♪ ♪ FUNDING FOR KET'S PRODUCTION OF FANCY FARM IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER AND KENTUCKY LEAGUE OF CITIES.

>> Renee: GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO KET'S COVERAGE OF THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT AT FANCY FARM, KENTUCKY.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR DAY WITH US.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

NOW IN ITS 1 459SDZ YEAR, THE SMALL WEST KENTUCKY HAMLET KNOWN AS FANCY FARM, HAS THROWN A PRETTY BIG PARTY FOR DENISONS AND OUT OF UP TOKERS EVERY FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST.

THE ANNUAL PICNIC OFFERS UP A HEALTHY PORTION OF PORK PIE AND POLITICS, ALL TO BENEFIT THE STH THAT IS THE HUB OF THE GRAVES COUNTY COMMUNITY THERE.

WE HAVE GOT A CREW THERE TO BRING YOU THE POLITICAL SPEAKING UNINTERRUPTED FROM BEGINNING TO END, AND WE'VE GOT OUR POLITICAL COMMENTATORS WITH US IN THE STUDIO TO BUILD UP TO THE BARB TRADING EVENT THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THAT STAGE IN JUST A BIT AND THEN OFFER SOME ANALYSIS AFTER THE LAST ZINGER HAS LANDED.

I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME IN OUR LEXINGTON STUDIO, BOB BABBAGE, FOUNDER OF THE GOVERNMENT RELATION FIRM BABBAGE CO-FOUNDER, AMY WHEN IT CLIFF, A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST IN THE FIRM McCARTHY STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS, JONATHAN MILLER, FORMER STATE TREASURE ERR, ATTORNEY WITH FROST BROWN TIDE AND AN ATTORNEY WITH FROST BROWN TODD AS WELL.

WE WELCOME YOU, LADY AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THE AIR CONDITION, ALTHOUGH FANCY FARM IN WEST KENTUCKY IS HAVING THE BEST WEATHER EVER.

>> I GOT A CALL, LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALL THIS TIME AND THE BEST WEATHER EVER YOU ARE MISSING.

>> THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEATHER.

>> ACTUALLY WATCH THE EMCEE, BECAUSE SHE ORDER-- >> Renee: VERY GOOD AMY, YOU ARE STARTING OFF HOT.

>> I'M SURE AND MARJORIE TAYE TAYLOR GREEN IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THEM CHANGING THE WEATHER FOR THIS EVENT.

>> Renee: A LOT TO GET TO AND THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT STARTS IN A HALF HOUR, SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING BEFORE THE STAGE GETS HOT, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE HOTTER THAN THE TEMPERATURE IS ANYWAY.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SO FAR.

IT'S NOT JUST 2:00 WHEN THINGS HAPPEN DOWN THERE LOCAL TIME, TREY GRAYSON, THERE IS A LOT THAT HAPPENS THE WEEKEND OF LEADING UP TO THE BIGGIE VENT.

WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON?

>> ON THE GROUNDSth, THERE IS A BIG EVENT THE NIGHT BEFORE, THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DO A BIG COOKOUT BUT THE TWO PARTIES HAVE THEIR OWN EVENT.

FRIDAY NIGHT, LAST NIGHT, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE AN EVENT IN MARSHALL COUNTY, DEMOCRATS HAVE TRADITIONALLY HELD AN EVENT, I ASSUME THEY HAD IT AT THE STATE LODGE IN THE KENTUCKY VILLAGE AND ON THE MORNINGS, THERE IS USUALLY A BREAKFAST, SO THE GRAVES COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY HOST A BREAKFAST, I REMEMBER MY FIRST TIME GOING AT THE HOLMES FAMILY RESTAURANT, THE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED DURING THE TORNADO, THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AMY WILL REMEMBER THAT.

AND NOW IT IS SO BIG IT'S IN THE NEW TECH CENTER BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE REPUBLICANS IN GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THAT'S THE PARTY'S PEP RALLY, ONLY PARTY SPEAKERS AND A GOOD CHANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOLKS IN THE WEST TO GO AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST GO TO THE BREAKFAST, WHO DON'T GO TO FANCY FARM.

THEY'LL WATCH THE KET COVERAGE BUT IT'S A CHANCE FOR PARTY FOLKS TO GET TOGETHER AND START THE CELEBRATION.

>> Renee: SO WHAT ARE DEMOCRATS DOING, JONATHAN MILLER?

>> I KNOW THEY HAD THEIR BEAN SUPPER LAST NIGHT.

AND TO ME, THE EVENTS THAT PRECEDE FANCY FARM PICNIC ARE WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT POLITICS.

IT'S THE OCCASION WHERE YOU GET TO SHAKE HANDS AND KISS BABIES AND DO ALL THE STUFF WHEN WE THINK OF TRADITIONAL POLITICS AND THE GOOD OL' DAYS, THOSE ARE THE GOOD OL' DAYS AND IMPORTANTLY THIS IS A PART OF THE STATE THAT IS OFTEN IGNORED BY FRANKFORT OR THEY FEEL STRONGLY IGNORED SO IT IS GREAT WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AS A POLITICIAN AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU ARE WITH THE PEOPLE.

>> Renee: DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE GOVERNOR IS TODAY?

>> I DON'T.

>> Renee: THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT THERE IN MASS TODAY.

THIS IS THE POINT THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT PART OF THE STATE FEELS LIKE IT GETS SUNSHINE AND FOR THE DEMOCRATS NOT TO BE THERE, WHAT DOES IT SAY TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY FOLKS ABOUT WHERE DEMOCRAT STAND WITH THEM?

>> I THINK YOU SAW A LOT OF DEMOCRATS GO TO THE EVENT LAST NIGHT, SAW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN AND ROCKY ADKINS AND YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT REALLY CARE ABOUT THE GRASSROOTS, SPENDING TIME OUT THERE.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS SPENT SO MUCH OF HIS TIME IN OFFICE TRAVELING THE STATE, IN PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE, DEALING WITH NATURAL DISASTERS AND SO, MISSING THIS ONE WEEKEND IS NOT GOING TO BE SEEN AS HIM TURNING HIS BACK ON THE REGION HE HAS SHOWN SO MUCH SUPPORT AND GIVEN SO MUCH HELP OVER BOTH FINANCIALLY AS WELL AS EMOTIONALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> Renee: DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT BOB BABBAGE?

>> TO AN EXTENT.

THE RESULTS FOR BESHEAR THE SECOND TIME HE RAN, WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR REELECTION WERE STRONGER IN WEST KENTUCKY, RENEE THAN THE FIRST TIME.

SO RESULTS MATTER.

HE GOT RESULTS FOR THE AREA, OR VOTERS FELT LIKE HE DID OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT CHANGE.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE HE IS NO THE THERE.

I THINK IT'S REQUIRED ATTENDANCE FOR PEOPLE IN OFFICE AND THAT WOULD GO FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING A COUPLE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE MISSING OUT TODAY.

THEY MAY HAVE THEIR REASONS, BUT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.

AND THIS IS THE CHANCE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE STATE DO THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING WE RALLY AROUND, A MARVELOUS TRADITION.

TRADITIONS CHANGE.

NORMALLY HAVE YOU TO BE THE NOMINEE FOR NOVEMBER TO SPEAK.

MANY TIMES, PROBABLY MAYBE EVEN A COUPLE OF US ON THIS SET, HAVE BEGGED FOR A SPEAKING ROLE WHEN WE DIDN'T EXACTLY MEET THE RULES OR FIT THE MOMENT.

NEXT YEAR'S SENATE RACE, NEXT YEAR'S PRIMARY RUN TODAY.

AND THAT'S NEWS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL AS A STATE LEVEL AND WILL BE THE FANCY FARM EXPERIENCE.

>> Renee: MANY PEOPLE THINK THE RACE IS GOING TO BE DECIDED AT THE PRIMARY, SO IF YOU DON'T TALK NOW, TO KIND OF GET OUT OF THE GATE, AMY, YOU MIGHT BE MISSING A REALLY GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

TO GET TO THE POINT BOB MADE, THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICANS THAT WON'T BE THERE.

WE KNOW ALLISON BALL, THE AUDITOR WILL NOT BE THERE AND WE KNOW THAT MIKE ADAMS, SECRETARY OF STATE WILL NOT BE THERE.

DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY ARE NOT THERE.

>> I DO NOT KNOW THEIR REASONING.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DATES IN KENTUCKY POLITICS BESIDE ELECTION DATE.

IT SERVES AS THE KICKOFF.

IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PARTY LEADERS TO BE THERE.

PRESENCE MATTERS, SHOWING IT MATTERS AND SO I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE-- ESPECIALLY UNFORTUNATELY ON THE DEMOCRATS SIDE, WHICH THEY HAVE HAD SUCH A FOCUS ON THEIR RURAL LISTENING TOUR, RIGHT, AS THEY REBUILD THEIR PARTY AND GET OUT AND LISTEN TO VOTERS TO SEE WHAT VOTERS WANT IN A DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN KENTUCKY.

AND TO MISS-- BASICALLY TO FORFEIT ONE OF THE PREMIER RURAL PICNICS IN KENTUCKY POLITICS, I THINK SAYS A LOT.

SO FOR THEM NOT TO EVEN SHOW UP AND GIVE REPUBLICANS A HARD TIME AND HECKLE, AND BE PART OF THE FUN OF THE PICNIC, IS DISAPPOINTING.

>> Renee: RAND PAUL IS ALSO NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

>> CORRECT.

>> Renee: MITCH McCONNELL WHO WE DIDN'T KNOW WAS GOING TO BE THERE, IS CONFIRMED HE WILL BE SPEAKING.

>> HIS 30S FANCY FARM.

>> Renee: HE SAYS IT WON'T BE HIS LAST.

>> TOUTED AT THE GRAVES COUNTY BREAKFAST IT WON'T BE HIS LAST.

I WILL BE WATCHING FOR THE INTERACTIONS ON STAGE IN A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN THE U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES AND SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL.

McCONNELL'S NAME HAS BEEN UTILIZED MORE IN THIS U.S. SENATE RACE EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT ON THE BALLOT AND WE ARE NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE NEAR THE PRIMARY AT THIS POINTMENT.

>> Renee: TO GET TO THE POINT ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, WE HAVE VIDEO SHOWING THE RECEPTION THAT SENATOR McCONNELL GOT THERE.

A STANDING OVATION FOR HIM.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS.

THIS CLIP MAY NOT BE THE FUM DURATION OF IT BUT HE RECEIVESSED AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION THIS MORNING.

>> I HAD A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THERE WHO SAID HE STOLE THE SHOW.

IT WAS A SURPRISE.

RUSSELL COLEMAN TEED IT UP AND THEN HE WALKED IN AND IT WAS INTERESTING.

HE MADE A BARB.

HE SAID I UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY HAS BEEN TALKING AGAINST ME IN THIS RACE.

WHY WOULD DO YOU THAT?

WHO IS THE KENTUCKY SENATOR THAT SUPPORTS TRUMP THE MOST?

AND THE CROWD YELLED YOU.

AND SO IT WAS IT WAS CLASSIC McCONNELL.

THEN HE GAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT HIS RECORD AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE REGION AND FOR THE STATE.

SO I'M WITH AMY.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING ON STAGE.

ALL THREE OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE U.S. SENATE ALL HAVE SOME CONNECTION AND TIE.

THEY MIGHT NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

THEY ALL HAVE A PRETTY STRONG TIE TO THE LEADER.

I MEAN ALL OF US IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DO.

IT'S A REASON HE IS CALLED THE ARCHITECT OF THE MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY IN KENTUCKY.

HE LOVES FANCY FARM.

I'M REALLY GLAD HE IS THERE.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AND WAS GLAD HE WAS THERE IN THE MORNING.

>> Renee: ALL THREE HAVE CONNECTIONS BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR WHO IS KIND OF BRANDING HIMSELF AS A POLITICAL OUTSIDER, EVEN THOUGH HE DID... >> NATE MORRIS, RUNNING FOR OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME-- DISK IS DANIEL CAMERON IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, FORMER REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR, CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR.

BUT NATE MORRIS MAKING A RUN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

A BUSINESSMAN.

AMY AND I WERE TALKING IN THE POLITICS.

WE REMEMBER MEETING NATE, 20-25 YEARS AGO, WE WERE ALL YOUNG REPUBLICANS BACK THEN AND IN CAMPAIGNS, HE WAS INVOLVED.

HE WAS A TOP FUNDRAISER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH.

HE HAS NEVER RUN BEFORE.

THIS IS HIS CHANCE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO VOTERS.

AND PROBABLY WISELY HE IS TRYING TO TAKE THAT OUTSIDER LANE.

WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING AGAINST TWO POLITICIANS IN A THREE-WAY RACE, THAT OUTSIDER LANE LOOKS COMPELLING AND ALSO I'M THE MOST TRUMP ELAINE, WHICH IS A GOOD LANE RIGHT NOW IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

>> I THINK THERE IS, WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IS THE CAMPAIGN UNFOLDS, WE ARE STILL VERY EARLY, BUT I THINK THERE IS -- IT'S A FINE LINE TO CROSS.

IT'S OKAY TO DISTINGUISH YOURSELF FROM A SENATOR McCONNELL OR ANY OTHER POLITICIAN.

BUT THERE IS A LINE THAT I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING CROSSED WHERE YOU START TO INHOLT YOUR VOTER BASE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO ATTRACT TO YOU IN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WHO HAS SPENT MITCH McCONNELL BACK TO THE U.S. SENATE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

WHERE IS THAT LINE?

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT AND SEE HOW THE SPEECHES ARE RESPONDED TO BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'M REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO BECAUSE I THINK AS NATE MORRIS FINE TUNES THAT MESSAGE AND IS CLEARLY RUNNING AS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, RUNNING IN THE OUTSIDE LANE, OUTSIDER, WHICH IS APPEALING TO SOME, RIGHT?

THE NON-POLITICIAN.

BUT THE MORE THAT YOU BASH THE CURRENT POLITICIAN WHO HAS THAT SEAT AND HAS DONE A LOT FOR KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKY VOTERS HAVE PULLED THAT LEAVER FOR OR CHECKED THAT NAME, YOU WONDER HOW MUCH HE IS GOING TO ALIEN THAT IT... >> Renee: WHAT DO YOU THINK, BOB?

>> THIS IS A GREAT POINT BY AMY AND WE ARE ALL WATCHING THE THREE OF THESE CANDIDATES.

I HATE TO EVEN REPEAT WHAT NATE NORRIS SAID ABOUT MITCH McCONNELL AND HOW HE LABELED HIM.

I THINK HE CROSSED THE LINE AND THEN SOME.

SO IS THERE 40% OF NEXT MAY'S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS ON THAT SEMINAL DAY THAT WOULD FIND IT APPEALING TO BRUTALIZE, IN YOUR COMMENTARY, SOMEONE WHO HAS BUILT THE MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY, LED THE SENATE, SET OTHER RECORDS FOR HIS DURATION AND IMPACT FOR KENTUCKY.

THAT IS A STRETCH.

MORRIS HAS MONEY TO PUT IN.

BARR HAS THE MONEY LEAD.

CAMERON IS TRYING TO CATCH UP IN THE MONEY CATEGORY BUT HE HAS THE POPULARITY.

BARR HAS THE BASE.

NATE MORRIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING FACTOR IN THIS RACE.

I HATE THAT WORD INTERESTING.

HE WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY FACTOR IN THIS RACE.

