.

TO PARAPHRASE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND FANCY FARM EMCEE BOBBY RICHARDSON, THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THE PAST.

IT CAN'T BE EASY, ESPECIALLY AS ONCE WAS WRITTEN BY ONE OF YOUR OWN MEMBERS, YOU ARE FIGHTING A WAR MACHINE WITH A PEA SHOOTER.

MAYBE YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR THE JOB.

COL COLMON, WELCOME TO THE STAGE.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

>> LAST DECEMBER TORNADOES RAGED THROUGH WEST KENTUCKY AND TESTED YOUR, AS KENTUCKIANS WE CAME TOGETHER AND THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH JOINED IN PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.

AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY YOU HAD A FRIEND IN THE GRANDSON OF WEST KENTUCKY, OUR GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR MADE IT CLEAR THAT OUR COMMONWEALTH WOULD NOT FORGET YOU AND HE HAS KEPT HIS PROMISE.

SINCE LAST DECEMBER, GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS BEEN IN WEST KENTUCKY MORE THAN THREE DOZEN TIMES, BRINGING THE RESOURCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY AS YOU RECOVER AND EVEN BEFORE THE TORNADOES GOVERNOR BESHEAR PROMISE NOT TO FORGET YOU AND THAT'S WHY MORE THAN 35 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED HERE INVESTING MORE THAN $5 BILLION AND CREATING MORE THAN 7,000 GOOD PAYING JOBS RIGHT HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

BUT AS WE GATHER, THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING ONE IMAGINABLE GRIEF AND LOSS DUE TO THE HISTORIC DEADLY FLOODING.

ONCE AGAIN OUR GOVERNOR IS THROWING THROUGH HIS ACTIONS.

HOW WE SHOW UP IN MOMENT OF DEVASTATION AND EMBRACE OUR FELLOW KENTUCKIANS.

TO THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY, WE LOVE YOU, WE ARE WITH YOU AND WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOUR SIDE!

[ APPLAUSE ] NOW I AM PROUD TO BE ON THIS STAGE AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO LEAD THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

[ CHEERING ] AND TO DO SO WITH OUR NEXT U.S.

SENATOR, CHARLES BOOKER!

NOW WE LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT RAND PAUL IS AFRAID TO DEBATE CHARLES.

AND YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD BE AFTER THAT ATROCIOUS VOTE AGAINST OUR VETERANS AT THE VERY TIME OUR KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD WAS SAVING LIVES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY: IMAGINE BEING SO AFRAID OF A BLACK GUY IN THE WEST END OF LOUISVILLE ENDING YOUR CAREER THAT YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO DEBATE.

FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLOW.

CHARLES KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES.

BECAUSE HE HAS LIVED KENTUCKY'S PROMISE AND WHEN HE TAKES THAT OATH AT THE NEXT AS THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR, HE WILL REPRESENT NOT RED KENTUCKY, NOT BLUE KENTUCKY BUT ALL OF KENTUCKY.

Y'ALL CAN BOO, I'M A BLACK MAN IN KENTUCKY.

YOU CAN'T SCARE ME.

NOW I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE AND HE IS NOT USED TO PRACTICING LAW.

SO WHEN I SAY BEAT, I DON'T MEAN IN THE PHYSICAL SENSE.

I MEAN BEAT LIKE HOW STEVE BESHEAR BEAT DAVID WILLIAMS AND ERNIE FLETCHER, I MEAN BEAT LIKE WHEN ANDY BESHEAR MEET MATT BEVIN.

I MEAN BEAT LIKE WHEN ANDY BESHEAR BEATS WHATEVER REPUBLICAN MAKES IT OFF GILLIGAN'S ISLAND OF THE G.O.P.

PRIMARY UNLESS KELLY CRAFT GETS OFF HER YACHT TO BUY THE ISLAND FIRST.

THIS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR, I'LL TELL YOU, MIKE HARMON IS HERE SAVANNAH MADDOX IS HERE SPREADING HER MESSAGE OR AS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY KNOWS IT, HOW TO SPREAD COVID.

NOW LOOK I SHOULD BE VERY VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE SAVANNAH RUNS WITH A TOUGH CROWD, INSURRECTIONISTS HANGING GOVERNOR BESHEAR IN EFFIGY AND INSURRECTIONISTS.

IN CASE TEAM MADDOX IS OFFENDED BY WHAT I SAY.

UNDERSTAND ME WHEN I SAY TRY JESUS BUT DON'T TRY ME.

DANIEL COMRON ASKED FOR ZINGERS FOR THIS WEEKEND AND AS WE LEARNED THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND ON DISPLAY EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHETHER IT'S SEEKING JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR OR PROTECTING VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DANIEL CAMERON SENDS SOMEONE ELSE TO DO HIS JOB.

JAMIE COMER IS HERE FRESH OFF HIS VOTE AGAINST INTERRACIAL IMAGINER, HONEY I'M SORRY FOR OUR VOWS, WE SHOULD HAVE SAID FOR BETTER OR WORSE OR UNTIL JAMIE COMER AND 156 CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS VOTE AGAINST US.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN KENTUCKY AROUND BUT WE CANNOT DO IT WITH THESE JOKERS OVER HERE.

THEY BELIEVE THAT KENTUCKY'S BEST DAYS ARE BEHIND US.

I BELIEVE WE WILL WIN THIS NOVEMBER!

TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE JOKERS AND GET KENTUCKY BACK ON TRACK!

(BANJO MUSIC).

>> THAT WAS FUN MUST BE TOUGH NOT HAVING A SINGLE ELECTED OFFICIAL EAST OR WEST OF I-6520 DELIVER THAT HISTORIC.

SO THE NEXT UP IS OUR SENATE CANDIDATES.

WE'VE GOT A FLIP FOR SPEAKING POSITION.

STEVE, WHERE'S YOUR COIN.

WINNER OF THE COIN TOSS WAS CHARLES BOOKER!

AND HE HAS ELECTED TO GO FIRST.

CHARLES IS MY FORMER COLLEAGUE IN THE HOUSE AND HIS RESUME READS ONE TERM IN THE HOUSE AND LOST THE ELECTION.

MAYBE THAT WILL BE THE TITLE OF HIS NEXT BOOK.

CHARLES, I REALLY AM GLAD THAT YOU MADE IT HERE TODAY AND AS SOON AS YOU LOSE THIS ELECTION THIS FALL, I HOPE YOU FILE FOR THE PRIMARY NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY DESERVE A DEMOCRAT THAT WILL SHOW UP TO FANCY FARM.

[ APPLAUSE ] I HAVE TO ADD I HAVE TO ADMIT PEOPLE DOWN HERE WERE WORRIED THAT WHEN YOU WENT ON YOUR HOOD TO THE HOLLER TOUR THAT YOU EXCLUDED THE FLAT LANDS OF KENTUCKY.

SO ARE YOU GOING TO AMEND THAT FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER TO THE MAYFIELD.

MANY OF US KNOW CHARLES FROM HIS 2020 CAMPAIGN FOR SENATE.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT HIS 2022 BID FOR SENATE.

HE LIVES IN LOUISVILLE WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE LOVELY DAUGHTERS.

CHARLES LITERALLY THE ONLY TIME IN HISTORY I'LL EVER UTTER THESE WORDS, THE MICROPHONE IS YOURS.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> HOW Y'ALL DOING!

LOOK.

FEEL FREE TO BOO.

ALL BOO OUT.

EVEN IF YOU BOO, I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR TO YOU GET QUALITY HEALTHCARE.

FOLKS, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

THIS IS OFTEN FRAMED AS DEMOCRATS VERSUS REPUBLICANS.

BUT FAMILY, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOAP.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A DEVASTATING TORNADO, A PANDEMIC WHERE WE HAVE LOST SO MANY.

I LOST MY CHILDHOOD PASTOR.

I'VE LOST SEVERAL IN MY FAMILY.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE, TOO AND THEN THIS THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD.

OUR LOVED ONES ARE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL RIGHT NOW.

THESE HAVE BEEN TOUGH TIMES AND JUST TO BE HERE AT THIS HISTORIC EVENT, IT REMINDS ME OF WHAT IT MEANS TO COME TOGETHER AS FAMILY.

SO DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENT, JUST TASS A KENTUCKIAN, I LOVE YOU AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

[ CHEERING ] AND I NEED YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.

KENTUCKIANS STAND TOGETHER.

WHEN THE STORMS HIT, WE LOCK ARMS.

WHEN THAT TORNADO HIT, WE GOT TOGETHER, IT WASN'T ABOUT WHAT YOUR PARTY IS, IT'S ABOUT HOW CAN YOU HELP.

WHEN THAT FLOOD HIT, THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS WE GOT TO GET TO WORK.

OUR FAMILY NEEDS US AND WHEN I WAS ON THE GROUND VOLUNTEERING, SEVERAL FOLKS ON THE STAGE WERE THERE, TOO.

IT WASN'T ABOUT PARTY.

IT WAS ABOUT HUMANITY.

KENTUCKIANS SHOW UP.

SO THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT RAND PAUL IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND SO HOLD ON I KNOW RAND PAUL SENT HIS BETTER HALF BUT THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THIS IS HIS JOB I'M GOING TO TAKE.

RAND PAUL HAS TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU BECAUSE HE CAN'T BE HERE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO SCREW KENTUCKY.

IN FACT HE'S IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW TRYING TO SCREW YOU AS WE SPEAK.