AND TO SEIZE THE MOMENT, I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN JUST RUN AGAINST McCONNELL ALL THE TILE.

THEY'RE ALL SAYING THEY'RE TRUMPIER THAN THE OTHER.

THEY'RE ALL CLAIMING-- THE DIRECT MAIL IS GREAT.

I'M THE ONLY TRUE RED MAGA CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE.

NM AND THE DEBATE AS IT GETS SHARP ERINED WILL BE FASCINATING TO WATCH AND FOR THE NATIONAL PRESS AS WELL.

>> Renee: WHAT DO YOU THINK NATE MORRIS IS NEW TO POLITICS AND HAS HIRED AMONG HIM VERY TOP NATCH NATIONAL ADVISERS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT HE BELIEVES HIS PATH IS TO BE CRITICAL McCONNELL IN A WAY THAT HELPS HIM TRY TO SECURE THE ENDORSEMENT OF DONALD TRUMP AND SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR TODAY, IS HE GOING TO PLAY FOR THE CROWD THAT IS IN FRONT OF HIM WHICH IS GOING TO BE DOMINANT PRO-McCONNELL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ACTIVISTS ARE OR PLAYING TO THE KET WATCHERS WHO, I'M SURE POLLS SHOW THAT McCONNELL IS QUITE UNPOPULAR.

AND HE WILL HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE AND I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT IS.

>> Renee: WELL, WE DO SEE RIGHT NOW THAT THEY ARE ALL KIND OF FILING IN AND WE WILL BE SHOWING THIS SHOT OCCASIONALLY AS WE GET TO THE PREGAME OR GET TOWARD THE SPEECHES WHERE THEY START HERE IN JUST A BIT.

SO YOU WILL BE SEEING THE CANDIDATES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER HOPEFULLY AS TIME GOES ON.

SO REAL QUICKLY.

HOW DID THE PICNIC THAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS GET ITS START AND WHEN DID IT EARN ITS STRIPES AS BEING THE SUPER BOWL OF POLITICAL EVENTS IN KENTUCKY.

OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS THE ANSWER.

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

MANY WERE CATHOLIC.

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

A SERIES OF FAMILIESLY REUNIONS TURNED INTO A REGULAR SERIES OF PICK PICNICS AND BY 1880 THE PICNIC BECAME A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHURCH AND IT WASN'T POLITICAL AT FIRST.

>> MY GRANDFATHER WAS THE ONE WHO REALLY POPULATE-- POPULARIZED THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE FANCY FARM PICNIC IN THE 1930S.

>> 1931 SPECIFICALLY.

THAT'S THE YEAR AB HAPPY CHANDLER SPOKE WHILE RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

HE WENT TO WIN THAT RACE AND FANCY FARM BECAME A CLAYS FOR OLD-- EYE PLACE FOR OLD SCHOOL POLITICAL SPEECHIFYING.

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

THAT WAS NOT 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.

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

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 THAT HAD THE EXPOSED FLASH BULBS ON EMTHIS.

WELL, THE PHOTOGRAPHER WENT TO TAKE A PICTURE AND IT POPPED LIKE A GUN.

AND GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCHED.

HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

SO HE WENT ON AND PROCEEDED WITH HIS SPEECH.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER RELOADED THE BULB.

TOOK ANOTHER STILL SHOT OF HIM AND IT POPPED LIKE A GUN.

GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCHED AGAIN.

HE SAYS IN HIS ALABAMA ACCENT, Y'ALL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT GUN SHY UP HERE.

>> SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN OF SECTION AS WAS THERE IN 1988 BUT COULD NOT SWING KENTUCKY TO THE DUKAKIS TICKET.

SENATAOR GORE STOPPED AT FANCY FARM FOUR YEARS LATER.

HE WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL.

SENATOR AND VICE PRESIDENT ALVIN BARALLY SPOKE SEVERAL TIMES.

IT WAS FAMILIAR TURF FOR HIM.

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

THE FOOD HAS ALSO MADE THE HISTORY BOOKS.

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

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

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

FOR KET, I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, TOBY GIBBS.

YOU ARE WATCHING A LIVE SHOT ON , WE ARE 13 MINUTES BEFORE THEY TAKE THE STAGE TO START ALL THE BOMBAST ON THAT STAGE, WHICH WE THINK COULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE MEH, MAY BE REALLY EXCITING CONSIDERING THAT THERE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE REPUBLICANS, MAYBE ONE DEMOCRAT ON THE STAGE.

WE WILL SEE HOW ALL OF THAT GOES.

THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH US AND YOU ARE SEEING, AS THE CANDIDATES START TO COME ON THE STAGE, WE WILL BE SHOWING SOME OF THAT COVERAGE AS IT ROLLS OUT.

SO YOU ARE SAYING IF THIS IS NOT AN ELECTION YEAR, WHY IS THERE A FANCY FARM AND WHY IS THERE A BIG DEAL?

THERE IS ALWAYS A FANCY FARM PICNIC AND IT'S ALWAYS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE ROLL IN KENTUCKY.

EVEN THOUGH THE ELECTION IS NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE PRECEDENT THAT IN 2009, THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO YOU.

>> THE SCARS TO PROVE IT.

>> Renee: THE SCARS TO PROVE IT.

TELL BUS YOUR WAR WOUNDS THERE.

>> 2009, ACTUALLY THE WEEK BEFORE FANCY FARM, SENATOR BUNKING ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY HE WAS NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND NOW SENATOR RAND PAUL AND I WERE MANEUVERING TO RUN.

WE WERE BOTH INVITED TO SPEAK BECAUSE WE HAD EXPLORATORY CAMPAIGNS.

BUNKING DROPPED OUT THE MONDAY OR TUESDAY BEFORE FANCY FARM.

THE TWO OF US SPOKE.

WHAT I REMEMBER IS, I DON'T THINK WE ENGAGED ONE ANOTHER.

WE PROBABLY SPOKE AGAINST OBAMA AND STEVE BESHEAR BECAUSE HE WAS GOVERNOR AT THE TIME.

THEY HAD TWO DEMOCRATS IN THE RACE, SO THEY WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ANYWAY.

AND SO THE 09 FANCY FARM WAS A PREVIEW OF THE MAY PRIMARY IN 2010 AND YOU KNOW, THE WAY I REMEMBER IT, I WAS AWESOME AND THE CROWD LOVED ME.

-- [LAUGHTER] BUT, YOU KNOW,I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WAS, RIGHT?

BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY ACTUALLY IN SERIOUSNESS, I THINK I HAD MORE SUPPORTERS THERE.

BUT IT IS A REMINDER THAT THE VOTERS HAD THE FINAL SAY.

WHILE FANCY FARM THERE IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENT TO THAT AND WE WATCH THAT ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, COMER MIGHT HAVE THE BIGGEST CROWD THERE TO SOME TURF AND REALLY POPULAR AND THAT'S ALSO-- WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

AN ELEMENT TO THAT BUT A REMINDER WHEN THE ELECTORATE, WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO TO THE POLLS, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS THE MOST.

AND SO THIS INFLUENCES THAT BUT WE CAN'T SAY THEY HAD THE BEST REACTION OF FANCY FARM DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE GOING TO WIN OTHERWISE.

I WOULD BE THE ONE SITTING ON THE STAGE GETTING READY TO GIVE AN AWESOME SPEECH AS A THIRD TERM U.S.

SENATOR.

>> Renee: JONATHAN MILLER CAN RELATE BECAUSE IN 2023 YOU GAVE THE BEST SPEECH EVER.

>> SOME SAY MY BEST SPEECH EVER AND SOME SAY MY MOST EMBARRASSING SPEECH FER.

I PROBE SPOKE ON THE STAGE SIX OR SEVEN TIMES AND ALL BUT ONE, EVERYBODY HAD LEFT BY THE TIME I SPOKE SO THIS WAS THE ONE TIME WHEN PEOPLE STADES FOR ME TO SPEAK AND I TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT.

I REMEMBER NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR A WORD I WAS SAYING AND I WAS GIVING AN IMITATION I THINK OF ELMER GANTRY IN TRYING TO PREACH.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WALLS OF JERICHO FALLING DOWN.

>> I REMEMBER THAT.

THAT WAS A FUN MOMENT.

IT WILL BE ONE FOR MY MENTALLY BOOKS BECAUSE I WILL NOT DO THAT AGAIN.

>> Renee: AMY.

>> THIS IS ALSO A GREAT TIME.

MY FIRST FANCY FARM WAS THERE AS A CAMPAIGN STAFFER, AND SO THAT COMES WITH UNIQUE CHALLENGES WHEN YOU ARE ON THE GROUND AND THAT'S BEEN MY ROLE AT ALL OF THE FANCY FARMS SO FAR.

THIS IS OUR FIRST CHANCE TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THE CAMPAIGNS ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, RIGHT?

WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW MANY SUPPORTERS ARE LINED UP AND SEATED WITH THEIR SIGNS AND WHAT TYPE OF SWAG IS OUT THERE AND WHAT THAT MESSAGING IS LIKE.

A SHOUTOUT TO ALL OF THE CAMPAIGN STAFFERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN WEST KENTUCKY FOR THE LAST WEEK SETTING UP AND MAKING SURE ALL OF THEIR SUPPORTERS TURN OUT BECAUSE IT'S A HARD JOB.

>> Renee: NOT JUST THE CANDIDATES OR SOON TO BE CANDIDATES OR WHOMEVER THAT ARE THERE, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.

USUALLY THERE IS A LOT OF ADVOCACY GROUPS THERE AND WE KNOW THERE WAS ALSO A BIG HOLE WITH SOME DEMOCRATIC OR PROGRESSIVE LEANING GROUPS THAT ARE NOT SHOWING UP THIS TIME.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING THAT THE AFL-CIO UNIONS HAVE CALLED FOR THEIR MEMBERS TO NOT ATTEND.

I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GOES TO WHO IS THE EMCEE THIS YEAR WHICH IS ASHLI WATTS, A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, C.E.O.

AND PRESIDENT OF THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE FIRST FEMALE.

IT REALLY AN IMPORTANT MEMORABLE YEAR THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE.

SO I THINK AGAIN, FOR ANY ORGANIZATION TO CALL FOR A BOYCOTT, IF YOU WILL, OF A PREMIER POLITICAL PICNIC THAT IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE BIPARTISAN IN NATURE AND REALLY A NOD TO OUR FRIENDS IN WEST KENTUCKY, I THINK IT'S ODD THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, THE FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST YEAR THAT THIS THE THEY DAHL FOR THEIR MEMBERS NOT TO ATTEND THAT I'M AWARE OF.

>> AGREE COMPLETELY.

>> HAVING EMCEED FANCY FARM, I'M VERY PROUD OF ASHLEY BEING CHOSEN.

NOT ONLY THE FIRST WOMAN BUT A TERRIFIC WOMAN AT THAT.

SHE WILL DO A MARVELOUS JOB.

WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE TRUMP FACTOR FOR ALL OF THIS.

WE ARE STILL WAITING ON A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THIS RACE.

AND THIS DAY, BUT JONATHAN SCHELL THIS MORNING GOT A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR STARTING THE 27 RACE BY SAYING IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THAT JAMIE COMER, NOW A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, WILL BE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST ABOUT THE NEXT RACE BUT THE RACE AFTER THAT.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG RACE ON OUR CYCLE.

BUT I WAS AT FANCY FARM A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.

IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO-- THAT WAS THE HOMECOMING SPIRIT OF FANCY FARM.

IF YOU WANTED TO BE RELEVANT IN KENTUCKY POLITICS AND CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND MEET NEW PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE OUT THERE, IN THE REAL WORLD, FANCY FARM WAS THE PLACE TO GO.

SO THAT WAS AN EARLY EXPERIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE BEEN 30 TIMES BUT I HAVE BEEN A BUNCH OF TIMES AND I HAVE BEEN AT THE END WHEN THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SIX PEOPLE REMAINING TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Renee: AND KET.

>> AND I COUPLE OF GOOD TIMES WHEN WE GOT TO DO THE WHOLE THING, A LITTLE TOWARD THE TOP OF THE AGENDA.

BUT I LOVE IT.

I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC.

IT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY EVERYBODY AND NEVER NEGLECTED.

>> Renee: SO RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE A SHOT.

THERE IT IS.

CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR THERE WHO IS ON THE STAGE AND I CAN'T SEE IT AS WELL FROM MY POSITION, BUT HE IS THERE.

HE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

AND THERE WILL BE OTHERS THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU AS THEY GET ON THE STAGE AS WELL.

SO TO GET TO YOUR POINT, BOB BABBAGE ABOUT CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER AND SHED OVER THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, VERY POWERFUL COMMITTEE.

DO YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO SNEAK OUT, YOU KNOW, A SPOILER FOR US TODAY THAT HEY, LOOK TOWARD '27 OR WILL HE JUST MAKE IT STICK TO THE SCRIPT SPEECH OR LEAK OUT ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS.

>> NOT A CANDIDATE A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW.

HE WILL RUN FOR REELECTION NEXT YEAR.

I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO FOCUS MORE BEYOND THE DISTRICT SOME IN TERMS OF HIS ADVERTISING AND MESSAGING AND EFFORT.

GETTING READY FOR 2027, AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE LIKE RODDY ATKINS OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN, THERE IS A LOT OF THOUGHT AND BUZZ AROUND THIS.

COMER IS IMMENSELY POPULAR THERE AND IN WASHINGTON.

HE HAS RIDS INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY POINT.

WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR FIRST NAME TO CHAIRMAN OR CHAIRWOMAN IN WASHINGTON, THINGS HAPPEN.

HE IS GREAT ON TV.

FOX LOVE HIM.

MEDIA LOVE HIM.

HE IS AVAILABLE.

HE SPEAKS WELL AND MAKES THE STATE LOOK GOOD.

>> I THINK HE WILL DROP A HINT THOUGH.

I REMEMBER LAST YEAR, IT WAS AN INTERVIEW AT FANCY FARM HE MADE AN ILLUSION-- HE SAID WILL YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS IN THE COMING YEARS.

IT WOULDN'T SHOCK ME IF HE TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL POLITICS.

HE HAS A DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT SPEAKING, THE ONE DEMOCRAT ON THE AGENDA IS HIS OPPONENT.

BUT MY GUESS IS, AND IF I WERE HIM, I WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL AND AT THE END SAYING WE NEED SOME OF THIS STUFF IN KENTUCKY.

AND I MIGHT HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

>> I WILL GUARANTEE HE WILL NOT DO WHAT MY GOOD FRIEND TREY GRAYSON DID, ANNOUNCE HE WAS RUNNING-- >> I SAID I WAS TESTING THE WATERS.

>> HE WON'T DO THAT BECAUSE IF HE BECOMES AN OFFICIAL CANDIDATE, HE LOSES HIS GAVEL AS CHAIRMAN OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND I KNOW HE VALUES THAT GAVEL TREMENDOUSLY.

>> Renee: AND YOU ARE SEEING A SHOT OF CONGRESSMAN COMER RIGHT THERE WITH HIS WIFE.

>> AND YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD CHEERING.

>> Renee: THEY ARE CHEERING.

IT IS HARDER FOR US TO HEAR IT HERE THAN YOU ARE HEARING IT AT HOME.

SO WE WILL BE HEARING HIM AND HIS OPPONENT, JOHN DREW WILLIAMS, THE DEMOCRATS, A LITTLE BIT.

SO THERE HE IS.

SO IS YOU ARE WATCHING KET'S COVERAGE OF FANCY FARM 2025, THE POLITICAL EVENT ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THE CELEBRATION THAT IS PART HOMECOMING AND PART FOOD FEST GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.

KET'S LAURA ROGERS SPOKE WITH POLITICAL CHAIRMAN STEVEN ELDER ABOUT THE EVENT'S PREPARATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS.

>> FOR THE WHOLE PURCHASE REGION, WE GET TO SHINE ONE DAY OUT OF THE YEAR, THE FIRST SATURDAY OF AUGUST.

>> THAT'S THE DAY SOME 10,000 PEOPLE WILL ARRIVE AT THE ST. JEROME FANCY FARM PICNIC.

>> JUST THE HEART OF AMERICA REALLY.

>> IT'S ABOUT FAITH AND FAMILY AND FUN.

>> AND POLITICS.

THIS YEAR NEARLY A DOZEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE ARE SLATED TO SPEAK.

>> PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF THE STATE WANT TO SEE THE CANDIDATES.

AND IT'S A LOT MORE PERSONAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO RIGHT UP TO THEM AND SHAKE YOUR HAND AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY DO THAT EVERYWHERE ELSE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.

>> THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR STEVEN ELDER HAS SERVED AS POLITICAL CHAIRMAN.

>> WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES, DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS, ALSO THE MEDIA AND THEIR REQUESTS, IT'S A LOT HAPPENS REALLY FAST.

>> WITH THE ELECTION NOT TAKING PLACE UNTIL NEXT YEAR, ELDER SAYS HE HAD ANTICIPATED A LIGHTER CROWD, BUT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR U.S. SENATE IS DRAWING A LOT OF INTEREST.

>> WE THINK IT WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGER PICNICS WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.

AND IT'S ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE CAMPAIGNS TO GO AND TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTERS.

BUILD THAT GRASSROOTS SUPPORT.

>> OFTEN ONE OF THE FEW TIMES YOU MAY SEE ALL OF THE CANDIDATES TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.

>> THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING THING ABOUT FANCY FARM, YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES THAT WILL SHAKE SHANDS WITH EACH OTHER ON THE STAGE.

THEY WILL PAT EACH OTHER ON THE BACK AND GET A LAUGH.

WHERE ELSE THAN THE FANCY FARM PICNIC.

>> ELDER HIMSELF HAS BEEN FASCINATED WITH THE POLITICAL SPEECHES SINCE CHILDHOOD.

>> MY INTEREST WAS ALWAYS IN POLITICS.

EVEN AS A YOUNG KID, I WOULD SNEAK OFF FROM MY DUTIES AT THE MEAT STAND AND GO TO THE TOP OF THE POLITICAL WHERE THE POLITICAL SPEAKING WAS.

I WAS INTRIGUED WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE.

WHY ARE THEY HERE?

THEY'RE GREAT SPEAKERS FROM THE STAND AND I WAS LIKE WOW, THAT'S EXCITING.

>> THE PICNIC TAKES YEAR ROUND PLANNING AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS.

>> IT'S A SENSE OF PRIDE AND EXPECTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ALL OVER THE COMMONWEALTH AND ALL OVER FROM MANY STATES AROUND AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> ANDY IS PICNIC CHAIRMAN AND SAID IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TERRIBLE EVENTS YEAR IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND A MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR CHARITY.

>> IT IS REALLY ABOUT SEEING THIS COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND HOW EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EVENT RUNS SMOOTHLY, AND EFFICIENTLY AND WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME BACK.

>> AND COME BACK THEY DO, YEAR AFTER YEAR.

>> I'M 43 AND SO THIS IS MY 43rd PICNIC.

>> THIS IS MY, I GUESS 45th FANCY FARM PICNIC.

>> I WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT 45 YEARS AS WELL.

>> WE THANK LAURA ROBERTS FOR THAT REPORT.

IT IS A TREMENDOUS FEAT OF ORGANIZING OF THE PICNIC STUFF AND THE POLITICAL SPEAKING AND AS YOU HEARD THEM SAY DEALING WITH THE MEDIA AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN, THIS IS KET'S COVERAGE OF THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT AT FANCY FARM.

THIS IS THE 15-- 145th YEAR AND WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE SPENDING TIME WITH US THIS YEAR.

THIS AFTERNOON, WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM WHEN THE STAGE WILL LIGHT UP.

WE KNOW THE TEMPERATURE IS A LITTLE MORE ACCOMMODATING THIS YEAR BUT THE STAGE WILL SIZZLE IN A BIT OR AT LEAST WE HOPE IT WILL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

SO, AS WE GET READY TO GET THINGS KICKED OFF HERE, ANY KIND OF EXPECTATION YOU HAVE OF WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR?

HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE LINES MAY BE AND THE ATTACK LINES?

>> SOMETIMES VERY GOOD NATURED, SOMETIMES A LITTLE MORE OF A PUNCH IN THE RIBS.

WE'LL FIND OUT.

THE ANTICIPATION THERE AND THE EXCITEMENT THERE, THE NOISE, THE EMOTION IS ALWAYS GREAT TO EXPERIENCE AND GREAT TOE SEE.

IT'S A PIECE OF AMERICANA.

AN EXTRAORDINARY THING IN OUR NATION, NOT JUST OUR STATE.

>> Renee: AND AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN EARLIER, USUALLY THE PAVILION HAS DEMOCRATS ON ONE SIDE AND REPUBLICANS ON THE OTHER BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS TIME, RIGHT IF WE ARE SEEING THIS-- I HAVE TO TURN AROUND TO SEE HOW IT IS SPLIT OFF.

YOU HAVE JAMES COMER CAMP ON SCREEN LEFT AND DANIEL CAMERON CAMP ON SCREEN RIGHT.

CAMERON IS WHERE THE DEMOCRATS USUALLY ARE.

>> AND I KNOW THAT THEY KIND OF PRE-SECTIONED OFF A SECTION FOR EACH OF THE U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES AND SO WE SAW THE BARR SECTION, I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT IS LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT THERE BUT THEY HAD THOSE LINED UP AND SO WE WILL SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE SEATS ARE FILLED FOR EACH OF THE CANDIDATES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HEAR THE CANDIDATES SPEECHES OVER ANY HECKLERS BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE HECKLERS FROM VARIOUS REPUBLICAN CAMPS AS WELL.

I'M SAD WE DID NOT GET THE GREAT LUNCH.

WE ARE MISSING THE GREAT LUNCH, THE BARBECUE.

>> Renee: ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

JONATHAN, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?

>> I MISS THE VEGETABLES.

THERE IS ALWAYS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE MUTTON AND PORK AND REALLY WHAT THE SPECIALTY IS IS THE VEGETABLES.

I WANT TO PUT A GOOD WORD IN FOR THEM.

>> Renee: TEAM VEGGIES, RIGHT?

>> I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THIS DYNAMIC WITH NATE MORRIS AND SENATOR McCONNELL.

SENATOR McCONNELL I THINK REALLY USHERED IN THE NEW ERA OF THE FANCY FARM, JUST LIKE HE USHERED IN THE NEW ERA OF REPUBLICAN PARTY.

IT'S A LOT LOUDER.

PEOPLE ARE BUSSED IN, A LOT MORE ENERGY.

SOME WOULD SAY A LOT MORE MEAN SPIRITEDNESS AND NOW IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE IS THE TARGET OF REPUBLICANS ON THE STAGE AND I WILL BE VERY CURIOUS.

>> Renee: AND NOT JUST NATE MORRIS, MAYBE BAD MOUTHING MITCH McCONNELL BUT WILL DANIEL CAMERON?

>> I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

I THINK THE OTHER THING I WILL ADD, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID SO FOR FOR BOTH MORRIS AND BARR, THEY HAVE NOT SPOKEN HERE BEFORE AND THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THIS THAT HAVE YOU EVER DONE BEFORE.

WHAT KIND OF NERVES WILL THEY HAVE?

THEY'RE DOING THE HYPE MUSIC TO GET THE CROWD FIRED UP WHICH IS FUN.

BUT THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE IN 03, RITCHIE FARMER AND I WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION, HE WAS A GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER.

I PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE JOKED.

I SAID THIS IS LIKE SHOOTING A FREE THROW ON THE ROAD.

YOU GOT THE CROWD BEHIND YOU SCREAMING, TRYING TO DISTRACT YOU.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP FOCUSED ON WHAT YOUR TASK IS AT HAND.

THAT'S A DECENT ANALOGY BUT EVEN WITH THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME.

YOU HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, I'M SURE BARR AND MORRIS HAVE BEEN THERE AND KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BUT TO GET BEHIND THE PODIUM IS A WHOLE OTHER THING.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT CROWD THOUGH.

>> Renee: IT DOES.

WE WERE KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO TURN OUT AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY ROBUST CROWD THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS AND WON'T KNOW FOR SOMETIME BUT YOU ARE SEEING THE STAGE NOW WHERE THINGS WILL START KICKING OFF HERE SOON, STEVEN ELDER, THE ORGANIZER OF THE POLITICAL EVENT WILL KICK IT OFF AND INTRODUCE ASHLI WATTS, THE EMCEE AND AS WE NOTED BEFORE, THE FIRST FEMALE TO EVER EMCEE THE EMCEE POSITION AT FANCY FARM.

IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US THIS IS KET'S COVERAGE OF THE FANCY FARM 2025 POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT.

WE WILL BRING YOU LIVE COVERAGE FROM START TO FINISH.

EVEN IF YOU ARE THE BOTTOM LAST SPEAKER, JONATHAN MILLER, WE HANG WITH IT AND WE WILL PROVIDE ANALYSIS ON THE OTHER SIDE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE ZINGERS AND HOW THEY WAND LANDED WITH THE ROBUST CROWD.

A GOOD DAY TO BE AT THE FANCY FARM BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS MORE ACCOMMODATING.

MOTHER NATURE IS WINKING ON THEM AND IT IS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE KIND OF DAY.

RIGHT NOW WE WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO STEVEN ELDER.

>> I'M STEVEN ELDER, THE POLITICAL CHAIRMAN OF THE FANCY FARM PICNIC AND ON BEHALF OF STR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN GRAVES COUNTY, I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING THIS WONDERFUL TIME HONORED KENTUCKY TRADITION.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR PRIEST FATHER DARYL, MY FRIEND AND MENTOR MARK WILSON, OUR CHAIRMAN ANDY HADEN AND MY SON BAKER AND TO ALL ALL THE NEWS STATIONS MEDIA ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND COVERING OUR PICNIC.

SINCE 1880 WE HAVE GATHERED HERE ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST FOR FOOD, FELLOWSHIP AND OLD FASHIONED POLITICAL FUN WHICH STARTED OUT AS A HUMBLE CHURCH PICNIC HAS GROWN INTO TRULY SOMETHING SPECIAL.

A CELEBRATION OF OUR STATE, OUR DEMOCRACY AND OW OUR SHARED SPIRIT.

PARTIES AND POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE CHANGED AS SEEN IN THE CROWD TODAY.

HOW MANY REPUBLICANS DO WE HAVE IN THE CROWD?

[ CHEERING ] HOW MANY DEMOCRATS DO WE HAVE IN THE CROWD TODAY.

[ CHEERING ] AND HOW MANY INDEPENDENTS DO WE HAVE IN THE CROWD TODAY?

TODAY WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PIT MASTERS DOWN THERE THAT SERVE UP THE BARBECUE THAT WILL MAKE YOU COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT YOUR PARTY AFFILIATION.

BUT IN ALL HONESTY, THIS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THE AMOUNT OF FANCY FARMERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK, LET'S SHOW A LITTLE APPRECIATION TO THE COMMUNITY OF FANCY FARM AND ALL OF THE HARD WORKERS.

THANK YOU.

NOW YOU ALL HAVE A VOICE IN THE CROWD TODAY, AND I EXPECT YOU TO USE IT LOUDLY, RESPECTFULLY AND WITH A LITTLE FAMOUS FANCY FARM FLAIR.

AND NOW WOULD I LIKE TO INVITE THE MOST REVEREND BISHOP MEDLEY OF OUR DIOCESE IN OWENSBORO TO THE MICROPHONE FOR OUR INVOCATION.

BISHOP MEDLEY.

>> I WANT TO THANK FATHER DARYL AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF ST. JEROME FOR YOUR GREAT HOSPITALITY, WHERE YOU SWELL THE POPULATION OF FANCY FARM EVERY YEAR WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED AND GOOD AND RESPECTFUL, RIGHT?

SO LET US PRAY: ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD, YOU HAVE REVEALED YOUR YOUR TOE ALL THE NATIONS, GOD OF POWER AND MIGHT, WISDOM AND JUSTICE, THROUGH YOU, AUTHORITY IS RIGHTLY CENTERED, LAWS ARE ENACTED AND JUDGMENT DECREED.

BLESS, LORD, THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY, OF ST. JEROME AND FANCY FARM, WHO, TODAY, WELCOME TO THEIR COMMUNITY TENS OF THOUSANDS, MAY THE WELCOME AND FOOD THEIR GUESTS RECEIVE HERE NOURISH BOTH THEIR BODIES AND THEIR SPIRITS.

MY ALL BE-- MAY 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 OF KENTUCKY AND MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WE PRAY FOR LOCAL LEADERS AND SERVANTS.

MAY ALL WHO SEEK TO PRESERVE PEACE PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD AND HAPPINESS AND CONTINUE TO BRING THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND EQUALITY TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN CREATED AS CHILDREN OF ONE GOD IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD.

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

MAY WE BE PRESERVED IN UNION AND THAT PEACE WHICH THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE BLESS LORD THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR NATION, ESPECIALLY THOSE SERVING IN CONFLICT.

BLESS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY, ALL WHO ARE 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 STRIVES TO BE COMPASSIONATE.

WE TRUST, DEAR GOD, THAT YOU ARE THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE 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 COME THAT CONFLICTS NEED NOT BE RESOLVED BY VIOLENCE.

BLESS THE POOR OF OUR NATION AND THE WORLD AND NEVER LET US FORGET, LORD, THAT THESE ARE OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND THE BOUNTY OF YOUR CREATION IS INTENDED FOR ALL.

LORD, LET CHARITY PREVAIL HERE TODAY, THAT EVERYTHING WE SAY AND EVERYTHING WE DO MAY SERVE UP TO BUILD UP THE KINGDOM OF JUSTICE, LIGHT AND TRUTH.

WE SPEAK OUR HUMBLE PRAYER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN.

THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, BISHOP MEDLEY.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A MEDIA GIANT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE LOST THIS PAST YEAR, Mr. JIM MOORE WITH WIMC.

HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED VOICES IN MAYFIELD AND GRAVES COUNTY.

LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE AND JUST APPLAUD WYMC AND THE LATE JIM MOORE FOR HIS DEDICATION TO OUR PICNIC.

THIS YEAR'S SING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE Dr. JOSEPH HOPKINS, NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.

PREVIOUSLY HE SERVED DEAN OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HE WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF CHAIR CHAIR OF MUSIC FOUND THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF MUSIC FESTIVAL, SERVED ON THE FACULTY OF THE OPERA FACULTY IN ROME ITALY AND HAS PERFORMED AND RECORDED IN LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD IN OPERA AND CHURCH SETTINGS.

HIS WIFE SUZANNE IS HIS FAVORITE SINGER AND HERE WITH HIM AS WELL.