BUT FOLKS THAT'S NOT TOM REASON HE IS NOT HERE THAT'S NOTES THE ONLY REASON HE'S NOT HERE.

RAND PAUL HAD A MAJOR APPOINTMENT TODAY HE COULDN'T MISS.

TODAY WAS HIS MONTHLY HAIR AIMENT.

THAT PERM WASN'T GOING TO FIX ITSELF.

HE HAD TO BE THERE, I KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE HIM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS BUT THIS WEEK IS INTERNATIONAL CLOWN WEEK.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

SO RAND IS BUSY RIGHT NOW WORKING ON HIS ROUTINE, DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO EMBARRASS KENTUCKY AND MAKE KIDS CRY.

HE IS A TERRIBLE SENATOR.

THIS MAN HAS INTRODUCED ZERO BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED IN HIS TWO TERMS.

HE SAID HE WOULD ONLY SERVE TWO TERMS.

HE IS LYING.

HE IS INTRODUCED ZERO BILLS.

AS TERRIBLE AS HE IS AS A SENATOR, HE IS THE BEST CLOWN THERE IS SO HE IS BUSY TODAY.

LOOK.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT HE IS NOT HERE.

THERE ARE ROCKS AROUND HERE, A ROCK IN THE U.S. SENATE WOULD DO MORE FOR KENTUCKY THAN RAND PAUL.

NOW THE FACT OF THE MATTER AND AS SPEAKER OSBOURNE AND SEVERAL OTHERS TALKED ABOUT, RAND PAUL IS AFRAID TO DEBATE ME.

HE IS AFRAID TO FACE ME.

HE IS AFRAID TO FACE YOU BECAUSE HE KNOWS WE ARE GOING TO CALL OUT HIS B.S.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, RAND PAUL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

RAND PAUL PROBABLY COULDN'T FIND KENTUCKY ON A MAP AND THE ONLY REASON HE MOVED TO KENTUCKY, HE WAS ON HIS WAY FROM TEXAS TO RUSSIA AND RAN OUT OF GAS.

AND THIS MAN HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET TO RUSSIA EVER SINCE.

HOLD ON.

HOLD ON A SECOND.

WHAT IS THIS THIS MAN'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH VLADAMIR PUTIN.

HE IS BETRAYING OUR ALLIES, DISRESPECTING OUR VETERANS, THROWING DEMOCRACY OFF THE CLIFF ALL SO HE CAN TOUCH THE HEM OF VUP'S GARMENT.

LOOK, LET'S BE CLEAR.

THAT LETTER HE HAND DELIVERED TO PUTIN, HEY, RAND, BE HONEST.

THAT WAS A LOVE BETTER LETTER, WASN'T IT.

IT HAD LIPSTICK KISSES ON IT AND HEARTS DRAWN IN CRAYON.

WHILE HE IS TRYING TO MAKE UP TO VLADIMIR, WE HAVE ISSUES HERE.

LET ME BE PLAIN WITH THE TIME HAVE I LEFT.

I'M SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

NO, DO I NOT LIKE RAND RAND PAUL BUT I PRAY THAT GOD WORKS ON HIM WE JUST DON'T NEED HIM IN THE U.S. SENATE.

WE DON'T NEED HIM IN THE SENATE BECAUSE HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OUR LIVES.

RAND PAUL IS A JOKE.

HE IS A CLOWN, AN EMBARRASSMENT, A FRAUD, A CONSPIRACY THEORIST, LIAR AND THAT'S JUST WHAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD SAY ABOUT HIM.

AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON WHAT MITCH McCONNELL THINKS ABOUT RAND PAUL.

HE IS NOT EVEN A LIBERTARIAN.

HE DOESN'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF YOUR WAY.

HE JUST WANTS IT IN HIS POCKET.

THIS MAN HAS THE BEST HEALTHCARE YOUR TAX DOLLARS CAN BUY AND STILL WENT TO CANADA TO GET THE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.

THE MAN IS A FRAUD AND IF YOU WONDER WHY SOMEONE WOULD DISRESPECT YOU SO MUCH, RAND PAUL IS VOTING AGAINST INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

HE IS NOT GOING TO INVEST IN OUR HEALTHCARE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

HE WANTS STATE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE WOMEN STATE PROPERTY.

HE WOULD OPPOSE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY BUT I DO.

AND I BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE CAN WIN OUR FUTURE.

I'M FIGHTING FOR A KENTUCKY NEW DEAL THAT'S LIFE, FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I STAND FOR, YOU KNOW I'M STANDING FOR YOU AND IN THIS MOMENT OF DIVISION, LET'S COME TOGETHER AS FAMILY, Y'ALL.

LET'S FIGHT TO WIN OUR FUTURE.

LET'S END POVERTY!

LET'S STAND UP FOR OUR VETERANS.

LET'S STAND UP FOR OUR TROOPS!

SEND A WARRIOR TO WASHINGTON AND I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD EVERY DAY.

LET'S GET RAND PAUL OUT OF OFFICE AND BACK TO TEXAS.

I WOULD BE HONORED TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S LEGALIZE CANNABIS, COLD GREEN IN THE WAY, LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER, Y'ALL.

LOVE Y'ALL.

(BOOING AND CHEERING) >> INCOMES ON OUR DOCKET WOULD HAVE BEEN SENATOR RAND PAUL.

RAND WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE EXCEPT FOR JIMMY AND JAMIE TO FACE HIS OPPONENT ON THIS STAGE TODAY.

INSTEAD, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY PAUL WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HER HUSBAND AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, CHARLES, IT'S BAD NEWS.

YOUR JOB JUST GOT HARDER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY.

WE ALL KNOW DEMOCRAT POLICIES ARE KILLING THE MIDDLE-CLASS.

RECORD INFLATION, SOARING GAS PRICES, EMPTY SHELVES, THE ECONOMY IS TANKING AND EVERY AMERICAN KNOWS IT.

WHAT IS THE DEMOCRAT SOLUTION?

JUST RAISE TAXES AND DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE I.R.S.

BIDEN SAYS DON'T WORRY WE'RE NOT IN A RECESSION WELL, I WOULDN'T EXPECT A DEMOCRAT TO KNOW WHAT A RECESSION IS.

THEY CAN'T EVEN DEFINE WHAT A WOMAN IS.

SPEAKING OF WOMEN, RAND AND I STAND WITH GREAT FEMALE ATHLETES LIKE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SWIMMER RILEY GAINS.

MEANWHILE, THE DEMOCRATS ARE CHEERING FOR THE MEN WHO ARE STEALING WOMEN'S RIGHTFUL ATHLETIC VICTORIES.

WE SAY NO MORE MEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS!

I AM WORRIED THOUGH.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS.

THEY USED TO BE EVERYWHERE AND NOW YOU CAN BARELY FIND ONE.

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS WENT FROM PROMISING A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT TO A DRAG QUEEN IN EVERY SCHOOL.

NOW THINK ABOUT IT.

THINK ABOUT THIS.

CHINESE KIDS ARE LEARNING CALCULOUS IN THE THIRD GRADE.

WHAT ARE THE DEMOCRATS TEACHING OUR KIDS?

THAT MEN CAN HAVE BABIES.

WELL, COME NOVEMBER WE ARE GOING SAY BYE BYE TO THE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR DRAG QUEENS.

NOW SOME PEOPLE ASK ME WHY IS RAND SO HARD ON POOR Dr. FAUCI?

WELL, IT'S SIMPLE.

BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THE TRUTH!

WE DESERVE THE TRUTH ABOUT TAXPAYER FUNDING OF DANGEROUS FUNCTION RESEARCH IN A CHINESE LAB.

WE DESERVE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF A VIRUS THAT KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

RAND PAUL SPOKE OUT WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS AFRAID TO, DESPITE FAUCI LYING ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF COVID, RAND CONVINCED EVERY SENATOR, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, TO VOTE FOR HIS AMENDMENT TO IMMEDIATELY STOP FUNDING WITH THE EXPERIMENTS IN CHINA.

NOW I PROMISE YOU THIS.

COME NOVEMBER WHEN WE WIN, RAND PAUL WILL SUBPOENA EVERY LAST DOCUMENT OF Dr. FAUCI.

VIOLENCE IS ON THE RISE ACROSS KENTUCKY AND ACROSS AMERICA.

NOW CHARLES HAS A SOLUTION.

HE WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.

WHEN HIS BEST FRIEND QUINTON BROWN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE A LOUISVILLE POLITICIAN, CHARLES WAS UNUSUALLY QUIET: WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER BAILED THE ASSASSIN OUT OF JAIL AFTER JUST TWO DAYS, NOT A PEEP FROM HIS GOOD FRIEND CHARLES.

BUT WHEN ASKED ON TELEVISION WHETHER HE FAVORED DEFUNDING OUR POLICE, CHARS WAS LOUD AND CLEAR.

NOW IS THE TIME HE SAID.

LOUISVILLE NOW HAS MORE MURDERS PER CAPITA THAN CHICAGO.

IN THE WEST END, KIDS ARE NOT SAFE AT THE BUS STOP.

BUT WHAT DOES CHARLES WANT TO DO?

DEFUND THE POLICE.

OVER 20 CHILDREN MURDERED IN LOUISVILLE THIS YEAR AND CHARLES' RESPONSE?

DEFUND THE POLICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE HAVE Y'ALL SEEN CHARLES NEW TV AD?

IT REMINDS ME OF SOMEBODY.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS INSPIRED BY (INAUDIBLE) NOW I'M NOT SURE WHO SHOULD BE MORE EMBARRASSED JESSE OR CHARLES.

NOW THEY SAY CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

I GUESS CHARLES TAKES THAT LITERALLY SINCE HE PAYS HIMSELF $150,000 A YEAR FROM HIS SO CALLED CHARITY.

I HAVE A GOOD IDEA FOR HIM.

MAYBE HE SHOULD RENAME IT FROM THE HOOD TO THE DOLLAR!

KENTUCKIANS WILL REJECT CHARLES AND HIS DEMOCRAT PLATFORM BECAUSE IT IS DIVIDING AMERICANS.

IT IS NOT UNITING US: DEMOCRATS SAY AMERICA IS A HATEFUL NATION, A RACIST NATION.

REPUBLICANS, WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY.

WE BELIEVE EVERY LIFE HAS VALUE.

YES!

THAT IS WHY RAND PAUL WILL CONTINUE TO BE KENTUCKY'S GREAT DEFENDER OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION!

WHICH ENSURES THE RIGHT OF EVERY AMERICAN AND IF THEY COME FROM OUR CREATOR, NOT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

RAND NEVER FORGETS THAT HE FIGHTS FOR YOU AND FOR OUR COUNTRY, WHICH IS THE SYMBOL OF HOPE, FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE WORLD.

(BANJO MUSIC PLAYING) >> THANK YOU, KELLY.

YOU REALLY DO WISH RAND WAS HERE, DON'T YOU?

ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT ANOTHER COIP FLIP.

JAMIE, JIMMY COME ON UP HERE THIS IS FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL SEAT BETWEEN JAMIE COMER AND JIMMY AWES BROCKS.

-- JIMMY AUSBROOKS NEJTS NEXT UP AT BAT, CONGRESSMAN JAMIE COMER.

I'M TOLD HE DOESN'T SEED AN INTRODUCTION BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP ME LAST TIME THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE EMCEES THIS PICNIC, IT WAS JODI RICHARDS.

JUST SO HAPPENED THAT JODI AND JAMIE HAD THE SAME HAIR COLOR.

THERE IS ANY COINCIDENCE THAT AFTER THEY BOTH LEFT THE HOUSE, IT TURNED GRAY?

OR IT JUST DID THEY DISCONTINUE THE COLOR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT PICTURES FROM ME WHEN WE FIRST MET IN 2005, CLEARLY WHAT LITTLE BIT OF HAIR I HAD LEFT IS GRAY AS WELL.

GRAY LOOKS GOOD ON ON YOU, JAMIE.

YOU ARE A FAMILIAR FACE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE 1st DISTRICT, AS THE NEXT CHAIR OF HOUSE COMMITTEE OF OVERSIGHT AND REFORM, THIS CROWD HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO YOU.

AS HAVE THE VOTERS OF KENTUCKY.

IN FACT, YOU'VE ONLY LOST ONE ELECTION JAMIE AND I KNOW THAT ONE PROBABLY STILL HURTS.

BUT LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS.

YOU ARE THE ONE STILL ELECTED.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE STILL IN FRANKFORT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AT THE FANCY FARM PICNIC, THE GREATEST STAGE IN KENTUCKY POLITICS!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW LET ME BEGIN BY THANKING THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE HERE.

SERIOUSLY.

WE NEED DEMOCRAT PARTICIPATION TO KEEP THIS GREAT TRADITION ALIVE.

SO SINCE THERE AREN'T ANY DEMOCRATS LEFT IN WEST KENTUCKY, I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THESE GREAT DEMOCRATS FROM LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON WHO MADE THE TRIP TO WESTERN KENTUCKY TODAY.

WE WANT Y'ALL TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR.

SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN WASHINGTON SINCE I WAS ON THIS STAGE LAST YEAR.

JOE BIDEN CAME OUT OF THE BAIMENTD, KAMALA HARRIS WAS NAMED SOUTHERN BORDER TSAR, NANCY PELOSI BECAME AMERICA'S GREATEST STOCK TRADERS.

THE DEMOCRATS AVERTED A RECESSION SIMPLY BY CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF RECESSION.

IF HERBERT HOOVER WERE ALIVE TODAY, HE WOULD BE KICKING HIMSELF FOR, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?

AND AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THE PAST TECH AID-- PAST DECADE, DEMOCRAT LEADERS IN WASHINGTON CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER AND FURTHER TO THE LEFT.

DEMOCRATS IF WASHINGTON ARE SO LIBERAL AND SO WOKE NOW THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN DEFINE WHAT A WOMAN IS AND EVEN WORSE, THEY SAY MEN CAN HAVE BABIES.

BUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS HAD COMPLETE CONTROL IN WASHINGTON FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

THEY CONTROL THE HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE.

SO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH THIS COMPLETE CONTROL?

>> WELL, THEY CONVERTED THE TRUMP ENERGY POLICY WHERE AMERICA WAS ENERGY INDEPENDENT TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL WHERE AMERICA IS NOW BEGGING SAUDI ARABIA FOR MORE OIL.

: DEMOCRATS HALTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER WALL AND IMPLEMENTED AN OPEN BORDER POLICY THAT HAS ALLOWED THREE MILLION ILLEGALS IN THE UNITED STATES.

DEMOCRATS HIN ITERRED THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN MY ADULT LIFETIME AND THEY WASTED SO MUCH OF OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS THAT WE NOW HAVE INFLATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT LIFETIME.

AND UNLESS YOU ARE NANCY PELOSI'S HUSBAND, YOU HAVE LOST A BIG CHUNK OF YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS UNDER COMPLETE DEMOCRAT CONTROL IN FACT, THE ONLY OTHER PERSON IN AMERICA I CAN THINK OF BESIDE PAUL AND NANCY PELOSI WHO CAN TRULY SAY THEY ARE BETTER OFF NOW THAN WHEN JOE BIDEN FIRST BECAME PRESIDENT IS HUNTER BIDEN.

BUT MY FRIENDS, IF YOU REMEMBER ONE THING FROM MY SPEEMP TODAY, REMEMBER THIS, THE DAYS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY INFLUENCE WITH OUR ADVERSARIES IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END.

AND NOT LIKE ADAM CHIP, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

STAY TUNED TO FOX NEWS FOR MORE MY FRIENDS, THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THE DISASTROUS POLICIES OF DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON.

THIS NOVEMBER, AMERICA CAN VOTE REPUBLICAN.

A VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS THIS FALL WILL BE A VOTE FOR FOUR MAJOR THINGS: AND ECONOMY THAT'S STRONG AND SH A NATION THAT'S SAFE, A FUTURE THAT'S FREE AND A GOVERNMENT THAT'S ACCOUNTABLE.

REPUBLICANS WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT.

REPUBLICANS WILL FIGHT CRIME BY FUNDING THE POLICE AND SECURING THE BORDER.

REPUBLICANS WILL ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD CAN SUCCEED AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND REPUBLICANS WILL HOLD THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

IF I'M RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, I WILL BECOME CHAIRMAN OF THE POWERFUL HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND I WILL LEAD THE FIGHT TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OFF THE BACKS OF PRIVATE BUSINESS, WORK TO REDUCE WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE, INVESTIGATE THE ORIGINS OF COVID AND YES, IT WAS THE WUHAN VIRUS ALL ALONG.

AND FINALLY HOLD THIS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER IN AGRICULTURE BY VIRTUE OF BEING ONE OF THE THE ONLY FARMER IN CONGRESS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ACTIVE ENERGETIC CONGRESSMAN FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS AND LET'S GO VOTE REPUBLICAN THIS FALL.

THANK YOU ALL!

(CHEERING AND CHANTING) (CHANTING COMER) >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT JIMMY AUSBROOKS.

WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT JIMMY AUSBROOKS?

SERIOUSLY, WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT JIMMY AUSBROOKS?

DID YOU CHECK HIS I.D.?

JIMMY ALSO RAN IN 2020 PRIMARY FOR SENATE AND LOST TO AMY McGRATH.

AND HE IS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATE WHO LIVES IN SIMPSON COUNTY AND ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES IS THE ECONOMY.

I'M NOT SURE IF KENTUCKIANS CAN TAKE MUCH MORE OF THE DEMOCRATIC APPROACH TO THE ECONOMY.

LET'S HEAR WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY.

>> I WANT TO TAKE JUST ONE BRIEF MOMENT BECAUSE STANDING HERE TODAY IS A FIRST.

I AM THE FIRST MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO EVER RUN FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.

I'M ALSO THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CANDIDATE TO EVER MAKE IT TO THE GENERAL ELECTION ON ANY BALLOT IN KENTUCKY'S HISTORY.

I AM A PROUD NATIVE OF KENTUCKY.

BORN AND RAISED.

AND I SEE FIRSTHAND AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EACH PERSON THAT IS AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, THAT'S AFFECTED BY THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM AND I AM GLAD THAT MISS PAUL LEFT BECAUSE THAT WAS AN INSULT TO ME AND TO MANY OF MY FRIENDS.

WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.

WE ARE PEOPLE AND WHEN I LOOK ACROSS THIS AUDIENCE I SEE NOT REPUBLICANS OR PARTY ANYTHING, I SEE PEOPLE.

AND YOU CANNOT STAND HERE, SIT HERE AND SAY THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ONE PERSON THAT BELONGS TO THE LGBTQ + COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE IN YOUR FAMILIES, THEY'RE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY ARE NOT CRIMINALS.

THEY ARE PEOPLE.

THIS IS A TIME THAT WE NEED TO UNITE AS A STATE.