PROUD FATHER OF TWO YOUNG MEN, JOSEPH AND VANCE AND MANAGED BY A HANDSOME SCOTTISH TERRIER NAMED WINSTON.

Dr. HOPKINS, THE MICROPHONE IS YOURS.

♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT'S SO PROUDLY WE HAIL'D AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS ♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪ ♪ AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ ♪ O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] (CHANTING USA) >> ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WE-- I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST AND WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER ON THE PLATFORM WITH US TODAY, MICHELLE TURBOW WHO WON THE GRAVES COUNTY PACKAGIC THIS-- PAGEANT THIS YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE POSSIBLY FOR MISS KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND NEXT WE ARE GOING TO INVITE EMILY LAM TO COME FORTH AND SING "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME" IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THAT AS WELL.

EMILY IS A PROUD KENTUCKIAN WHO LOVES MUSIC AND LOVES TO USE MUSIC TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN MANY PRODUCTIONS AT OUR LOCAL PURCHASE PLAYERS THEATER, SHE LEADS WORSHIP AT HER HOME CHURCH AND IS HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE PART OF THIS LOCAL TRADITION.

EMILY LAM.

♪ THE SUNSHINES BRIGHT ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ ♪ 'TIS SUMMER THE PEOPLE ARE GAY ♪ THE CORN TOPS RIPE AND THE IN THE BLOOM WHILE THE BIRDS MAKE MUSIC ALL THE DAY ♪ ♪ THE YOUNG FOLKS ROLL ON THE LITTLE BAB CABIN FLOOR ♪ ♪ THE BABY ALL HAPPY AND BRIGHT BY AND BY HARD TIMES COMES AKNOCKIN AT THE DOOR ♪ THEN MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME GOOD NIGHT ♪ ♪ OH WEEP NO MORE, MY LADY, OH WEEP NO MORE TODAY ♪ ♪ WE WILL 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 WILL SING ONE SONG BEFORE MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME FAR AWAY.

♪ >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR TWO GREAT SINGERS THERE.

[ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TIME KEEPERS.

MISS SUSAN BARTON AND DRAKE WILLIAMS DOWN HERE FOR OUR SPEAKERS.

Mr. WILL WILLIAMS IS A CURRENT SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT THE McCRACKEN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WILL HAVE INCREMENTS OF ONE MINUTE 30 SECONDS AND TIME IS UP.

WHEN IT IS TIME IS UP, WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, CHARLIE IS GOING PLAY SOMETHING.

WHAT YOU GOT, CHARLIE.

♪ STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART AND BECAUSE I CAN STAND UP HERE AND DO SHOUTOUTS, CHARLIE HAS BEEN DOING THIS MUSIC AND SOUND FOR US FOR 25 YEARS WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT CHARLIE.

WE DO VIA A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TODAY I WANT TO DELIVER.

FOR OVER A CENTURY THIS HALLOWED GROUND HAS BEEN WHERE THE MIGHTY SPEAK, THE LEGENDS ARE FORGED AND WHERE THE NEXT GREAT LEADERS OF OUR NATION CUT THEIR TEETH.

LET US PAUSE AND PAY RESPECT FROM PADUCAH TO PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY HAS SENT ITS BEST TO THE HALLS OF POWER.

AND TODAY WE HONOR A GIANT OF THE SENATE, A MAN WHOSE POLITICAL SKILL IS SECOND TO NONE, WHOSE NAME WILL BE STUDIED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LOVE HIM OR CHALLENGE HIM, ONE THING IS BEYOND DISPUTE.

NO ONE HAS DONE IT LIKE MITCH McCONNELL.

THE LONGEST SERVING SENATE LEADER IN HISTORY AND YES, MY FRIENDS, A KENTUCKIAN.

HE STOOD ON THIS STAGE AND HAS MADE HIS CASE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SENATOR McCONNELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR STATE AND OUR NATION.

YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS LEFT A MARK ON HISTORY.

I ASK ALL OF THE FORMER POLITICAL CHAIRPERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED ON THIS PLATFORM SINCE SENATOR McCONNELL HAS BEEN IN OFFICE, TO JOIN ME IN OFFERING A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR.

REPRESENTING CONNIE ELLIOTT, HIS SON JOELLEOUT,-- JOE ELLIOTT, AND MARK AND LORI WILSON.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[ APPLAUSE ] (CROWD CHANTING MITCH) >> AND NOW FOR OUR EMCEE, ASHLI WATTS WAS NAMED THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

FOR THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER, THE STATE'S LARGEST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN NOVEMBER 2019.

ASHLEY JOINED THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN NOVEMBER OF 2012, AND DURING HER TENURE AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE CHAMBER, SHE LED EFFORTS IN PASSING SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF LEGISLATION, INCLUDING FELONY EXPUNGEMENT, RIGHT TO WORK LEGISLATION, WORKER'S COMPENSATION REFORM, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REFORM AND TAX REFORM.

SHE IS A REFORMER.

PRIOR TO JOINING THE CHAMBER SHE WORKED AT THE KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION AND LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION.

ASHLEY GRADUATED FROM CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE IN HISTORY IN 2004.

HOLDS A MASTERS DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.

ASHLEY IS A 2016 GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP KENTUCKY.

CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARDS OF CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE CHANNEL BER AND LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS CHAIR OF THE U.S.

CHAMBERS COMMITTEE OF 100 COMPRISED OF THE TOP 100 CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

SHE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN FRANKFORT WITH HER HUSBAND RYAN AND TWO CHILDREN, EMMA AND CARTER.

PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO OUR FIRST FEMALE EMCEE AT THE FANCY FARM PICNIC!

♪ I'M UNSTOPPABLE... >> THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU BISHOP, STEVEN ELDER, ANDY HADE NEE AND OUR FRIENDS AT ST. JEROME PARISH AND WELCOME TO THE 145th ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC.

I'M ASHLI WATTS, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I'M HONORED TO BE YOUR EMCEE THIS YEAR, AND YOU ARE WELCOME FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEATHER I BROUGHT THIS WEEKEND.

BASED IN FRANKFORT, THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER UNITES BUSINESS AND ADVANCED KENTUCKY, AND WORKS EVERY DAY TO ENSURE OUR COMPETITIVENESS ON A GLOBAL STAGE.

SO I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING... SOMETHING UP HERE LOOKS DIFFERENT.

BUT WHAT IS IT?

WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME POLITICIANS FROM YEARS PAST, AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE HONORED TO BE JOINED BY KENTUCKY AND GRAVES COUNTY FINEST, THE OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO KEEP US SAFE EVERY DAY.

[ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

BUT WHAT ELSE?

WELL, LIKE STEVEN SAID, I'M THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER EMCEE THIS PICNIC IN 145 YEARS.

WHICH, I GUESS MAKES ME THE OFFICIAL FANCY FARM DEI HIRE.

I DID HEAR THAT THE AFL-CIO DECIDED TO BOYCOTT THIS YEAR BECAUSE I WAS THE EMCEE AND I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD AT FIRST, AND REALLY FIND IT ODD THAT NONE OF THE 144 MEN THAT CAME BEFORE ME WARRANTED A BOYCOTT FROM THE UNION.

ALL KIDDING ASIDE, THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR AND I WANT TO THANK THE LEADERS OF THIS GREAT ANNUAL TRADITION FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

FANCY FARM IS MORE THAN JUST A POLITICAL EVENT: IT IS A CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL DISCOURSE AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE WORKED IN AND AROUND POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, IT IS THE SUPER BOWL OF POLITICAL EVENTS IN KENTUCKY.

FOR 145 YEARS, THIS PICNIC HAS SERVED AS A RARE AND MEANINGFUL GATHERING WHERE KENTUCKIANS COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THE TREK TO FANCY FARM TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEIR ELECTED LEADERS AND THOSE SEEKING PUBLIC OFFICE.

WHILE HAVING FUN, EATING GREAT BARBECUE, AND HOPEFULLY MAKING A FEW JOKES.

THIS EVENT MATTERS BECAUSE SHOWING UP MATTERS.

THROUGH CHANGING TIMES, SHIFTING POWER AND GROWING POLITICAL NOISE, FANCY FARM REMAINS ONE OF KENTUCKY'S MOST ENDURING TRADITIONS.

BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES, THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMONWEALTH, AND HAVE THE FUN CAMARADERIE THAT IS FANCY FARM.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WORTH PRESERVING.

SO, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME UP ON THIS STAGE, AND SO THAT MEANT I GOT A LOT OF ADVICE.

SOME SOLICITED.

A LOT UNSOLICITED.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL THE MEN OUT THERE WHO GAVE ME SO MUCH UNSOLICITED ADVICE.

TRULY.

NOTHING GETS YOU READY FOR THE JOB THAN HAVING POLITICAL JOKES MANSPLANIED TO YOU.

THANKS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND MY FRIEND CONGRESSMAN JAMIE COMER, I NEVER HAD HAD TO LEAVE THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

JUST AMAZING HOW THAT WORKS.

SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, BUT THERE IS A BIG RACE COMING UP HERE IN KENTUCKY AND WE HAVE GOT NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE REPUBLICANS VYING FOR KENTUCKY'S U.S. SENATE SEAT.

BLESS THEIR HEARTS.

THEY SAW THE WHITE SMOKE RISE FROM ST. JEROME'S BARBECUE PITT AND THOUGHT THIS IS WHERE WE PICK THE NEXT POPE HIVE-- HIVE I MEAN SENATOR McCONNELL'S REPLACEMENT.

ALL THREE OF THESE MEN HAVE SPENT MONTHS TRYING TO GET THE ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.

AT THE LIFE LONG CONNOISSEUR OF CHICK FLICKS LET ME PUT IT IN TERMS YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND.

WHEN IT COMES TO TRUMP, HE IS JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU.

IT IS NICE TO SEE SENATOR McCONNELL AND SECRETARY CHOW HERE WITH US TODAY.

AS WE KNOW, HE IS RETIRING AND DEMOCRATS ARE PANICKING ABOUT LOSING THEIR SECOND FAVORITE PERSON TO BLAME.

REPUBLICANS ARE PANICKED ABOUT LOSING THEIR FIRST FAVORITE PERSON TO BLAME AND C-SPAN IS PAN TICKED-- PANICKED ABOUT LOSING THEIR MOST CONSISTENT SOURCE OF DRAMATIC PAUSES.

I HATE TO DATE EITHER ONE OF US BUT I HAVE NOT KNOWN A KENTUCKY WITHOUT SENATOR McCONNELL.

SERVING OVER FOUR DECADES, THAT'S NOT JUST A POLITICAL CAREER.

THAT'S A LEGACY.

AND KENTUCKY IS A BETTER PLACE THANKS TO YOUR SERVICE.

[ APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE MENTORS AND LEADERS WHO PAVE THE WAY AND SENATOR McCONNELL HAS BEEN THAT TO SO MANY, EVEN RIGHT HERE AT THIS PICNIC.

WE ALL NEED AND CHERISH THOSE MENTORS.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT, DANIEL?

BISHOP MEDLEY, DO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE AN EXTRA OFFERING PLATE TO PASS AROUND?

I HEARD TEAM CAMERON MAY NEED SOME HELP.

WE ALSO HAVE NATE MORRIS HERE TODAY.

NATE, DID YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN KENTUCKY IN A WHILE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW SENATOR McCONNELL IS NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE AGAIN.

SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.

YOU CAN STOP USING HIM AND IN ALL OF YOUR CAMPAIGN ADS.

HE IS RETIRING.

LEAVING THE U.S. SENATE, KIND OF LIKE HOW RUBICON LEFT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

(GOO JEERING) OH SORRY, GUYS, THERE IS A WASP UP HERE.

SPEAKING OF WASP, CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR IS ALSO HERE, READY TO TAKE ON THIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE U.S. SENATE.

Y'ALL HEAR WESTERN KENTUCKY MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH CONGRESSMAN BARR BUT I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH HIM FOR MANY YEARS.

LET ME TELL YOU, NOTHING SAYS MAGA LIKE A BROOKS BROTHERS WEARING ATTORNEY FROM THE CHEVY CHASE NEIGHBORHOOD IN LEXINGTON.

[ CHEERING ] I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT OUR JUNIOR SENATOR RAND PAUL IS NOT HERE TODAY.

I KIND OF WONDER IF HE SAYS NO SO OFTEN HE CAN'T EVEN CHECK YES ON AN RSVP CARD.

THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE HE ONCE AGAIN JOINED THE DEMOCRATS IN SAYING NO... TO FANCY FARM.

FANCY FARM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROUD BIPARTISAN KENTUCKY POLITICAL TRADITION.

BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE DEMOCRATS THINK SO.

SINCE ONLY ONE DEMOCRAT ACCEPTED THE INVITATION TO SPEAK.

AND IN FACT, THE REPUBLICANS VOTED THIS MORNING AT THE GRAVES COUNTY BREAKFAST TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PICNIC TO THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL PICNIC.

[ CHEERING ] YOU KNOW, I HEARD MORE DEMOCRATS WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE TRIP, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT ROBIN WEBB WAS GOING TO BE THEIR DRIVER.

BUT YOU KNOW THE DEMOCRATS, THEY'VE HAD SOME HARD TIMES.

THEY'VE LOST REGISTRATIONS, SEATS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THEY HAVE EVEN HAD TO SELL THEIR HEADQUARTERS.

I'VE HEARD THEY'RE TURNING IT INTO A STORAGE FACILITY WHICH MIGHT MAKE A GOOD PLACE TO STORE THEIR LOSSES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SOUNDS LIKE A WINNING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO ME.

I'M SURE GOVERNOR BESHEAR WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT IT WAS HARD TO SQUEEZE THIS EVENT IN BETWEEN GOING IOWA AND HIS VOGUE COVER SHOOT, WHICH IS TOO BAD.

BECAUSE I HAVE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT.

AT THE CHAMBER, WE HAND OUT LEGISLATIVE MVP AWARDS TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHEN THEY GO TO BAT FOR KENTUCKY BUSINESSES.

THEY GET A BEAUTIFULLY ENGRAVED LOUISVILLE SLUGGER BAT.

BUT TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A BRAND NEW AWARD FOR GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, THE GOLD GLOVE AWARD FOR CATCHING ALL THE EASY WINS LOBBED OVER BY THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE LAST SIX YEARS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS GOVERNOR BESHEAR.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS JOINED US TODAY.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE TODAY.

I THOUGHT SENATOR McCONNELL HAD JUST BROUGHT A SECRET SERVICE DETAIL WITH HIM.

BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT INTENSE MAN OVER THERE IS JUST RUSSELL COLEMAN.

MARK METCALF IS HERE.

HE IS OUR STATE TREASURER.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE ARE STILL NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE STATE TREASURER DOES, BUT WE ARE GLAD HE'S DOING IT.

WELCOME, MARK.

AND I KNOW I SAW OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER JONATHAN SCHELL SOMEWHERE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I ALMOST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM.

IF YOU FOLLOW COMMISSIONER SCHELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW HE IS USUALLY SHIRTLESS, RUNNING SOME RACE.

I KNOW IT'S HOT, JONATHAN, BUT I'M ASKING TO YOU KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON DURING THE DURATION OF THIS PICNIC.

I AM SAD A FEW ELECTIONED OFFICIALS CANNOT TAKE MAKE IT TODAY.

DID YOU NOTICE SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE ADAMS IS NOT WITH US TODAY.

OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T.

AND I'M SAD MY FELLOW LADIES, AUDITOR ALLISON BALL AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN WERE NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US.