WHEN I GO TO D.C., I AM GOING TO REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE BIAS AGAINST ME.

I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING LISTEN TO YOU BECAUSE WHEN I WALK INTO THE CAPITOL, MY PARTY GETS SET TO THE SIDE BECAUSE I AM HERE TO REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN THE NATION.

SO YOU CAN SIT HERE AND YOU CAN LAUGH AT ME, YOU CAN MAKE JOKES AT ME.

I DON'T CARE.

BUT I DO CARE ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND EVERY WOMAN IN THIS AUDIENCE NEEDS TO VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE I WILL GIVE YOUR RIGHT BACK TO GOVERN YOUR OWN BODIES.

BECAUSE THEY TOOK IT AWAY.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE.

YOU DESERVE TO HAVE YOUR CHOICE AND I NEED TO HAVE MY PROTECTIONS.

I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE I CANNOT BE WHO I WANT TO BE IF I'M OPENLY GAY.

HOUSING IS DENIED, EMPLOYMENT IS DENIED THAT'S WHY I OPENED UP MY OWN BUSINESS OPENED UP MY OWN PRACTICE AND I SERVE THE LGBTQ ACROSS THE STATE I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF KENTUCKY COUNSELING ASSOCIATION I CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY YOU MAY NOT CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY, YOU MAY NOT CARE ABOUT ME BUT I CARE ABOUT YOU THIS IS A FIRST.

CHARLES AND I ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN D.C. AND YOU ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE AND INVITE US BOTH BACK AT THIS NEXT PICNIC AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING YOUR ATTITUDE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO PROVE TO YOU THAT WE CARE ABOUT YOU AND THAT WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT YOU I SEE 134-7B OVER HERE HOLDING A SIGN AND YES,.

>> (CHANTING WHO ARE YOU) I WORK WITH A NUMBER OF KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES AND IT'S NOT FAIR THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE RIGHT TO RAISE YOUR VOICE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW REPUBLICANS HAVE MUFFLED AND SILENCED YOU FOR WAY TOO LONG.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HURD ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I AM PROUD TO BE HOOR HERE TODAY.

I AM PROUD TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY GOD PLES YOU TO SAY GOD BLESS YOU.

>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

I'M SURE WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM STATE TREASURER ALLISON BALL.

SHE JUST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT SHE IS GOING TO RUN FOR AUDITOR.

SHE IS GOING FROM SIGNING KENTUCKY'S CHECKS TO AUDITING KENTUCKY'S BOOKS.

AS YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, THERE WAS ANOTHER ALLISON IN FRANKFORT WHEN THE TREASURER WAS ELECTED.

THEY RAPIDLY BECAME KNOWN AS GOOD ALLISON AND BAD ALLISON.

IT'S HARD TO SAY IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE GIVEN HER VERTICAL IMPAIRMENT, BUT GOOD ALLISON HAS BECOME A TOWERING FIGURE IN KENTUCKY POLITICS.

SHE LED THE TICKET IN 2015 AND 2019 AND BECAME THE YOUNGEST FEMALE STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTRY.

ALLISON HAILS FROM PRESTONBURG, CURRENTLY LIVES IN FRANKFORT WITH HER HUSBAND AND TWO KIDS AND AS TREASURER, SHE RESTORED THE ROLE AS WATCHDOG OVER THE STATE TREASURY, WORKED TO EMPOWER KENTUCKIANS THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS AND RETURNED A RECORD AMOUNT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS.

LET'S WELCOME ALLISON TO THE STATE.

>> I AM EXCITED TO BE AT FANCY FARM AS YOUR STATE TREASURER!

I'M EXCITED NEXT YEAR TO BE RUNNING FOR STATE AUDITOR.

I WANT TO SAY HI TO ALL THE REPUBLICANS ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.

AND I'M A NICE PERSON SO I WANT TO SAY HI TO THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE OVER HERE AND ANY INDEPENDENTS WHO ARE HERE, WHEREVER YOU ARE.

I'M GOING TO SAY HI TO YOU, TOO.

THE ONLY PEOPLE I CAN'T SAY HI TO TODAY ARE DEMOCRATS STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?

AND IF WE ARE LUCKY, NEXT YEAR, BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR THERE WON'T BE ANY STATEWIDE DEMOCRAT ELECTED OFFICIALS LEFT.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY HI TO THE FANCY FARM ORGANIZERS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PULLING OFF SUCH A GREAT EVENT AND WELCOMING ME AND INVITING ME AGAIN AND I GOT A TIP FOR YOU GUYS, IF YOU WANT TO GET THE GOVERNOR HERE NEXT YEAR, I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

TELL THEM YOU ARE CHANGING THE FORMAT TO A PRESS CONFERENCE.

[LAUGHTER] I WAS SORRY TO MISS LAST YEAR.

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT I GAVE BIRTH A FEW DAYS BEFORE FANCY FARM LAST YEAR TO MY LITTLE GIRL MARIGOLD.

SHE JUST TURNED ONE.

AND SHE MAY BE THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER TO GIVE BIRTH TWICE WHILE SERVING IN OFFICE SO I'M A WORKING MOM LIKE A LOT OF YOU WOMEN OUT THERE.

I'M A WORKING MOM AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WORKING MOMS KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE TIME.

WE HOLD A BUNCH OF THINGS IN OUR HEAD, KEEP TRACK OF THINGS AND IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S TOUGH TO DO ALL OF THAT.

SO I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER MY HUSBAND'S PHONE NUMBER ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S IN MY CELL.

I DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER IT.

I CAN LOOK AT IT.

IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

I DON'T KNOW MY LICENSE PLATE NUMBER EITHER.

IF ONLY THERE WAS A LIST OF LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS.

OH WAIT.

THE GOVERNOR'S GOT THAT.

HE GOT THAT WHEN HE SENT STATE POLICE ON EAST EVERY SUNDAY TO DRIVE ALL OF OUR LICENSE NUMBERS, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?

AND I FOUND COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY.

IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL OF YOU FACE TO FACE AND I WANT TO KNOW MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME SO I THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE CHRISTIANS, PEOPLE LIKE ME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF ONLY THERE WAS A LIST FOR THAT.

OH WAIT, THE GOVERNOR'S GOT THAT LIST, TOO.

A LIST OF CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF FAITH.

REMEMBER WHEN HE GOT THAT WHEN HE SENT POLICE OFFICERS TO MONITOR AND STOP PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING CHURCH FROM EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREELY WORSHIP.

AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA, RIGHT?

WELL, HEY, GOVERNOR, WHEREVER YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, WE HAVE A LIST ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, TOO AND OUR LIST IS MADE UP OF DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE SWITCHED TO REPUBLICAN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS MAKING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THE LARGEST PARTY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE STATE.

MY NANNY AND PAPAW IN FLOYD COUNTY HAVE BEEN LIFE LONG DEMOCRATS.

THEY SWITCHED THEIR REGISTRATION TO REPUBLICAN.

IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND YOU KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS BECOMING UNPOPULAR WHEN THEIR NOMINEE FOR U.S. SENATE IS PUBLICLY CONSIDERING LEAVING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING.

CHARLES, I CAN'T SAY I BLAME YOU BECAUSE THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY IS JOE BIDEN, A MAN WHOSE APPROVAL RATING EQUALS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BOOSTERS HE WANTS TO MANDATE ON ALL OF US; A MAN WHO, WHEN WE HEAR HE HAS A CABINET MEETING, WE THINK TO OURSELVES, DID HE ALSO HAVE A MEETING WITH HIS BOOK CASE?

AND DID HE TALK TO HIS DESK?

I ACTUALLY HAVE A JOE BIDEN INFLATION JOKE BUT IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING ANYMORE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ALL OVER THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, PEOPLE ARE SWITCHING FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN, WE ARE GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS BECAUSE IN KENTUCKY PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL FAILED COLLECTIVIST POLICIES.

SO FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER, PEOPLE ARE JOINING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NEXT UP IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS.

MICHAEL JUST ENDED THE MOMENT'S LONG SUSPENSE THAT HE IS GOING TO RUN FOR REELECTION OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

HE HAS RUFFLED A LOT OF FEATHERS IN FRANKFORT MOSTLY BECAUSE NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEBODY WITH THIS HAIR CUT CAN MAKE IT EASIER TO VOTE AND HARDER TO CHEAT.

IF MICHAEL HASN'T TOLD YOU, HE WENT TO HARVARD.

AN ELECTION LAWYER BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME THAT CAN'T HANDLE THE FACT THAT HE HAS THE AWE DAWS AT THIS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PROVE WHO YOU ARE BEFORE YOU CAN VOTE.

UNTIL 21 MICHAEL WAS BEST KNOWN AS BEING JOT SCOTT JENNINGS ROOMMATE AND IF HE WERE NOT SECRETARY OF STATE HE WOULD BE PRETENDING TO BE A DRUMMER?

A ROCK BAND.

I'M THRILLED THAT-- I KNOW HIS WIFE IS THRILLED HE IS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

WELCOME TO THE STATE.

CAN WE GET A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE CHRISTINA.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEETY.

DEMOCRATS WELCOME BACK TO FANCY FARM.

WE MISSED YOU.

BE SURE AND TRY OUR LOCAL BARBECUE BEFORE YOU GET BACK ON THE BUS TO CHICAGO OR ST. LOUIS.

WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE DEMOCRAT TODAY WHO IS FROM KENTUCKY.

STATE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN COLMON ELRIDGE.