BOTH HAVE BEEN RUMORED TO RUN FOR HIGHER OFFICE.

ALLISON MAY RUN OUT OF OFFICES TO SWITCH TO BEFORE CONGRESSMAN ROGERS RETIRES AND I HEARD JACQUELINE AND ROCKY HAVE A HIGH STAKES GAME OF HORSE TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS GOING TO RUN AGAINST COMER.

(CHANTING COMER).

>> SO NOW LET'S GET TO IT.

THE MAIN EVENT.

LET'S GIVE IT AUTOPSY FOR THE REPUBLICANS-- LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE REPUBLICANS.

[ APPLAUSE ] ALSO LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE GUY RUNNING AGAINST JAMIE COMER.

(BOOING) AND FOR THE RULES, MY FELLOW KENTUCKIANS.

NO NOISE MAKERS, NO PROFAN AT THIS, AND PLEASE IF YOU ARE GOING TO HECKLE, AT LEAST BE CLEVER.

SO FAR YOU HAVE ONLY BEEN SLIGHTLY BETTER BEHAVED THAN WHAT I'M USED TO AT HOME WITH MY CHILDREN.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THOUGH, LET'S REMEMBER, WE ARE ALL KENTUCKIANS.

WE ROOT FOR DIFFERENT TEAMS BUT WE SIT AT THE SAME TABLE.

ENOUGH FOR ME BECAUSE I'M AFRAID IF I SAY MUCH MORE, I'M NOT SURE I WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP MY DAY JOB WHEN ALL THIS IS OVER.

SO LET'S HEAR FROM THE FOLKS WHO CAME HERE TO REALLY SWEAT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS REPRESENTATIVE KIM HALLAWAY, THE REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY HOUSE REPRESENTING THE 2nd DISTRICT, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CHRIST.

WELCOME REPRESENTATIVE HOLLAWAY.

>> WELCOME TO THE 145th ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC, EVERYONE.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON REPRESENTING THE 2nd DISTRICT IN OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS ENJOYED TAKING PART IN THIS HISTORIC TRADITION THUS FAR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT EVERY YEAR AND ARE THANKFUL THAT SO MANY DESCEND UPON OUR END OF THE STATE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF ST. JEROME'S CHURCH.

I WANT TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS ASHLEY WASTS, THE FIRST FEMALE TO EVER EMCEE AT FANCY FARM.

[ APPLAUSE ] I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF BIG BUSINESS AND CORPORATE HANDOUTS WHICH RESULTED OF ME SCORING THE RECORD OF THE LOWEST SCORING REPUBLICAN ON THEIR LEGISLATIVE SCORE CARD.

I BELIEVE THE CONSOLATION PRIDES IS NOT GETTING A CAMPAIGN DONATION NEXT YEAR.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK KET FOR ACCEPTING THEIR BRIBE TO QUIT THEIR WHINING AND HEAD ON DOWN HERE TO TELEVISE THIS EVENT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT TOOK, BUT IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CHAIMED-- SAVED THE CHAMBER A TON OF MONEY TO RENT A PRIUS SO KET COULD DRIVE DOWN HERE WITH BOTH OF ITS VIEWERS IN THE BACK SEAT.

I HAVE BEEN READING IN NEWS THIS WEEK THAT FANCY FARM IS LOSING ITS RELEVANCE.

AND SEVERAL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WEREN'T GOING TO COME DOWN THIS YEAR.

I BELIEVE I SPEAK ACCURATELY FOR MOST OR ALL OF GRAVES COUNTY THAT OUR AREAS AND OUR PEOPLE ARE RELEVANT AND STILL A PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH EVEN IN NON-ELECTION YEARS.

[ APPLAUSE ] ONE DECLINED AND I WON'T MENTION THEIR NAME BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS ANYWAY, BUT THEY BELIEVE THE STAGE IS RESERVED FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE ON THE BALLOT THAT YEAR.

BUT I BELIEVE THE PICNIC IS FOR ANYONE WHO VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR AREA TO KENTUCKY AND IS HAPPY TO EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE AND TRADITION OF THOSE OF US WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THAT GOLDEN TRIANGLE.

WESTERN KENTUCKY STANDS TO SAY WE ARE HERE.

WE HAVE VOICES AND STRENGTHS AND ASSETS AND WE WANT TO BE REMEMBERED IN ALL PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS AND CONSIDERED IN EVERY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU TO EACH OF THE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND CANDIDATES WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SPEND TODAY WITH US.

YOUR EFFORT HAS BEEN DULY NOTED AND IS APPRECIATED AND WE WILL REMEMBER IT AT ELECTION TIME.

NEXT YEAR IS AN HISTORIC ELECTION YEAR FOR KENTUCKIANS.

AFTER 137 YEARS, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RETIRING.

HE IS FILIBUSTERING LIFE NO MORE.

THE MAN WHO MADE STANDING STILL A LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY IS FINALLY STANDING DOWN.

SENATOR, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

ON THE STAGE BEHIND ME ARE THREE OF THE SEVEN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO FILL HIS SHELL.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE THE TIME TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH EACH OF THE CANDIDATES AND MAKE A WELL INFORMED AND UNBIASED VOTING DECISION.

IF HISTORY REPESTS ITSELF, WE WILL KEEP VOTING FOR HIM UNTIL I'M 87, WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING WHY.

I HAVE GENUINELY ENJOYED THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF MY FIRST TERM AND TRULY BELIEVE I HAVE LIVED UP TO MY PROMISE TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL REPRESENTATION TO MY COMMUNITY.

A LEGISLATOR'S JOB DOES NOT END ON THE LAST DAY OF SESSION IF THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT.

I HAD TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS THIS SESSION, BUT IT IS EASY TO RETURN A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL.

IT IS NOT ONLY EASY TO SIT AND HAVE COFFEE WITH A CONSTITUENT WHO IS REACHED OUT TO ASK FOR HELP BUT IT IS ENJOYABLE.

I'M HONORED THAT MY COMMUNITY TOOK THE RISK AND ELECTED AN ABSOLUTE NOBODY WHO JUST WANTS TO DO HER PART TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER FOR EVERYONE IN WHAT IS A VERY VOLATILE... ♪ STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART ♪ >> THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE HOLLAWAY.

I THINK.

WE NOW WILL HAVE SENATOR JASON HOWELL, A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY SENATE, REPRESENTING THE 1st DISTRICT.

HE WORKED AS AN ATTORNEY BEFORE ENTERING POLITICS.

WELCOME SENATOR HOWELL.

>> THANK YOU, ASHLEY.

WELCOME EVERYONE TO GRAVES COUNTY.

THE HEART AND SOUL OF MY FIRST SENATE DISTRICT FOR THE 145th FANCY FARM PICNIC.

THANKS TO FATHER MEDLEY AND STEVEN ELDERS AND EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS A SUCCESS.

I NEED TO APPRECIATE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING THE EMCEE ENOUGH TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS.

IF I COULD OFFER A LITTLE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK THOUGH, CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK THOUGH, I THINK THE LINEUP IS A LITTLE THIN.

I KNOW I COULD HELP YOU GET GOVERNOR BESHEAR HERE NEXT YEAR.

SEE, I HAVE WATCHED THIS WORK ALL OVER THE STATE.

NEXT YEAR YOU CONTACT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE A BIG SHINY, REALLY BIG, A BIG SHINY CHECK FULL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY FOR HIM TO HAND OUT AND GET POLITICAL CREDIT FOR.

THOSE SCHEDULING CONFLICTS WILL GO AWAY JUST LIKE THAT.

BIG CHECK.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY.

GREAT WEATHER, GREAT BARBECUE, AND A GREAT LIST OF REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS THIS AFTERNOON HERE AT FANCY FARM.

THERE WAS A BRILLIANT OP-ED PIECE A WEEK OR SO AGO ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS QUITTING FANCY FARM.

IN REALITY, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND ITS LEADERS QUIT THEIR MEMBERS JUST LIKE THEY QUIT KENTUCKY.

THEY FOLLOWED KAMALA HARRIS, CONGRESSMAN COMER'S FAVORITE PEOPLE THE BIDENS AND THE COASTAL LIBERALS LIKE LEMMINGS INTO THE SEA OF POLITICAL IRRELEVANCE.

BECAUSE THEY TURNED THEIR BACK ON KENTUCKY VALUES, THEY, LIKE THE BACK BONE-- THEY LACK THE BACK BONE AND TOUGHNESS TO FIGHT IN WHAT THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE IN.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S REALLY THE CORE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND US.

LIKE MANY OF YOU HERE, I REMEMBER COMING TO FANCY FARM WHEN OUR NUMBERS LOOKED LIKE THAT.

I WON'T LIE TO YOU.

IT WAS TOUGH.

IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SENATOR McCONNELL AGAINST THE VOLCANO OF DEMOCRATIC NUMBERS.

I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, YOU NEVER SAW THAT MAN RIGHT THERE HIDE BEHIND A SCHEDULING CONFLICT FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT WE DIDN'T QUIT AND GO HOME.

WE STAYED HERE BECAUSE THE FATE OF THE COMPLL WAS TOO IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR CHILDREN WE HUNG IN THERE AND CONTINUED TO PLUG AWAY FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTERED TO US.

WE ARE OUT OF THE DARK AGES AND WE ARE OUT OF THE DARK AGES AND AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO FINALLY PROVIDE STRONG LEADERSHIP IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, A DEEP BENCH LIKE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL FOR OUR FUTURE.

I AM 100% CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT CANDIDATES TO FILL THOSE SPOTS UP HERE ON THE STAGE WITH ME TODAY.

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.

GO GRAB SOME BOAR BEE CUE AND ENJOY THE SHOW.

[ APPLAUSE ] -- GO GRAB SOME BARBECUE AND AGAIN JOY THE SHOW.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR HOWELL.

IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL, THE LONGEST SERVING SENATOR, ELECTED NINE TIMES TO LEAD THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.

HE IS THE LONGEST SERVING PARTY LEADER IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

WELCOME SENATOR McCONNELL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (CROWD CHANTING MITCH, MITCH, MITCH).

>> WELL, THIS IS MY 30th FANCY FARM AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANY WAY-- (CEASE FIRE NOW).

>> I CAN'T THINK OF ANY PLACE I WOULD RATHER BE IN THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST THAN RIGHT HERE.

[ APPLAUSE ] BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE OF REPUBLICANS HERE, ME AND A COUNTY CHAIRMAN.

AH, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE TWO REPUBLICAN SUPER MAJORITIES IN FRANKFORT.

AND HOW ABOUT ASHLI WATTS, OUR FIRST WOMAN CHAIR?

[ APPLAUSE ] IT'S NO WONDER EVERYBODY IS SO EXCITED THIS TIME AROUND.

FOR FOUR YEARS, IT WAS LIKE DIVIDED ADMINISTRATION WAS WAGING WAR ON FANCY FARM ITSELF.

DEMOCRATS, RUNAWAY INFLATION, SENT THE PRICE OF PORK THROUGH THE ROOF.

THE BIDEN D.O.J.

WENT UNDERCOVER TO INTIMIDATE CATHOLICS AND CRAZY CLIMATE CHANGE RULES MADE A TOUGH JOB TOUGHER FOR ALL OF THE GRAVES COUNTY FARMERS.

BUT ST. JEROME'S OUTLASTED DEMOCRATS CONTROL OF WASHINGTON, AND I WILL OUT LAST A CHURCH CLOSING GOVERNOR.

THIS YEAR THERE IS PLENTY OF REASONS TO COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS THAT AMERICA VOTED LIKE KENTUCKY DID LAST YEAR.

AND BROUGHT BACK PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.

SO THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU FIRED THE DEMOCRATS WHO CREATED THE WORST BORDER CRISIS IN HISTORY.

YOU THOUGHT WE WOULD GET USED TO RECORD HIGH ILLEGAL CROSSINGS AND UNCHECKED NATIONAL.

YOU HIRED-- CHECKED FENTANYL AND YOU HIRED REPUBLICANS WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF LAW.

AND WHAT HAPPENED?

BORDER CROSSINGS ARE AT AN ALL TIME LOW.

[ APPLAUSE ] YOU TOLD THE DEMOCRATS WHO WENT ON A RECKLESS TAXING AND SPENDING SPREE TO GET LOST.

AND YOU HIRED REPUBLICANS TO DELIVER ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.

[ APPLAUSE ] WHICH MADE THE TAX CUTS PERMANENT FOR AMERICANS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

YOU SAID ENOUGH OF JOE BIDEN'S WEAKNESS ON THE WORLD STAGE, ENOUGH WITH EMBARRASSMENTS LIKE HIS RETREAT FROM AFGHANISTAN, ENOUGH WITH SECOND GUESSING ALLIES LIKE ISRAEL, AND YOU HIRED REPUBLICANS TO STAND UP TO OUR ENEMIES, STAND WITH OUR FRIENDS.

YOU HIRED A PRESIDENT TO RESTORE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.

JOE BIDEN WAS AFRAID OF VLADAMIR PUTIN.

HE LET AN OLD KGB THUG GET IN HIS HEAD BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS WHO THE BAD GUYS ARE: RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, CHINA, AND IRAN.

JOE BIDEN WAS AFRAID OF IRAN WHEN THEIR TERRORIST AS TACKED OUR TROOPS AND OUR ALLIES.

HE SIMPLY PUT UP WITH IT.

BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NO TIME FOR THAT.

HE TURNED IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM INTO A PILE OF ROCKS.

[ APPLAUSE ] I SAW THE PRESIDENT LAST WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HIS DECISION TO BOMB IRAN AND TO KEEP HELPING UKRAINE FIGHT PUTIN.

I TOLD HIM HE MADE THE RIGHT CALL.

THIS IS HOW YOU RESTORE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.

AMERICA IS STRONGER AND SAFER WITH REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE IN WASHINGTON.

REPUBLICANS LIKE YOUR GREAT CONGRESSMAN JAMIE COMER.

[ CHEERING ] IF YOU THINK AMERICA DESERVES ANSWERS FOR JOE BIDEN'S NONSENSE, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS.

CHAIRMAN COMER AND THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ARE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF IT ALL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU DIDN'T GET JUST ELECTED PRESIDENT TOUGH ENOUGH TO FIGHT A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.

YOU ELECTED A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH HIM.

OVER THE YEARS, I'VE LED REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES AND DELIVERED ALL KINDS OF WINS FOR KENTUCKY AND FOR OUR COUNTRY, INVESTING IN FORT CAMPBELL, KEEPING PADUCAH AT THE CENTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY, HELPING MAYFIELD BOUNCE BACK FROM THOSE TEDLY TORNADOES.

FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE WAR ON COAL.

AND HELPING PRESIDENT TRUMP SET RECORDS AND CHANGE THE SUPREME COURT FOR A GENERATION.

[ APPLAUSE ] NONE OF IT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT REPUBLICANS AT THE WHEEL.

THAT'S WHY MY TOP GOAL LAST YEAR WAS TO MAKE SURE OUR PRESIDENT HAD A REPUBLICAN SENATE FROM DAY ONE.

BOY, DID WE GET IT DONE AND REPUBLICANS WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, SENATOR McCONNELL.

NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

I WILL ASK THEM BOTH TO COME UP FOR A COIN TOSS.

OKAY.

I AM NOW GOING TO INTRODUCE JOHN DREW WILLIAMS.

DREW IS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

HE IS A LIFE LONG MARSHALL COUNTY RESIDENT AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.