Mr. CHAIRPERSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND MAY I SAY THE "TITANIC" COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER CAPTAIN.

I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE.

WE ARE RUNNING ELECTIONS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, SECURE AND THE ENVY OF OUR COUNTRY.

WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO IMPROVE CIVIC LITERACY, AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY.

STUDIES SHOW THAT NEARLY HALF OF KENTUCKIANS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S CONCERNING.

EVEN MORE CONCERNING, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS OUR GOVERNOR.

I'M SORRY NOT TO SEE GOVERNOR BESHEAR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN HERE TODAY.

THEY SEE A GATHERING THAT IS BIPARTISAN BUT LEANS REPUBLICAN AND THINK WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

CONVERSING WITH THE TV CAMERAS INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY.

FANCY FARM, NOW YOU KNOW HOW THE LEGISLATURE FEELS.

AS WE SAW WITH HIS CURIOUSLY TIMED ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST, THE GOVERNOR WOULD RATHER BE 6,000 MILES AWAY ON ANOTHER CONTINENT THAN TO BE WITH ANY OF US IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THIS DISRESPECT FOR FANCY FARM PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S DISRESPECT FOR RURAL AMERICA.

MY OFFICE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THERE ARE NOW MORE REGISTERED REPUBLICANS THAN REGISTERED DEMOCRATS IN KENTUCKY.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE PARTY OF MY FOREFATHERS WAS ONCE A GREAT PARTIED, ESPECIALLY HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

WHAT CHANGED?

DEMOCRATS MADE THREE MISTAKES.

1: THEY DISRESPECTED RURAL VOTERS AS WE SEE TODAY.

2: THEY BEGAN ATTACKING EACH OTHER.

NOT SMART.

3: THEY BECAME TOO EXTREME AND LEFT COMMON SENSE BEHIND.

THERE IS A LESSON HERE FOR REPUBLICANS: THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO WE.

WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WE CANNOT ATTACK EACH OTHER AND WE CAN'T TURN OUR PARTY OVER TO THE EXTREMES AND LOSE TOUCH WITH THE COMMON SENSE WE FIND HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

OUR PARTY IS GROWING BECAUSE WE ARE LETTING PEOPLE IN.

LET'S NOT KICK PEOPLE OUT.

I'M GLAD WE HAVE SUCH GREAT CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR TODAY.

I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE SOON, I'M PROUD TO ALL THEM ALL FRIENDS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING WHOEVER IS OUR NOMINEE AND TO THE G.O.P.

SWEEPING ALL 7 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES IN EXYEAR IN 2023 I WILL STAND AGAIN TO BE YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE.

WE HAVE TAKEN KENTUCKY FROM THE BACK OF THE PACK TO BECOME A NATIONAL LEADER IN ELECTION INTEGRITY WITH PHOTO I.D.

TO VOTE, CLEANED UP VOTER ROLLS, BAN ON BALLOT HARVESTING, SURVEILLANCE OF OUR BALLOT BOXES AND SECURITY OF A PAPER TRAIL AND WITH EARLY VOTING ENDED 100 YEARS OF DEMOCRAT VOTER SUPPRESSION IN THE STATE LETTING WORKING PEOPLE VOTE.

I WANT TO CHANGE SENATOR RAND PAUL FOR HIS STRONG SUPPORT OF THE ELECTION RORL BILL AND STATE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR SENATOR RAND PAUL FOR REELECTION THIS YEAR.

WITH THESE ACHIEVEMENTS I HAVE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE RECORD OF ANY SECRETARY OF STATE IN AMERICA.

BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN PARTISAN OR UNFAIR IN MY JOB AND I NEVER WILL.

I HAVE SERVED ALL KENTUCKIANS AND I ALWAYS WILL.

THANK YOU FANCY FARM AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

>> BEFORE OUR NEXT SPEAKER I WANT TO WELCOME A COUPLE OTHER FOLKS TO THE STAGE.

JUSTIN SHAY NICHOL, JUDGE CHRIS McNEIL AND SCOTT ROBINS, THANKS FOR BEING ON THE STAGE WITH US TODAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A FORMER COLLEAGUE FORMER MEMBER OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS WHO HAS GONE ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, COMMISSIONER QUARLES IN HIS SECOND TERM AS COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB PROMOTING OUR STATE'S AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES AND OVERSEEING THE STATE'S REGULAR FUNCTION.

HE HAS DONE SUCH A FINE JOB WE KEEP PASSING LEGISLATION TO GIVE THE AG COMMISSIONER MORE AUTHORITY.

I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU ARE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

AT THIS RATE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE AUTHORITY THAN HE DOES.

TO RICHARD HEATH OR JOHN SHAN SCHELL, THE SPOILS SHALL GO TO YOU.

RYAN IS KNOWN AS THE MOST OVER EDUCATED AND FOR EXAMPLE BIBL BACHELOR IN KENTUCKY POLITICS.

WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL FIND HIM ON AMERICA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL POLICY MAKERS OR THE NEXT SEASON OF THE BACHELOR.

RYAN HOLDS SIX DEGREES INCLUDING A DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION FROM VANDERBILT, MASTERS FROM HARVARD AND LAW DEGREE FROM U.K. CLEARLY THE GUY CAN RUN A BUDGET.

ANYBODY CAN STAY UNDER THAT MOUNTAIN OF COLLEGE DEBT CAN WRITE A BUDGET.

RYAN, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE?

I MEERN MICROPHONE?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON FANCY FARM!

WELL, FRIENDS, HERE WE ARE AGAIN LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME, LIKE ANDY BESHEAR TO GIANT CHECKS, LIKE A KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO A GOVERNOR'S RACE.

I AL ONCE MORE DRAWN BACK TO MY FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH, WESTERN KENTUCKY AND HOW ABOUT A HAND FOR OUR EMCEE SPEAKER DAVID OSBOURNE.

HE DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE FOR SOME PEACE AND QUIET AND I'M SURE THAT AFTER LEADING A CAUCUS OF 75 REPUBLICANS IN FRANKFORT, YOU ARE READY FOR A CALM AND AGREEABLE CROWD TODAY.

KELLY PAUL, WASN'T SHE AMAZING.

QUITE THE PUBLIC SPEAKER.

CHARLES BOOKER IS HERE, SPOILER ALERT, HE WON'T BE HERE NEXT YEAR.

CONGRESSMAN COMER IS HERE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FIGHTING THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST AGENDA.

NOW LET'S FIRE NANCY PELOSI.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE MY FELLOW CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, ALLISON BALL, DANIEL CAMERON, MIKE HARMON AND OUR SECRETARY OF STATE NILES CRANE, PHRASER'S BROTHER.

GREAT TO SEE YOU AND JUST LIKE MOST OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, WHEN I STAND ON THIS STAGE AND PROMISE KENTUCKY TWO TERMS IN OFFICE, I MEANT IT.

NOW KENTUCKY I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS FOR YOU.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN OVER 150 YEARS, KENTUCKY IS NOW A MAJORITY REPUBLICAN STATE.

[ CHEERING ] AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MITCH McCOMFOR BEING THERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE YEARS HELPING GROW OUR PARTY: NOW SPEAKS IT'S TIME FOR A NEW GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND I HOPE TO EARN YOUR VOTE.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT ANDY BESHEAR WAS THE SHUT DOWN GOVERNOR.

HE SHUT DOWN OUR ECONOMY.

HE SHUT DOWN OUR MOM AND POP STORES, KILLED COUNTLESS JOBS AND KEPT THE BIG BOX STORES OPEN AND WORST OF ALL, HE SENT POLICE TO OUR CHURCHES ON EASTER SUNDAY TO HARASS CHRISTIANS.

JUST BECAUSE WE LIVED THROUGH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC MEAN THAT OUR RIGHTS, FREE DOMES AND LIBERTIES ARE TOSSED OUT THE WINDOW.

I'M CHRISTIAN, PRO-LIFE, PROGUN.

WE NEED TO FUND OUR POLICE AND NOT DEFUND OUR POLICE AND AS WE LEARNED IN VIRGINIA AS AS WE LEARNED IN VIRGINIA, PARENTS SHOULD HAVE A SAY SO WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS WRONG TO LET BIOLOGICAL BOYS COMPETE WITH BOYS IN WOMEN'S SPORTS AND IT'S TIME TO STOP PAYING PEOPLE TO SIT AT HOME AND WATCH NETFLIX AND NOT WORK.

LET'S GET THEM BACK INTO THE JOB MARKET.

GOOD PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT WHO HAS THE BIGGEST INSULTS BUT WHO HAS THE BIGGEST IDEAS.

I LED THE EFFORT TO HELP REOPEN OUR STATE.

I BEAT ANDY BESHEAR IN COURT TO PROTECT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND WITH YOUR HELP, I'LL BEAT HIM AT THE BALLOT BOX NEXT YEAR.

NOW FOLKS HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT THIS YEAR IN WEST AND WESTERN KENTUCKY, TORNADOES MAY HAVE KNOCKED US DOWN AND IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, WE ARE HOLDING ON TO WHAT MAKES LIFE MATTER RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S THE REVOLVE AND RESILIENCY OF KENTUCKIANS THAT PICK US ALL BACK UP.

IN THE PAST SIX DAYS I'VE DELIVERED OVER FIVE TONS OF SUPPLIES TO EASTERN KENTUCKY BECAUSE I KNOW KENTUCKY IS BEST WHEN WE UNITE TOGETHER AND WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A GOVERNOR TOUGH ENOUGH TO UNITE ALL OF US AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> THANKS RYAN.