WELCOME.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

MY NAME IS JOHN ANDREW WILLIAMS, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME DREW.

I WANT TO BE YOUR NEXT U.S. HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN DISTRICT 1.

I AM BORN AND RAISED WESTERN KENTUCKY.

I AM A FAMILY MAN WITH A FAMILY BUSINESS THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OWED.

I GRADUATED FROM MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN HISTORY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM A LIFE LONG COMMUNITY SERVANT.

I AM HERE FOR YOU.

WHEN THE ICE STORM HIT, I HELPED PULL TRUCKS OUT OF DITCHES.

WHEN THE TORNADOES TORE THROUGH OUR TOWNS, I GRABBED A CHAINSAW AND WHEN FLOODWATERS ROSE, I PACKED SAND BAGS.

WHEN PEOPLE OPEN THEIR DOORS, I SHOW UP TO FELLOWSHIP JUST LIKE SHOW UP TO ST. JEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH LAST WEEK.

I AM HERE FOR YOU.

I WILL ALWAYS WORK TO REPRESENT YOUR VOICE, OUR VOICE.

WE CAN BUILD A NEW TABLE THAT INVITES ALL OF OUR PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER, TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, TO HEAR THEIR STORIES AND RECONNECT OUR COMMUNITY TO ITS ROOTS.

AND WE HAVE TO BUILD THIS NEW TABLE, BECAUSE JAMES COMER DOESN'T GIVE US A SEAT AT HIS TABLE.

HE BENEFITS WITH SMALL FARMS AND COMMUNITIES FAIL.

HE RAISED $7.8 MILLION LAST YEAR FOR HIS CAMPAIGN WITH ONLY 8% OF IT IN THE STATE AND 5% OF IT FROM YOU, FROM OUR DISTRICT.

YOU DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT HIS TABLE.

SPECIAL INTERESTS DO.

CORPORATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, PARTY LEADERS AND LOBBYISTS DO.

COMER HAS BEEN A POLITICAL OFFICE OFFICE FOR 18 YEARS.

THAT'S AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN WORKING CONSTRUCTION, WORKING WITH MY HANDS, WORKING IN THE ELEMENTS TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING.

HE HASN'T HAD A PUBLIC TOWN TOWN HALL 2019, I HAVE BEEN REVITALIZING MARCHING IN KENTUCKY FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, BUILDING A COMMUNITY FROM THE GROUND LEVEL.

I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE'S NEEDS WITHOUT POLITICAL POWER.

I EVEN HELPED SERVE AT FANCY FARM PICNIC TODAY.

WHERE IS COMER PUTTING IN SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY?

I DON'T SEE YOU UNLESS IT'S TO BENIFIT YOU.

HE IS NOT LIKE US.

WESTERN KENTUCKIANS DON'T LIKE CAREER POLITICIANS OR GATE THE COMMUNITIES IN FRANK FORD SO FAR AWAY THEY HAD TO WITHDRAW THE DISTRICT AND REDRAW THE MAP SO HE COULD LIVE HERE.

Y'ALL BUSSED IN YOUR SUPPORTERS FROM LEXINGTON AND LOUISVILLE TO HELP JAMES COMER BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYBODY HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

HE JUST PEDDLES RHETORIC AND HOPES THAT YOU DON'T CATCH ON.

I'M HERE TO BUILD A NEW MESSAGE OF HOPE AND THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY HAVE A SEAT AT MY TABLE BECAUSE I AM WESTERN KENTUCKY.

I HAVE BEEN BUILDING THINGS HERE THAT LAST.

I HAVE BEEN DOING CONSTRUCTION ON THE LAKES, BUILDING DOCKS, IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU HAVE SEEN AND APPRECIATED MY WORK.

AND I HAVE WITNESSED SO MANY PRIZED SUNSETS ACROSS THOSE WATERS FOR DECADES.

IT HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON MY SOUL.

MY FARMER AND LABOR FRIENDS OUT THERE WILL ATTEST TO THAT ON THEIR OWN FIELDS AND JOB SITES.

YOU NOAH IT'S LIKE TO BE WITNESSING GOD'S PARADISE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SWEAT, TOIL AND BE SHORT OF BREATH AND HAVE TO GO HOME AND RAISE A FAMILY AS THE PRICES GO UP AND SERVICES GET CUT IN AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BARON AND DISCONNECTED.

I AM HERE FOR YOU.

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YOU.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIBERTIES AND UPLIFTING YOUR SPACES AND YOUR VOICES MY ENTIRE LIFE.

HECK, I WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN MY FOURTH GRADE PLAY.

I WAS PRESIDENT ELECTED OF MY A.P.-- OKAY, SURE.

ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND HAVE I HAD PART OF MORE LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OVER MY LIFETIME THAN I CAN COUNT.

I GOT A HISTORY DEGREE FROM MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY.

WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU WANT ME TO GET MY EDUCATION THAN RIGHT HERE?

I'M READY FOR THE TASK OF REPRESENTING YOU BECAUSE I AM YOU.

WHY NOT SEND A REAL WORKING CLASS NEIGHBOR AND COMMUNITY SERVANT TO CONGRESS TO REPRESENT YOU AND UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF WE THE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER.

WE HAVE TO QUIT FALLING FOR THE WORDS OF MILLIONAIRE POLITICIANS OF ANY PARTY AS THEY WORK TO SERVE THEIR DONORS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS.

IT'S UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL, Y'ALL AND IT'S TIME WE UNITE AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER IN A WAY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

THOSE ARE THE THOSE AT THE TOP BENEFIT WHEN YOU STAY SUFFERING AND ANGRY BUT I WILL FRIGHT TO END THE DARK MONEY LOBBYING AND BUILD BACK RURAL TOWN MAIN STREET AND SECURE THE ECONOMY FOR LOCAL MOM AND POP SHOPS AND TO REMOVE THE PREDATORY PRACTICES THAT KEEP US FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM.

WE HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK ETHIC MAKING SURE NO ONE FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS AND NO ONE IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF OR FORGOT ENIN OUR COMMUNITY MUCH MY FAITH IN THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST COMMANDS ME TO LIFT UP ALL VOICES AND TO DO GOOD UNTO OTHERS REGARDLESS HOW THEY BEHAVE OR WHAT THEY BELIEVE.

WE CAN'T PRAISE HIS NAME AND CRUCIFY HIS VALUES.

WE MUST TREAT OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES, TO BE UNDERSTANDING, TO FORGIVE, TO SERVE AND TO LISTEN BEFORE WE SPEAK AND ACT.

I DO NOT AND WILL NOT JUDGE YOU FOR HAVING A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY GREAT.

I AM HERE FOR YOU.

ALL I ASK IS THAT WE COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND WORK WITH DIGNITY TO FIGURE OUT THE ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES THAT WE CARE ABOUT.

I WANT TO HOST DEBATES, TOWN HALLS, PERFORM COURTHOUSE SURVEYS AND EXTRA ROUNDTABLES TO GET A TRUE IDEA OF WHERE OUR COMMUNITY STANDS, BECAUSE I AM HERE FOR YOU.

WHEN ELECTEDDED, I WILL VOTE BASED ON THE COMMUNITY GATHERED DATA NOT MY OWN OPINION.

I'M HERE FOR MY COMMUNITY FIRST AND FOREMOST.

YOU DESERVE TO TRUST YOUR GOVERNMENT.

HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A TRUE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A POLITICIAN.

I WANT TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE MY NAPE IS JOHN DREW WILLIAMS AND I AM ASKING FOR YOUR VOICE AND FOR YOUR VOTE BECAUSE I AM HERE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

(CHEERS AND BOOING) >> THANK YOU.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO HEAR FROM CONGRESSMAN JAMIE COMER.

[ APPLAUSE ] CONGRESSMAN COMER REPRESENTS THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SERVES AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND WAS ALSO AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER OF KENTUCKY.

WELCOME, CONGRESSMAN COMER.

>> ALL RIGHT!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I LOVE THIS ENVIRONMENT!

I LOVE THIS ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S LIKE A REGULAR HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING IN HERE.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN WEST KENTUCKY AT THE MOST FAMOUS POLITICAL EVENT IN AMERICA.

T.J. AND I LOOK SO FORWARD TO THIS PICNIC EVERY YEAR.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS HERE AT THE PICNIC.

MY FARMER FRIENDS, MY CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS, MY U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE FRIENDS, OUR GREAT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS JONATHAN SCHELL, RUSSELL COLEMAN AND MARK METCALF.

MY STATE LEGISLATIVE FRIENDS AND, YES, EVEN MY FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S TOUGH BEING A REPORTER FOR A LIBERAL MEDIA OUTLET THESE DAYS.

THE PRESS IS KIND OF TAKING IT ON THE CHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

I MEAN LET'S FACE IT.

YOU GUYS WERE WRONG ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF COVID BEING IN A LAB IN WUHAN CHINA, WRONG ABOUT THE NEED TO WEAR MASKS AND GET VACCINATED DURING COVID-19, WRONG ABOUT THE RUSSIAN COLLUSION HOAX AND JOE BIDEN'S FAMILY TAKING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT UNDERSTAND AND WRONG ABOUT JOE BIDEN BEING MENTALLY FIT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

BUT NOW, YOU GUYS ARE ON YOUR NEWEST FALSE NARRATIVE.

AND THAT IS THAT ANDY BESHEAR IS POPULAR IN RURAL AREAS.

NOW SOME OF YOU ARE EVEN RIDING WRITING THAT ANDY BESHEAR CAN HELP DELIVER RURAL AMERICA FOR DEMOCRATS IN 2028.

Y'ALL OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GROW UP IN RURAL KENTUCKY AND YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE IN RURAL KENTUCKY.

WE FOLKS IN RURAL TOWNS, WE HAVE A THING THAT MANY REPORTERS AND MOST DEMOCRATS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF.

AND THAT'S A THING CALLED COMMON SENSE.

HERE ARE SIX EXAMPLES OF COMMON SENSE: NUMBER ONE, IT'S NECESSARY TO SECURE OUR BORDERS SO BAD ILLEGALS DON'T ENTER INTO OUR COUNTRY.

NUMBER 2: IT'S NECESSARY TO FUND OUR GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY BATTLE CRIME.

NUMBER 3: BOYS DO NOT HAVE ANY BUSINESS PLAYING GIRLS SPORTS.

AND ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, BOYS CANNOT GET PREGNANT.

I'M SORRY.

THEY REALLY CAN'T.

5: LOWER TAXES ARE BETTER THAN HIGHER TAXES.

AND 6.

AND THIS IS A BIG ONE.

IF A MAN IS ABLE BODIED, THEN HE SHOULD HAVE TO GO TO WORK LIKE THE REST OF US.

THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF COMMON SENSE.

PEOPLE IN SMALL TOWNS LIKE FANCY FARM HAVE COMMON SENSE AND THAT'S WHY THEY VOTE REPUBLICAN.

NOW AS CHAIRMAN OF THE POWERFUL HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT LEADS ALL MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, WOULD I LIKE TO USE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE LIBERAL MEDIA HAS NO COMPREHENSION OF AND THAT IS A THING CALLED EVIDENCE.

SO I BROUGHT A LITTLE EVIDENCE FROM RIGHT HERE IN WEST KENTUCKY TO RELAY TO MY FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA.

JUST DOWN THE ROAD HERE WE HAVE FOUR MISSISSIPPI RIVER COUNTIES.

THOSE COUNTIES ARE FULTON, HIGMAN, CARLISLE AND VALOR COUNTIES.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL COUNTIES THAT I'M BLESSED TO REPRESENT.

AND YOU WON'T FIND ANYMORE RURAL COUNTIES THAN THOSE FOUR RIVER COUNTIES.

IN THE LAST TWO GOVERNOR ELECTIONS, THOSE COUNTIES WERE MAJORITY REGISTERED DEMOCRAT COUNTIES.

YET IN ANDY BESHEAR'S LAST TWO GOVERNOR RACES, HE ONLY GOT 33% OF THE VOTE IN THOSE COUNTIES WHERE OVER 50% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS WERE DEMOCRATS.

NOW, MY FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA, IF YOU CAN'T EVEN GET HALF THE DEMOCRATS TO VOTE FOR YOU AGAINST MATT BEVIN, THEN GOOD LUCK AGAINST J.D.

VANCE, TED CRUZ AND MARCO RUBIO.

NEXT YEAR IS A VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION YEAR.

WE MUST KEEP SENATOR McCONNELL'S SEAT IN THE REPUBLICAN HANDS.

AND SPEAKING OF OUR SENATE, SENIOR SENATOR, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK HIM FOR ALWAYS COMING TO FANCY FARM AND FOR BEING A GREAT FRIEND TO WEST KENTUCKY.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, MORE THAN ANYTHING, AS THE ONE GUY IN CONGRESS WHO HAS FOUGHT THE DEEP STATE AND WON, I WANT TO THANK SENATOR McCONNELL FOR KEEPING MERRICK GARLAND FROM BEING ON THE SUPREME COURT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

CHEER MAWS MY OPPONENT NEXT YEAR IS HERE AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HIS NAME BUT HE IS SITTING UP HERE ALL ALONE.

WE KNOW ANDY BESHEAR WON'T ENDORSE HIM BECAUSE HIS FAILED DEMOCRATIC PARTY ONLY HELPS ANDY BESHEAR AND NOBODY ELSE AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT NO NATIONAL DEMOCRAT LEADERS WILL COME CAMPAIGN FOR HIM.

SO TO SHOW MY GOOD SPORTSMAN SHIP, I BROUGHT MY OPPONENT SOMETHING FROM WASHINGTON D.C. 678 IT'S AN ENDORSEMENT FROM JOE BIDEN.

SIGNED BY THE AUTO PEN.

IN CLOSING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO SECURE THE BORDER.

WE HAVE STOPPED CHINA FROM TAKING OUR JOBS.

LET'S TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND KEEP AMERICA GREAT AGAIN AND LET'S ELECT REPUBLICANS.

THANK YOU FANCY FARM!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (CROWD CHANTING COMER) >> THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN COMER.

BEFORE WE GET TO OUR SENATE CANDIDATES, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WE HAVE ON THE PLATFORM AT THIS TIME.

WHEN YOUR NAME AS NOUNSED, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.

WE HAVE FIRST APPELLANT SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SHAE NICKELL, CHRIS McNEIL, KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE AND CHIEF LAMBERT RECENTLY ELECTED AS KENTUCKY'S FIRST FEMALE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

WELCOME, JUSTICES.

SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FOR THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE.

WOULD I LIKE TO ASK ALL THREE OF THEM TO COME UP AND DO A COIN FLIP.

SORRY, A COIN FLIP WITH THREE IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT THAN WITH TWO.

FIRST, WE HAVE DANIEL CAMERON.

DANIEL IS THE C.E.O.

OF THE 1792 EXCHANGE.

AND PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS KENTUCKY'S 51st ATTORNEY GENERAL.

WELCOME DANIEL CAMERON.

>> WELL, THANK YOU, ASHLEY AND HELLO FANCY FARM!

I AM ALWAYS PROUD TO SPEND TIME WITH SO MANY HARD WORKING WEST KENTUCKY PATRIOTS.

ASHLEY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE CHAMBER FOR MAKING SURE KET IS HERE.

WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN THAT IN A SPAN OF JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS, KET WOULD GO FROM COVERING BAILOUTS TO ACTUALLY GETTING ONE.