NEXT IN OUR LINEUP IS THE 51 STT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, DANIEL CAMERON NOW THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE SAID THAT A.G.

STANDS FOR ASPIRING GOVERNOR.

CAN WE AT LEAST CHANGE THE NAME OF THE OFFICE SO IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO DANG EASY TO BEAT UP ON YOU GUYS WHEN YOU RUN?

BUT THIS A.G. IS THE ONLY PERSON HERE WHO HAS BEEN IN MORE LITIGATION WITH THIS GOVERNOR THAN THE LEGISLATURE.

YOU MAY RECALL HE SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED THE GOVERNOR'S OVER REACH MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE PANDEMIC.

I HAVE TO ADMIT IT'S REFRESHING TO HAVE SOMEONE IN THE A.G.'S OFFICE WHO WILL ACTUALLY DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT DANIEL ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND PLAYED FOOTBALL THERE.

I UNDERSTAND YOU DIDN'T GET MUCH PLAYING TIME THERE DANIEL.

BUT YOU WERE OBVIOUSLY OUTBID YOUR COVERAGE WHEN YOU MARRIED A GOOD OLDHAM GIRL MACKENZIE.

DANIEL, LET'S HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY!

>> MY FRIENDS, IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK AT FANCY FARM!

AND OF COURSE I BROUGHT THE PRETTIEST CAMPAIGNER I KNOW WITH ME, MY WIFE, MACKENZIE!

NOW A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.

KENTUCKY HAS ADDED MORE REPUBLICANS TO THE VOTER ROLLS AND WE ADDED A BABY BOY TO OUR FAMILY!

NOW I KNOW A LOT OF YOU WANTED TO SEE THEODORE BUT HE IS NOT HERE THIS YEAR.

HE WILL CONSIDER COMING NEXT YEAR WHEN I'M THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY!

BUT FOR A MOMENT, I WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

WHO ARE SUFFERING THROUGH THE FLOODS AND ON THOSE WHO LOST SO MUCH HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER THE TORNADOES.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE MIGHT BE SHARING A FEW LAUGHS TODAY BUT WHETHER WE ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, KNOW NAT WE ARE WITH% YOU.

WHEN NATURAL DISASTERS STRIKE, WE TAKE OFF OUR PARTISAN HATS AND WE ROOT FOR EACH OTHER.

WE HELP REPAIR AND WE HELP REBUILD.

WE CRY TOGETHER AND WE LAUGH TOGETHER AND WE PICK EACH OTHER UP.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN DURING THE DEVASTATION LEFT BY THE TORNADOES AND THE FLOODS.

WE HAVE SEEN SCHOOLTEACHERS ORGANIZE FOOD PANTRIES, WE HAVE SEEN BASKETBALL TEAMS HOLD TELETHONS AND WE HAVE SEEN CHURCH MEMBERS SET UP FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRIES.

WE HAVE WITNESSES THE HEART OF OUR PEOPLE AND WE WITNESS OUR PEOPLE BE THE HANDS AND FEET OF CHRIST.

AND TO THOSE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY WHO HAVE GIVEN HOPE TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE BRAVE MEN IN FLOYD COUNTY AND TO THE FAMILY OF JODI CAST IN CALLOWAY COUNTY, KNOW THAT WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK AND WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THE BLUE!

NOW OF COURSE IN WOULDN'T BE FANCY FARM IF IT DIDN'T TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN.

YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE HEARD I WAS ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.

NOW PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED ABOUT HOW I GOT THAT ENDORSEMENT SO TODAY I'M GOING TO SPILL THE BEANS.

IT WAS EASY.

NICK STORM, LISTEN UP, BUDDY.

ALL I HAD TO DO WAS ASSURE TRUMP THAT MITCH McCONNELL IS NOT MACKENZIE'S GRANDFATHER.

BUT WHETHER IT'S TRUMP, WHETHER IT'S SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA OR THE OVER 50 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THAT HAVE BACKED THIS CAMPAIGN THEY ALL KNOW ONE THING THAT I AM THE BEST CANDIDATE AND THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT CAN BEAT ANDY BESHEAR NEXT FALL.

I MEAN IT'S NO WONDER WHY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ATTACKS ME SO OFTEN THEY HAVE SEEN THE POLLS AND THEY KNOW THE TRUTH.

WHEN I'M THE NOMINEE, WE WILL FINALLY RETIRE THE BESHEARS FROM OFFICE IN 2023!

LOOK, REPUBLICANS NEED A NOMINEE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE ARENA.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE BEEN IN THE ARENA.

NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SAY THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SAY THAT HE HAS ENDED ABORTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY!

THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SAY THAT HE HAS FOUGHT FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ALL THE WAY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

AND THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO HAS GONE TOE TO TOE WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND HAS WON.

Y ALL KNOW MY TRACK RECORD AND YOU KNOW MY VALUE.

OVER THESE LAST THREE YEARS, MACKENZIE AND I HAVE BEEN TESTED BUT WE HAVE NEVER WAVERED.

AND WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH CAMPAIGN.

THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO AND SAY ANYTHING... (BANJO MUSIC PLAYING) (CHANTING) CHARLES, NOBODY LISTENED TO YOUR MESSAGE LAST TIME EITHER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NO STRANGER TO THIS STAGE, EITHER.

IN FACT MIKE STARTED RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR SO LONG AGO HE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HE IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE SAME OFFICE IN THE SAME ELECTION.

MIKE HARMON IS SOMEBODY YOU WANT IN YOUR CORNER.

MIKE IS A GRADUATE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY WITH DEGREES IN MATH, STATISTICS AND THEATER.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A JOKE IN THERE.

I BET WERE YOU FUN AT PARTIES MIKE LIVES IN DANVILLE WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE LYNN, PROUD FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE STAGE MIKE FOLLOW THE DATA HARMON!

>> WELL IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK HERE AT FANCY FARM AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT ST. JEROME'S PARRISH WHO WORKED SO HARD TO PUT ON THIS EVENT.

FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I AND ALL OF KENTUCKY PEOPLE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY IN OUR PRAYERS AFTER THE MOST RECENT FLOODING I APPRECIATE THE STRONG SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA AND PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU REMAIN IN MY PRAYERS AND THE PRAYERS OF MANY AFTER THE DEVASTATION OF THE TORNADOES THAT HIT ESPECIALLY HARD RIGHT HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY.

NOW I AM HONORED TO BE IN MY SEVENTH YEAR SERVING AS YOUR KENTUCKY STATE AUDITOR AND I'VE MADE IT A POINT TO ATTEND THE FANCY FARM PICNIC EVERY YEAR I HAVE BEEN INVITED.

THAT'S JUSTED ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND THE CURRENT GOVERNOR.

NOW LAST YEAR I THOUGHT THAT THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY DEMOCRAT ON STAGE BUT THIS YEAR HE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO LITERALLY LEAVE THE COUNTRY FROM WHAT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WAS TO AVOID BEING ON STAGE WITH CHARLES BOOKER.

BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE CHARLES BOOKER CREDIT FOR SHOWING UP TO REPRESENT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HERE AT FANCY FARM.

THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE LEFT IN KENTUCKY WHO WANT TO DEFEND THE WOKE AND BROKE LIBERAL AGENDA OF A CURRENT DEMOCRAT PARTY.

NOW FOR SOME REASON IT SEEMS LIKE GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS AFRAID TO COME BACK TO FANCY FARM.

I GUESS THAT SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE BECAUSE HE LET FEAR DRIVE MOST OF HIS POLICY DECISIONS.

HE SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES SO PEOPLE COULDN'T WORK.

HE SHUT DOWN CHURCH BUILDINGS SO PEOPLE COULDN'T WORSHIP AND HE EVEN SHUT DOWN THE ROAD THAT GOES BETWEEN THE STATE CAPITOL AND THE ANNEX BUILDING, ALL BECAUSE OF FEAR.

NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF GOVERNMENT MAKING DECISIONS MOTIVATED BY FEAR.

THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AND TRAVELING AROUND THE STATE TO SHARE MY MESSAGE OF CHOOSING FREEDOM OVER FEAR.

NOW I WAS THE VERY FIRST REPUBLICAN TO ANNOUNCE A RUN FOR GOVERNOR, BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE FIELD IS GETTING KIND OF CROWDED.

JUST LIKE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT BESHEAR BIDEN INFLATION, EVERYONE IS DOING IT.

NOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT FANCY FARM IS THAT JOKE TELLING IS ENCOURAGED, EVEN IF THEY ARE DAD JOKES OR, IN MY CASE, GRANDAD JOKES SO THE THEME OF THIS YEAR IS YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN CM M DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU TELL EVERYBODY THE ECONOMY IS ON FIRE, BUT FAILED TO SAY IT'S A DUMPSTER FIRE, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT MANDATES ARE GREAT BUT YOU JUST WISH THEY WOULD BE CALLED PERSON DATE, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT F. YOU THINK CONCERNED PARENTS SHOULD BE PROSECUTED AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS BUT SHOPLIFTERS AND LOOTERS, WELL, THEY SHOULD BE PRAISED AS SAVVY SHOPPERS, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU ARE RELEASING OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVES TO LOWER GAS PRICES IN CHINA, YOU MIGHT BE A BEHERE-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU HAVE EVER RESPONDED TO A JEOPARDY QUESTION OF WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY WITH WHAT IS DEFUND THE POLICE, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT AND LASTLY, IF YOU ARE A GOVERNOR WHO REFUSES TO SHOW UP TO THE SUPER BOWL OF KENTUCKY POLITICS TWO YEARS IN A ROW, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR GOING HOME IN 2023.