LOOK, KET SHOWING UP HERE IS MORE THAN CAN BE SAID FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

THERE AREN'T EVEN ENOUGH OF THEM TO RUN JOE BIDEN'S AUTO PEN.

BUT LOOK, I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY AREN'T HERE.

THEY'RE OUT SEARCHING FOR A NATIONAL IDENTITY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HARD TO FIND WHEN THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING MISGENDERRED.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN HONOR TO STAND ON THIS STAGE LAST YEAR AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SURROGATE TO FANCY FARM.

THIS YEAR I AM PROUD TO BE HERE AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

I'M RUNNING TO ENSURE THAT GRAVES COUNTY AND THE REST OF OUR COMMONWEALTH HAS A VOICE IN WASHINGTON, A VOICE THAT RESPECTS THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF ALL 120 COUNTIES, A VOICE THAT WILL STAND UP FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND A VOICE THAT WILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST AGENDA.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SECOND TERM HAS BEEN A VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE AND A LOSS FOR AUTO PENS AND INCOMPETENCE.

FROM REMOVING VIOLENT ILLEGALS TO ENSURING WE ARE NOT BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN TRADE DEALS, THIS PRESIDENT IS WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND NOW HE NEEDS REINFORCEMENTS IN THE SENATE.

IN THIS PRIMARY, THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN TALK AND ACTION.

FOR INSTANCE, ANDY BARR WANTS TO YOU THINK HE IS AMERICA FIRST, BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE HAS VOTED WITH NANCY PELOSI 1200 TIMES.

AND NATE MORRIS WANTS YOU TO THINK HE IS TOUGH.

BUT WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS DONATION IN THE PRIMARY TO NIKKI HALEY OVERDONALD TRUMP, RATHER THAN OWN UP TO IT, HIS FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO THROW HIS WIFE UNDER THE BUS.

HE SAID, AND I QUOTE "I GOT STUCK WITH THE BILL FOR A DINNER MY WIFE ATTENDED."

NATE, THAT'S NOT TOUGH.

THAT'S A NIGHT IN THE DOG HOUSE.

NATE WILL DO ANYTHING AND SAY ANYTHING TO RUN AWAY FROM HIS PAST.

HE TALKS TOUGH ABOUT DEPORTING ILLEGALS, BUT THE ONLY THING HE HAS EVER SENT ACROSS THE BORDER HAS BEEN HIS COMPANY.

YOU CAN'T STAND UP FOR AMERICAN WORKERS WHEN THE ONLY EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE HAD WITH THEM IS FIRING THEM.

YOU CAN'T CLAIM TO BE MAGA WHEN YOU BUILD A COMPANY ON ESG SUBSIDIES AND DEI INITIATIVES.

AND YOU CAN'T CLAIM TO BE OPPOSED TO WOKE IDEOLOGY WHEN YOU SPENT 2020 EMBRACING THE SAME PROTESTORS THAT WERE ON MY FRONT YARD.

SOME WOULD SAY HIS CAMPAIGN REMINDS THEM OF A FART.

IT STINKS, IT'S UNPRODUCTIVE AND IT'S A SIGN THAT THE EMITTER IS FULL OF CRAP.

TALK IS CHEAP.

WE HAVE TO BE JUDGED BY OUR ACTIONS.

I'M HAPPY TO PUT MY RECORD UP AGAINST THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ANY DAY.

AS YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL, I STOOD UP TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY TRIED TO DESTROY OUR COAL INDUSTRY.

I STOOD UP TO ANDY BESHEAR WHEN SHE TRIED TO SHUT DOWN OUR CHURCH.

I STOOD UP FOR OUR KIDS WHEN HE TRIED-- WHEN-- TO PROTECT THEM FROM RED CAL GENDER IDEOLOGY AND I STOOD UP TO THE MOB WHEN THEY TRIED TO BULLY ME INTO MAKING A DECISION THAT WAS CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF OUR STATE.

AND AS I THINK ABOUT THIS RACE, I THINK ABOUT OUR BOYS.

MACKENZIE AND I WANT THEM TO GROW UP IN A COLOR BLIND SOCIETY, ONE BASED ON MERIT AND OPPORTUNITY, NOT DIVISION AND HANDOUTS.

WE DON'T NEED AMERICA BUILT ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

WE NEED AMERICA BUILT ON MERIT, EXCELLENCE AND INTELLIGENCE.

WE WANT OUR BOYS TO GROW UP IN A KENTUCKY THAT IS FREE FROM FENTANYL.

NOTHING MADE ME PROUDER AS A.G. THAN HELPING BRING IN NEARLY $900 MILLION TO THE STATE TO FIGHT THE DRUG EPIDEMIC.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FINISH THE WALL AND TO SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.

WE WANT OUR BOYS TO GROW UP IN A KENTUCKY THAT HONORS AND SUPPORTS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE ENDORSEMENTS OF OVER 50 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS BECAUSE THEY KNOW I WILL ALWAYS BACK THE BLUE.

AND WE WANT OUR BOYS TO GROW UP IN A KENTUCKY THAT PRESERVES OUR RICH HERITAGE IN COAL AND NATURAL GAS.

THAT'S WHY I WILL BE A RELENTLESS VOICE FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.

FINALLY LET ME ADDRESS THE 800-POUND ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

AS I TRAVEL THIS STATE, I'M OFTEN ASKED, WHO WILL HELP YOU MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOU ARE A SENATOR.

LET ME SAY THIS AS CLEARLY AS I CAN.

THIS SEAT DOESN'T BELONG TO ANY POLITICIAN.

IT BELONGS TO YOU, THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY LIKE I TOLD JOE BIDEN WHEN I SPOKE ON BEHALF OF TRUMP AT THE 2020 RN DR CONVENTION, MY MIND IS MY OWN.

I WILL BE A SENATOR FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE, NOT THE PAST.

FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST AGENDA AND DELIVERING FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH AND FOCUSED ON LIFTING PEOPLE UP REGARDS THAN TEARING THEM DOWN.

I WILL BE GUIDED BY YOU, THE PEOPLE.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH.

THANK YOU.

♪ STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART >> THANK YOU, DANIEL.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR.

ANDY BARR CURRENTLY REPRESENTS KENTUCKY'S 6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WELCOME CONGRESSMAN BARR.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

I'M ANDY BARR AND I'M RUNNING FOR SENATE TO CONTINUE MY WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

I'M A PROUD HUSBAND, BUSY FATHER OF ELEANOR, MARY CLAY AND HALE.

AN EIGHTH GENERATION KENTUCKIAN, GRANDSON OF TWO WORLD WAR II VETERANS, AND AN AMERICAN FIRST FIGHTER WHO HAS NEVER WAVERED IN THE FIGHT FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FREE ENTERPRISE AND A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE.

AFTER DEFENDING SMALL BUSINESS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I FLIPPED A SEAT IN CONGRESS, FOUGHT OBAMA'S WAR ON COAL AND OPPOSED BIG GOVERNMENT WHEREVER I FOUND IT.

I LED THE FIGHT IN COURT DURING TRUMP'S FIRST TERM, DEFENDING HIS AUTHORITY TO BUILD THE WALL.

I AUTHORED MAJOR PARTS OF BILLS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED INTO LAW TO ROLL BACK DESTRUCTIVE REGULATIONS ON THE ECONOMY.

THE VERY FIRST VETO OF BIDEN'S FAILED PRESIDENCY WAS HIS VETO OF MY LEGISLATION, A BILL THAT TOOK ON THE WOKE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND PROTECTED AMERICANS' RETIREMENT FROM RADICAL ESG MANDATES.

I SERVED PROUDLY AS CHAIRMAN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 2024 PRIMARY ELECTION IN KENTUCKY.

AND I'M WORKING ARM IN ARM WITH THEM RIGHT NOW TO GET HIS AMERICA FIRST AGENDA PASSED IN THE HOUSE.

NOW, SOME POLITICIANS LIKE TO SAY I'M A TRUMP GUY.

THEY TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT.

BUT I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO IS ACTUALLY DOING IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN CONGRESS.

MY OPPONENTS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.

I WROTE IT AND HELPED TO PASS IT.

THINK ABOUT IT.

IN LESS THAN EIGHT MONTHS, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HAVE I WORKED TOGETHER TO CLOSE THE BORDER, OBLITERATE IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, RESTORE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, MAKE PERMANENT TRUMP'S TAX CUTS, ELIMINATE TAXES ON TIPS, AND OVERTIME AND REVIVE AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE THROUGH KENTUCKY COAL.

IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, I WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S NUMBER ONE ALLY NOW I KNOW OUR GOVERNOR WOULD HATE TO HEAR THAT.

TOO BAD ANDY BESHEAR COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

I GUESS HE COULDN'T FIND THE TIME BETWEEN VOGUE MAGAZINE VOTE FOOTS AND MEASURING OVAL OFFICE DRAPES.

OF COURSE THE LIBERAL MEDIA IS FAWNING ALL OVER HIM BUT AMERICANS WILL SOON LEARN WHAT WE KENTUCKIANS ALREADY KNOW: HE IS AS LIBERAL AS HE IS BORING.

YOU KNOW RK I WOULD SAY ANYBODY COULD BEAT THIS GUY BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO OFFEND DANIEL CAMERON.

GOOD TO SEE YOU DANIEL.

I THINK WE WILL KEEP THE TRADITION ALIVE OF ANDIES BEATING DANIELS.

AS KENTUCKIANS WE ARE PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF WOKE LIBERALS LIKE THE GUY WHO HAD TO REVERSE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS, ELIMINATE RACIAL DEI POLICIES AND CORRECT A BUNCH OF BAD DECISIONS THAT LED TO FINANCIAL RUIN.

NO, I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEANING UP JOE BIDEN'S MESS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GUY WHO HAD TO FOLLOW NATE MORRIS AS C.E.O.

AFTER HE RAN HIS GREEN FANTASY RUBICON INTO THE GROUND AND WAS PUSHED OUT OF HIS OWN COMPANY.

NATE CALLS HIMSELF THE TRASH MAN, BUT DUMPSTER FIRE IS MORE LIKE IT.

WE ALL KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON A WINNING STREAK AND THE LEFT IS LOSING BIG.

RECENTLY THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE LOST MORE THAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND TIE RESISTANTS IN IRAN ARE THE RUBICON INVESTORS.

OF COURSE WE ALL HEARD NATE PROFESS HIS NEW FOUND LOYALTY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.

HE SAID THE SAME ABOUT HIS MENTOR MITCH McCONNELL AND WE SEE HOW THAT WORKED OUT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP BETTER WATCH HIS BACK.

YOU KNOW, NATE MORRIS WAS SO MOVED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP HE DONATED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO NIKKI HALEY.

NATE WAS SO INCENSED WHEN KAMALA'S SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISER SAID TRUMP MUST BE DESTROYED THOROUGHLY THAT NATE PUT HIM ON HIS BOARD.

NATE WAS SO OPPOSED TO BLACK LIVES MATTER, HE PRAISED THE ACTIONS OF THE RIOTERS AND CALLED FOR ALL OF US TO SUPPORT THEM.

NATE HATED DEI SO MUCH THAT, LISTEN TO THIS-- HE SENT HIS EMPLOYEES TO BIAS TRAINING CLASSES TO LOSE THEIR SO CALLED WHITE PRIVILEGE.

YOU KNOW, I'M SENSING A PATTERN WITH THIS GUY.

OUT HERE IN WEST KENTUCKY, WE HAVE A NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO OPPOSED PRESIDENT TRUMP, SUPPORTED BLM AND PUSHED DEI: A DEMOCRAT.

BUT WE OUGHT TO LET UP A LITTLE.

IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF YEARS FOR NATE.

HIS COMPANY COLLAPSED.

NIKKI HALEY LOST THE PRIMARY AND BROOKS BROTHERS PHASED OUT.

AND HOW IS ANYONE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY RUB RUBICON STOCK.

ALL KIDDING ASIDE.

THANKS TO ST. JEROME'S CHURCH FOR PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OUR PITCH AND HAVE A LITTLE FUN.

WEST KENTUCKY WILL ALWAYS HAVE A FRIEND FROM SUPPORTING OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF FORT CAMPBELL, CHEERING ON MURRAY STATE IN THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.

DEFENDING OUR COAL MINERS AND UNIONS IN HOPKINS COUNTY TO SUPPORTING NUCLEAR POWERED A.I.

DATA CENTERS IN PADUCAH.

WEST KENTUCKY WILL HAVE NO BETTER FRIEND THIS SIDE OF JAMIE COMER WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING WEST KENTUCKY AND THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

THE PURCHASE REGION EPITOMIZES SO MUCH OF WHAT MAKES KENTUCKY SPECIAL.

COMMUNITY, FAITH AND GREAT FOOD.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL,... ♪ STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE, BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART ♪ >> THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN BARR.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE NATE MORRIS JOIN US.

NATE IS IS THE FOUNDER OF RUBICON, A WASTE AND RECYCLING COMPANY OPERATING IN ALL 50 STATES AND 20 COUNTRIES.

HE IS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF MORRIS INDUSTRIES AND THE CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLIC FINANCIAL.

WELCOME, NATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT MITCH McCONNELL BOTHERED TO SHOW UP TODAY.

BUT YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY CONFUSED.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS FANCY FARM.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS BRING YOUR BOYS TO WORK DAY.

IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL.

MY NAPE IS NATE MORRIS AND I'M A TRASHMAN.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT I WOULDN'T SHOW UP TODAY BUT I WOULD NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE RIGHT HERE IN WEST KENTUCKY.

A LOVE THIS COMMONWEALTH.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR NINE GENERATIONS.

WE DESCENDED FROM MORGAN COUNTY AND THE TENDS GENERATION, MY LITTLE MAN J.R., WAS BORN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

AND JUST SO, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS HERE AT ST. JEROME'S FOR SUCH A TREMENDOUS KENTUCKY TRADITION.

WHEN I WATCH-- WHEN I LAUNCHED MY CAMPAIGN FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE, I LED WITH THREE THINGS I WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER ME BY: NUMBER ONE, I'M AN AMERICAN FIRST CONSERVATIVE WHO SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP 100% OF THE TIME.

I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO BUILT A TRASH COMPANY RIGHT HERE IN KENTUCKY AND TOOK IT PUBLIC ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND NUMBER 3: I'M GOING TO TRASH MITCH McCONNELL'S LEGACY.

IT'S FUNNY.

YOU KNOW, THE THIRD ONE IS PISSING OFF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT I HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION.

WHO HERE CAN HONESTLY TELL ME THAT IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO FREEZES ON NATIONAL TELEVISION DURING HIS PRESS CONFERENCES AS OUR U.S.

SENATOR?

IT SEEMS TO ME, MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, MITCH'S TIME TO LEAVE THE SENATE WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

I MEAN, FOR GOODNESS SAKES, A LOT OF US HERE AT THE PICNIC TALKED A LOT OF SMACK ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND HOW OLD HE WAS AND HOW OUT OF TOUCH HE WAS WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

SO WHY IS IT THAT YOU ALL GET SO DEFENSIVE WHEN I TALK ABOUT A MAN WHO IS OLDER THAN BIDEN, JUST AS MENTALLY COMPROMISED AND HOLDS THE SAME POSITIONS ON BIDEN ON AMNESTY, UKRAINE FUNDING AND HIS HATRED FOR TRUMP?

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT GETS ME.

TAKE IMMIGRATION, FOR EXAMPLE.