ONE THING THAT IS FOR SURE, THE VOTERS IN KENTUCKY WILL HAVE A CLEAR CHOICE IN 2023 AND I HOPE WILL YOU CHOOSE FREEDOM AT.

MIKEHARMON.COM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OH MIKE, YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT AUDITORS ON YOUR TEAM BUT EVEN THEY CAN'T FIND HUMOR IN YOUR JOKES.

UP NEXT IS ANOTHER FAMILIAR FACE FROM THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SAVANNAH MADDOX.

IN HER SECOND TERM AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE, SAVANNAH SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE.

OF COURSE THERE ARE THOSE THAT QUESTION WHETHER SOMEBODY WHO HAS JUST BEEN IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR FOUR YEARS CAN SERVE AS GOVERNOR, HECK, CHARS, THAT'S TWICE WHAT YOU SERVED AND YOU ALREADY RAN FOR SENATE TWICE.

DON'T WORRY SAVANNAH, HE LOST.

SAVANNAH HAS BEEN A BIT OF A POLITICAL JUNKIE.

I'M TOLD SHE GOT HER SARAH PELLAN STARTER KIT AS A TEENAGER WITH LIVE RATS.

IF YOU WIN THIS ELECTION AS GOVERNOR, YOU ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH US IN THE LEGISLATURE.

JUST ASK ANDY.

SAVANNAH, COME TO THE STAGE.

>> FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK Mr. SPEAKER.

I REALLY HOPE HE WAS ABLE TO DAHL UPON THE LADY FROM GRANT FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT GETTING THAT BURNING SENSATION IN HIS CHEST LIKE HE DOES ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE NEVER GAVEL MEADE DOWN BEFORE SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I AM SAVANNAH MADDOX AND I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

FOLKS, THERE IS SO MUCH FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.

LAST MONTH WE GAINED A MAJORITY OF REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND KENTUCKIANS HAVE PUT THEIR TRUST IN REPUBLICANS TO LEAD AND THEY EXPECT US TO LEAD FROM THE FRONT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING RUNNING FROM THIS FIELD AND THE GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY IS HEATING UP WITH MORE THAN NINE MONTHS TO GO.

LOOKING AT THIS STAGE, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER.

NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'M THE ONLY MOM UP HERE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT KENTUCKY'S FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH LOOK AT THESE GUYS.

THEY'RE LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF THE D DDOS EQUIS BEER GUY, THE LEAST INTERESTING MEN SOME POLITICS.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE DANIEL CAMERON.

NO, REALLY.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE DANIEL AFTER NOT SEEING HIM ANYWHERE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS IN HIDE OUT MODE DURING ANDY BESHEAR'S LOCK DOWNS.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER I SUPPOSE, EVEN IF IT DID TAKE HIM NINE MONTHS TO FILE HIS VERY OWN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR WITHOUT GLOMMING ON TO THE EFFORTS OF PRIVATE SECTOR ATTORNEYS.

AND Dr. RYAN QUARLES, WELL, HE MAKES HIS ROUNDS, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED, WHAT EXACT LIP DOES HE GROW ON HIS FARM AND HOW DOES HE KEEP HIS BOOTS SO SHINY?

SERIOUSLY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A FARMER WITH CLEANER BOOTS.

AND NEVER ANY MUD ON HIS TRUCK.

THEN AGAIN, HE DID TWEET THAT HE GAVE BESHEAR THE IDEA OF DOLING OUT BACK TO WORK BONUSES AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE SO MAYBE HE GROWS MONEY TREES ON HIS FARM.

BUT LET'S NOT FORGET WHAT WE ARE REALLY HERE TO FIGHT FOR: A CHANCE TO DETHRONE ANDY BESHEAR, THE GUY WHO SHUT DOWN OUR STATE, CLOSED SCHOOLS AND HARASSED CHURCH GOERS ON EASTER SUNDAE DAY.

I WAS STANDING UP TO FROM DAY ONE LONG BEFORE IT WAS POPULAR OR EXPEDIENT TO DO SO.

KENTUCKIANS ARE FED UP WITH THE DISASTROUS LACK OF LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATED BY JOE BIDEN AND ANDY BESHEAR.

THE QUESTION BECOMES WILL KENTUCKY'S NEXT GOVERNOR BE AN AUTHENTIC REPUBLICAN LIKE RON DeSANTIS WHO WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR WILL IT BE A GO ALONG TO GET ALONG MODERATE WHO IS AFRAID TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION!

I AM THE ONLY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE WHO STOOD WITH YOU FROM DAY ONE, FIGHTING AGAINST THE LOCK DOWNS AND MANDATES, THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO PUBLICLY OPPOSES RED FLAG LAWS, AND THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH COURAGE AND EXPERIENCE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, WE NEED A GOVERNOR WHO WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK LIKE SENATOR RAND PAUL HAS DONE FOR US IN WASHINGTON!

I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL AND THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME TO BE THE FIRST TO HEAR SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS I AM HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE!

CONGRESSMAN MASSEY IS A ROCK SOLID DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION AND.

(BANJO MUSIC PLAYING) >> THANKS SAVANNAH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RECOGNIZE ONE ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCED CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE SPEAKER'S STAGE, ERIC DEETER, STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZE NIEZED YOU DIDN'T ASK ME TO INTRODUCE YOU SO MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IS CENTERED AROUND NEXT YEAR'S RACES WE KNOW THIS YEAR IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH BUT FOR THE COUNTRY.

THIS NOVEMBER ACROSS THE NATION WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THE CONSERVATIVE HOUSE AND SENATE BACK TO WASHINGTON.

KENTUCKIANS ARE POISED TO PLAY KEY ROLES WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

AS THE MINORITY LEADER BECOMES THE MAJORITY LEADER, WHEN CONGRESSMAN COMER BECOMES CHAIR INSTEAD OF RANKING MEMBER.

EVERY SINGLE STATEHOUSE IS UP FOR REELECTION AND I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW A SUPER MAJORITY.

AFTER SENATE RACES ARE ON THE BALLOT AND I'M CONFIDENT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR MAJORITY KENTUCKIANS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON TWO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, ONE AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY TO AFFIRM THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION IN KENTUCKY AND ANOTHER WILL GIVE THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES LIKE WE VERY SEEN TODAY AND WILL CHALLENGE OUR STATE IN THE FUTURE.

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, GOD BLESS THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING ACROSS KENTUCKY AND GOD BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

>> Renee: YOU JUST HEARD THE 142nd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC, THE POLITICAL SPEAKING PORTION THAT IS.

AND THAT WAS THE EMCEE FOR THE AFTERNOON'S OCCASION, KENTUCKY HOUSE SPEAKER DAVID OSBOURNE, FIERY SPEECHES AND WE WILL BREAK IT DOWN WITH TWO FORMER KENTUCKY SECRETARIES OF STATE.

BOB BABBAGE AND TRAY GRAYSON, THE INTERN TO BOB BABBAGE AT ONE TIME AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE BOTH GENTLEMEN HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD AND I'LL 25 TALK TO YOU FIRST, TRAY WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE SPEECHES OF THE CROWD AND THE WHOLE DYNAMIC.

>> IT WAS FUN TO HAVE A NORMAL FANCY FARM.

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN 2020, 2021 THERE WERE NO DEMOCRATS HERE AND EVEN THE GOVERNOR WAS NOT HERE, THE DEMOCRATS DID A NICE JOB WITH THEIR CROWD AND INTERACTION.

THE WEATHER COOPED.

IT'S NOT CRAZY HOT.

SO IT WAS A FUN, SPIRITED BIFURCATED WITH AN EYE TO NEXT YEAR.

>> SEEMS LIKE WE WERE FOCUSED ON NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE MINORITY LEADER DIDN'T HAVE RAND PAUL BUT HOW KELLY PAUL DID TODAY.

>> SHE WAS OUTSTANDING.

SHE IS PROBABLY BUILT FOR THIS ENVIRONMENT THAN SENATOR PAUL.

I MEAN SHE IS A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER.

SHE HAS BEEN A SURROGATE FOR HIM.

SHE GOT INTO IT.

SHE WAS PROBABLY THE STAR OF THE SHOW TODAY.

>> YEAH I DON'T KNOW IF BOB BABBAGE CAN HEAR US OR NOT.

CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?

>> IF I TAKE THE HEAD SET OFF.

>> Renee: WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WELL KELLY PAUL DID AS A SURROGATE FOR HER HUSBAND TODAY.

>> SHE DID WELL LAST NIGHT WHEN SHE SPOKE, REALLY TREMENDOUSLY ENERGETIC, VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, VERY WELL PREPARED.

SHE IS IN A SUB ROLE BUT SHE IS NOT A SUB SPEAKER.

SHE IS A MAIN SPEAKER FOR THE MAIN STAGE.

SOME CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FROM TODAY AS WELL AS HARD HITTING REMARKS DEFENDING HER HUSBAND.

>> Renee: SO SOME THINGS WE HEARD ABOUT THE TRANSGENDER RIGHTS, THAT WAS PROBABLY A MORE RESONATING THEME THAN PERHAPS SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT MIGHT COME FROM THE REPUBLICANS TONIGHT OR TODAY.

>> WE SAW A LOT OF THAT DURING THE PRIERLS, WHERE SOME OF THE COMPETITIVE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACES WERE ARGUING WHO WAS THE BEST DEFENDER OF THAT ISSUE SO IT RESONATED, YOU ARE RIGHT.

TWO THINGS FROM AN ISSUE STANDPOINT THAT SEEMED TO RESONATE WITH THE REPUBLICANS WAS THAT ISSUE AND THE INCOME TAX GRADUAL REDUCTION.

THOSE ARE THE POLICIES ANYTHING ANTI-BIDEN RES RESONATED BUT THOSE TWO BIG RESPONSES FROM THE AUDIENCE.

>> SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HEAR MORE ABOUT ABORTION BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 ON THE BALLOT.

WE STILL ARE, THE CASES ARE STILL PROCEEDING SO I WAS SURPRISED THAT DIDN'T GET MENTIONED.

>> THIS MORNING AT THE REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST THERE WAS A SPEAKER AND SO THERE WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PARTS OF THIS MORNING, IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL, THERE WERE A LOT OF SIGNS IN THE AUDIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THAT CAME ACROSS FOR VIEWERS BUT A LOT OF SIGNS FOR ABORTION BOTH PRO AND CON TELL US WHO WAS IN THE CROWD THAT YOU SAW AND SPOKE TO THAT WASN'T ON THE STAGE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF HOPEFUL.

>> ALAN KECK WHO IS THE SOMERSET MAYOR LIKELY TO RUN.

HE HAS A REELECTION CAMPAIGN HE DID THE PLEDGE OF ALIEGE AND MAX WISE ALSO.

A LOT OF FOLKS THINK MAX MIGHT BE THE UNOFFICIAL RUNNING MATE.

I DIDN'T SEE KELLY BUT THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT MAX AND KELLY WILL RUN TOGETHER AND MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT YEAR.

>> DID YOU SEE KELLY CRAFT.

>> SHE IS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY WITH JOE CRAFT, HER HUSBAND.

THEY SPENT A LOT OF EFFORT AND RESOURCES THERE MADAME MAYOR DONATIONS SHE WAS FRONT AND CENTER AT THE U.K.

EVENT THE OTHER NIGHT THAT RAISED 2.$5 MILLION.

>> SHOULD SHE HAVE BEEN HERE THOUGH?

>> SHE WAS HERE LAST YEAR AND GAVE THE NIGHT BEFORE SPEECH DID A SENSATIONAL JOB WITH IT.

DID SHE NEED TO BE HERE?

IS ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT, PROBABLY NOT.

SHE IS NOT A FORMAL CANDIDATE YET.

SHE COULD HAVE BEEN HERE BUT THE QUESTION WHEN HAVE BEEN WHEN, WHEN, WHEN AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION, THEY GET AN ANSWER IN ABOUT A MONTH SHE WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK HERE OR AT THE BREAKFAST BUT A CHANCE TO SEE PEOPLE AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AND RECONNECT SO I THINK LIKE WITH ALAN KECK, HE GOT A CHANCE TO MEET PEOPLE AND MAKE AN IMPRESSION.

OBVIOUSLY EASTERN KENTUCKY THERE IS A LOT OF VALUES SHE IS ADDING BY BEING THERE BUT IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT IT OR WANT TO MEET PEOPLE, COMING HERE IS IMPORTANT LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE LINERS.

WHAT STUCK OUT TO YOU.

>> I WAS STRUCK BY HOW MUCH THE DEMOCRATS MATE DANIEL CAMERON.

THEY WERE CHANTING BREONNA TAYLOR THE WHOLE TIME DURING HIS SPEECH.

>> AND CHARLES BOOKER GOT UP AND SO THAT WASN'T A ONE LINER PER SE BUT IT WAS CLEAR THERE IS A LOT MORE ANIMOSITY TOWARDS HIM THAN ANY OF THE REPUBLICANS.

>> BECAUSE HE IS CONSIDERED THE FRONTRUN.

>> ALSO I THINK AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE BREONNA TAYLOR ISSUE AND THE PROSECUTION OR THE NOT PROSECUTING AND THEN THE TIMELINESS OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CHARGES THIS WEEK.

CAMERON PROBABLY IS USED AS A FRONT RUNNER.

QUARLES HAS A GREAT ORGANIZATION, GREAT FUNDRAISING AND CERTAINLY LOOKING TO MAKE THIS A VERY TOUGH RACE PROBABLY MORE OF A STRONGER CANDIDATE THAN SOME OF US GAVE HIM CREDIT FOR.

>> DID HE STOP SOO TOON.

>> I THINK HIS STRATEGY IS TO SHOW STRENGTH, ORGANIZATION, ENDORSEMENT, EARLY MONEY AND HOPE THAT LEADS TO MORE DOWN THE ROAD.

>> HOW DO YOU SEE IT.

>> MAX WISE IS OUT THERE.

WE CAN GIVE HIM A WAVE.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT TICKET IF THERE IS ONE TO COME UP AND THAT IS A RUMOR.

HE BRINGS WHAT TO A KELLY CRAFT TICKET.

>> HE BRINGS GRAVITAS IN TERMS OF FRANKFORT, HIGHER EDUCATION, HE IS A PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL MUCH DIPLOMA.

>> REPUBLICAN... >> AND HE HAS A POPULARITY FOR SURE BUT HE HAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACK GROUND AND IS A CYBER SECURITY EXPERT REALLY AT A GLOBAL LEVEL.

FOR GOOD LINES, THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCE IS DEMOCRATS IN THE GRAVEYARD WHO MUST HAVE USED TO VOTE AND CAN'T NOW BECAUSE SECRETARY ADAMS TOOK THEM OFF THE ROLLS.

THE DONKEY IN THE ROOM OPPOSED TO THE ELEPHANT, THE DONKEY NOT IN THE ROOM OPPOSED TO THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

OF COURSE REFERRING TO THE GOVERNOR SO THE REPUBLICANS WHO HAD THE DOMINANT AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE MICK DAMON THAYER GOT A SHOUTOUT FROM SENATOR HOWELL, WE'LL SHOUT OUT TO HIM, TOO AS I OFTEN DO.

AND OTHER GOOD KEY POINTS AND FOLKS MAKING POINTS ABOUT THEIR CANDIDACY.

AGAIN, WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN HERE, ALTHOUGH BOOKER CERTAINLY GAVE A POWERFUL SPEECH, AND KELLY PAUL, A VERY POWERFUL SPEECH.

PEOPLE BANT TO HEAR THOSE GOVERNOR CANDIDATES AND TO A PERSON THEY DID VERY WELL PROJECTING GETTING THEIR POINT ACROSS.

>> I THOUGHT OSBOURNE WAS FUNNY.

THE A.G. IS FIRING GOVERNOR,-- ASPIRING GOVERNOR.

AND COLMON GOING THROUGH THE BEAT, THAT WAS A FANCY FARMESQUE WHERE HAVE YOU THE REPETITION AND THE AUDIENCE GOT INTO IT.

AND THEN MADDOX, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HER.

UNIQUE AMONG THE POTENTIAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES BECAUSE SHE WENT AFTER HER COLLEAGUES IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE RACE.

THE OTHERS WERE TALKING MORE ABOUT THEMSELVES, WENT AFTER BIDEN AND BESHEAR AND SHE WENT AFTER RYAN AND DANIEL IN THAT RACE AND THAT WAS AN INTERESTING STRATEGY.

I THINK IT SEEMED TO GO OVER FINE.

I DON'T THINK IT OFFENDED ANYBODY BUT REMINDER THAT PRIMARIES CAN BE 50Y.

>> I REMEMBER THE FAMOUS LINE OF WENDELLFORD, PRIMARIES ARE LIKE FIGHTS CATTING IN THE-- CATS FIGHTING IN THE NIGHT AND WE END UP WITH MORE CATS.

THEIR HOPE PEOPLE ARE NOT OFFENDED FROM VOTING IN THE FALL OF 2023 AND WILL BE INVIGORATED FOR THE PARTY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BESHEAR IS POLLING 63%.

$SO MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK.

WORK IN THE DISASTER RECOVERY.

A LOT OF NATIONAL LOOKS AS WELL AND IS BEAN BEING TALKED ABOUT FOR 2024.

THAT'S THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE FOR SURE BECAUSE HE HAS A HARD FIGHT RIGHT NOW.

BUT FOR ALL THE CHALLENGERS TODAY, DON'T FORGET THAT BESHEAR IS IN A STRONG POSITION TO RUN AS WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW.

>> I DO THINK THE PARTY WILL COME TOGETHER.

IT'S EASIER TO SAY AT THE END.

DAY WHAT DO THEY ALL AGREE ON.

THEY ALL WANT TO MAKE ANDY BESHEAR A ONE-TERM GOVERNOR AND NOT SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.

THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PICK A RUNNING MATE.

EVEN IF KELL WRE TO WIN, MAX IS SOMEBODY THAT EVERYBODY LIKES, EVEN IF IT IS A SELECTION MADE IN ADVANCE BUT IF ONE OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WERE TO WIN, YOU COULD PICK STRATEGICALLY TO BRING THE PARTY TOGETHER LIKE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.

THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO BRING MY PARTY, THE REPUBLICANS TOGETHER.

>> YOU HEARD IT HERE FOLKS AS YOU ALWAYS DO WITH TRAY GRAYSON AND BOB BABBAGE OUR RESIDENT POLITICAL PUNDITS ON OUR ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE AS ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THEM HERE ON FANCY FARM AS WELL.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED SPENDING PART OF YOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH US.

WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED YOU BEING WITH US.

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