I SAID WE OUGHT TO DEPORT ALL THE 20 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS JOE BIDEN LET INVADE OUR COUNTRY AND ANDY BARR?

HE GOT REALLY UPSET.

HE CALLS ME A FLATIVEST.

HE SAID WE NEED LEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO STAY HERE SO THEY CAN WORK JOBS FOR LOWER WAGES.

TAKING OPPORTUNITIES AWAY FROM AMERICAN WORKERS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK DEPORTING PEOPLE WHO BROKE OUR LAWS IS ONLY COMMON SENSE BUT I GUESS THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL TO A GUY WHO FUNDED CONGRESS' LATEST ATTEMPT AT MASS AMNESTY.

I SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THOUGH, ANDY BARR IS A FULLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MITCH McCONNELL WHO WORKED WITH DEMOCRATS TO TRY TO PASS AMNESTY, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR ANYONE VOTING IN THIS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS BORN, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REPLACE MITCH McCONNELL HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH WITH SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT IN A STATE HE WON BY 30 POINTS INSTEAD OF SABOTAGING HIM EVERY CHANCE THEY GET.

BUT JUST BECAUSE MITCH McCONNELL'S NAME IS NOT ON THE BALLOT, DOESN'T MEAN HIS LEGACY IS NOT ON THE LINE; WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE McCONNELL BOYS.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW ANDY BARR OR DANIEL CAMERON ARE GOING TO ACT IN THE U.S. SENATE, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THEIR MENTOR MITCH McCONNELL.

BOTH OF THESE GUYS ARE HAVE VERY PROUD TO TELL YOU THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CAREERS IF IT WEREN'T FOR MITCH.

NEITHER OF THESE GUYS HAVE BUILT ANYTHING, DONE ANYTHING IMPACTFUL, EMPLOYED ANYONE, BUT, BOY, DO THEY KNOW HOW TO TAKE DIRECTION FROM A DECREPIT OLD BOSS.

WHERE WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT MITCH McCONNELL?

ANDY AND DANIEL, TODAY MIGHT BE THE PERFECT DAY TO BREAK SOME REAL NEWS HERE.

PERHAPS YOU COULD BOTH SHOW US THE SEAT OF YOUR BRITCHES SO WE CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE MITCH McCONNELL'S HAND GOES.

DANIEL, I GOT TO BE HONEST.

IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU DOING WHAT YOU DO SO WELL.

SITTING ON THE BENCH AND WATCHING THE ACTION PLAY OUT.

A FEW YEARS AGO, RIGHT HERE ON THIS STAGE, DANIEL JOKED THAT MITCH McCOMWAS HIS WHIFF'S-- WAS HIS WIFE'S GRANDFATHER.

HAVE I SOME BREAKING NEWS FOR YOU ALL.

I JUST RECEIVED THE DNA RESULTS AND IT TURNS OUT MITCH McCOMMIS NOT YOUR WIFE'S GRANDFATHER.

BUT IN FACT, MITCH MCCONNELL, DANIEL, IS YOUR DADDY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP RECENTLY COMMENTED ON WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY STUPID BRAINLESS IDEA CASHLESS BAIL IS.

DON'T WORRY THOUGH, DANIEL, I'M SURE HE WILL FORGET ALL ABOUT IT, JUST LIKE YOU SHIELDED FOR CASHLESS BAIL FOR YEARS AND I'M SURE HE IS GOING TO FORGET THAT YOU TOLD THE PRESS YOU COULDN'T THINK OF A SINGLE THING YOU DISAGREED WITH WITH MITCH McCONNELL AND I'M SURE HE WILL FORGET THAT YOU CHOKED LIKE A JOB AND LOST THE GENERAL ELECTION TO ANDY BESHEAR IN OUR COMMONWEALTH IN A STATE THAT TRUMP WON BY 30 POINTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANDY BARR, TO SUM UP THE THE ETERNAL BATTLE WITH ANDY BARR, WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT DISAPPEARS FIRST ANDY'S SUPPORT FOR MITCH OR HIS HAIR LINE.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

ACTUALLY WHAT IS DISAPPEARING FASTER IS HIS CHANCE OF EVER BECOMING A UNITED STATES SENATOR.

I LIKE TO RAG ON ANDY, BUT I GOT TO GIVE HIM SOME CREDIT.

HE DID SOMETHING VERY, VERY SMART SETTING UP HIS BANK ACCOUNT IN KIEV AND HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER ADD VLADIMIR ZELENSKYY.

GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS KENTUCKY.

>> WE'RE NOW GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.

FIRST UP WE HAVE RUSSELL COLEMAN.

RUSSELL COLEMAN SERVES AS THE 52nd ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY.

HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL-- U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY.

WELCOME ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN.

>> THANK YOU, FANCY FARM.

IT'S GRADE TO BE BACK IN WEST KENTUCKY.

ESPECIALLY TO SEE MY 91-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER BETTY, HERE FROM MAYFIELD.

THE WEATHER IS HOT, NOT AS HOT AS WE EXPECTED.

THE FOOD JUST AS DELICIOUS AS WE ALWAYS EXPECTED AND THE PEOPLE, WE ARE THE BEST AMONGST THE COMMONWEALTH AND LET ME PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND NOTE SOMEONE WHO IS MISSING FROM THESE GREAT FOLKS TODAY.

WE ARE MISSING MARK VANDER HALF-- VANDERWHO HAVE, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU HERE NEXT YEAR ROASTING US WHILE WE ARE UP ON THIS PODIUM.

A FEW WEEKS AGO FRIENDS, I WENT EVEN FURTHER WEST, FURTHER WEST THAN THE RIVER COUNTIES ON ANOTHER HOT DAY, 105° IN FACT.

TO UMA, ARIZONA, TO THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.

TO LISTEN TO OUR HEROES FROM THE UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL TO STAND WITH A DOZEN OTHER REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND WE HEARD FROM THE HEROES OF THE BORDER PATROL.

WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BORDER WALL FIRSTHAND AND I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT WE NOW HAVE THE MOST SECURE BORDER IN OF OUR LIFETIMES.

FOR YEARS WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS AND THEIR OPEN BORDER POLICIES LET VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND LET DANGEROUS DRUGS POUR ACROSS THAT BORDER AND COME INTO THIS COMMONWEALTH.

THEY TURNED KENTUCKY INTO A BORDER STATE.

BUT NOW WE ARE STANDING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WE ARE MAKING KENTUCKY SAFE AGAIN.

AS YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL, I AM OUR TEAM BACKING THE BLUE.

THEY ARE KEEPING OUR FAMILIES SAFE.

THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL BE SWEATING OUT IN THESE VESTS LONG AFTER WE ARE IN OUR BEDS TONIGHT, PULL THEM ASIDE AND TELL THEM THANK YOU.

LET'S THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

[ APPLAUSE ] NOW FOR THESE HERE OWES, WE JUST ANNOUNCED 2,000 BODY ARMOR VESTS FOR OUR OFFICERS, OUR DEPUTIES, OUR TROOPERS AND THAT'S THANKS TO LEADERSHIP FOR THE SUPERMARKET IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

WE HAVE SECURED A BILLION DOLLARS TO FIGHT THE SCOURGE OF DRUGS AND WE ARE LOCKING UP CRIMINALS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS, AND THOSE PREDATORS WHO WOULD TARGET OUR KIDS YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP IS AYOU WILL ABOUT SHOWING UP.

AND THE GOVERNOR, WELL OUR GOVERNOR WILL SHOW UP.

HE WILL SHOW UP AT FANCY OUT OF STATE DINNERS.

HE WILL SHOW UP AT HIS PODCAST, MOST CERTAINLY AND SHOW UP AT FLASHY VOGUE PHOTO SHOOTS, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, GOVERNOR.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR BARBECUE HERE IN WEST KENTUCKY?

WHY WON'T YOU SHOW UP FOR US?

I AM SAD TO SEE THAT MY FRIEND REPRESENTATIVE PAM STEVENSON IS NOT HERE TODAY.

I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER AND ASK HER ABOUT THAT KENTUCKY LAW LICENSE.

IF IT'S OKAY, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO CATCH UP WITH HER IN FRANKFORT, FRIENDS, BECAUSE SHE AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

SPEAKING OF LEADERSHIP, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE REPUBLICAN WORK HORSES I'M SHARING THE STAGE WITH.

SENATOR McCONNELL, OUR STATEWIDE OFFICERS OUR INCREDIBLE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND TREASURER.

THESE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS WITH A FIRE IN THEIR BELLY.

AND HOW ABOUT THIS, HE IS GETTING IT DONE IN WASHINGTON D.C.

IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A REPUBLICAN.

IT'S A GREAT TILE TO BE A KENTUCKIAN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF SERVING AS YOUR KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> THANK YOU ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN.

MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME JONATHAN SCHELL.

JONATHAN SCHELL SERVES AS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER IN THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WELCOME, COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

>> THANK YOU FANCY FARM, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN GOD'S COUNTRY.

I LOVE ST. JEROME'S PARISH.

I LOVE FANCY FARM, I LOVE KENTUCKY.

AND I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL.

LET ME START BY TELLING YOU A STORY.

THANKS GROW A LOT BETTER WHEN DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN CHARGE.

UNDER DEMOCRATS, IT FELT LIKE WE WERE LIVING IN AN EPISODE OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL ACRES FARMERS GOT IGNORED, INFLATION WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND THE ONLY THING WASHINGTON WAS PRODUCING WERE EXCUSES.

KENTUCKY FARMERS KNOW THAT MANURE HELPS THINGS GROW.

FUN FUNNY HOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARE IS FULL OF IT BUT ALL THEY GREW WERE GROCERY PRICES.

UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE'VE CUT RED TAPE, CRUSHED INFLATION, AND PUT THE AMERICAN FARMER FIRST.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OUR NEW SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, BROOK RAULINS MY GREAT FRIEND HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO REINSTATE AN AMERICA FIRST TRADE POLICY THAT PRIORITIZES THE U.S. FARMER AND MANUFACTURERS.

AND RIGHT HERE IN KENTUCKY, WE ARE LEADING THE WAY.

OUR FOOD IS MEDICINE CAMPAIGN IS HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL FARMERS AND PROTEIN AND PRODUCE HELPING TO MAKE OUR PEOPLE HEALTHIER AND LESS RELIANT ON PHARMACEUTICALS AND WE MAKE THE FIRST OPTION THE EASIEST OPTION.

PROMOTING RURAL PROSPERITY AND PUTTING THE HEALTH OF OUR KIDS AS A TOP PRIORITY.

AGRICULTURE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND HERE IN KENTUCKY WE ARE INVESTING HEAVY IN GIVING OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES AND FARMERS THE MARKETS THEY DESERVE TO COMPETE ON A NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SCALE.

WE ARE NOT JUST GROWING CROPS HERE IN KENTUCKY.

WE ARE GROWING OPPORTUNITY.

EVEN OUR SOY BEANS ARE A LITTLE TALLER UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP.

WHILE WE ARE OUT HERE FEEDING AMERICA, THE DEMOCRATS ARE FEEDING US NONSENSE.

THEY'RE IN FULL MELT DOWN MODE NIGHTLY ON CNN.

IT'S BIG A HOT DOG EATING CONTEST, ANGRY, CONFUSED AND VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND SCOTT JENNINGS ON CNN IS HANDING THEM THE PLATE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.

THANKFULLY THE REPUBLICANS YOU SENT TO FRANKFORT HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO KEEP KENTUCKY FREE FROM THAT NONSENSE AND SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.

STANDING UP FOR YOUR VALUES, PROTECTING YOUR FREEDOMS AND SHOWING THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HOW IT'S DONE.

AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO 2027.

KENTUCKY NEEDS A GOVERNOR WHO WOULD RATHER BE A GUEST AT FANCY FARM THAN ON THE GAVIN NEWSOME PODCAST.

MY FRIENDS, AREN'T WE READY TO SEND A REPUBLICAN BACK TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION?

SPEAKING OF, I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR JAMES COMER, BUT DOESN'T GOVERNOR COMER SOUND EVEN BETTER?

WHILE THE LEFT IS DODGING SUBPOENAS AND DELETING EMAILS, COMER HAS BEEN WATCHING WASHINGTON SQUIRM AND DEMANDING ANSWERS.

HE IS DOING KENTUCKY PROUD AND THE SWAMP IS NERVOUS.

BEFORE I WRAP UP, TWO INVITATIONS, COME SEE US AT THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR, WE WILL HAVE THE BEST OF KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE ON DISPLAY AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO STOP BY AND SAY HELLO.

SECOND, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FAIR KICKS OFF AUGUST 13, I'M HOSTING MY COMMISSIONERS DINNER.

IT'S NOT JUST A GREAT MEAL.

IT'S A GREAT CAUSE, RAISING MONEY FOR CASA OF KENTUCKY AND SUPPORTS FOSTER KIDS HERE IN KENTUCKY.

AGAIN, I LOVE YOU FANCY FARM.

I LOVE KENTUCKY.

I WHROF LOVE THIS PROUD AND I LOVE WHAT THIS EVENT MEANS.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS YOUR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.

GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS OUR FARMERS, GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCHELL AND OUR LAST SPEAKER TODAY IS GOING TO BE MARK METCALF.

MARK IS THE KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER.

BORN IN LANCASTER, KENTUCKY AND SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

WELCOME TREASURER METCALFE.

>> WHOO-HOO!

HELLO FANCY FARM.

THANK YOU ST. JEROME EASES PARISH.

THIS PICNIC IS THE PREMIER EVENT IN KENTUCKY POLITICS AND IT'S OUR OWN ANNUAL G.O.P.

FAMILY REUNION!

IT'S GREAT TO BE IN WEST KENTUCKY WHERE, THANKS TO JAMIE COMER, OVERSIGHT ISN'T JUST A JOB.

IT'S A PRINCIPLE AND A PROMISE THAT HE LIVES BY.

WE ARE IN GOD'S COUNTRY TODAY.

WE ARE BARBECUE IS HOT, THE PEOPLE ARE REAL AND THE DEMOCRATS, AS USUAL, ARE SCARCE.

WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE HERE FACING THE VOTERS, ANDY BESHEAR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

HE IS NOT LEADING KENTUCKY.

HE IS RUNNING FROM IT.

THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, INFLATION IS NEARING 2%.

THAT'S THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF DEMOCRATS.

WHO WANT ANDY TO BE PRESIDENT IN TWAT: DON'T FEEL BAD FOR THE GOVERNOR.

HE IS POLLING HIGH AMONG ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO WANTED HIM TO GIVE THEM IN-STATE TUITION AND TREAT THEM BETTER THAN HE TREATS AMERICAN CITIZENS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP IS.

ON OUR WATCH, AT THE KENTUCKY TREASURY, WE HAVE RETURNED $60 MILLION IN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY TO KENTUCKY FAMILIES.

IT'S THEIR MONEY.

IT'S THEIRS TO KEEP.

AND THERE IS MORE, FRIENDS.

THROUGH SMART INVESTMENTS WE SENT NEARLY IS $.4 BILLION BACK TO THE STATE-- 1.4 BILLION.

EVERY DOLLAR EARNED FROM INVESTMENTS IS ONE LESS DOLLAR WE TAKE FROM THE HARD WORKING FAMILIES OF KENTUCKY.

WHEN REPUBLICANS TOOK CONTROL IN 2017, KENTUCKY WAS DROWNING IN DEBT THANKS TO CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THOSE DEBTS HAVE BEEN CUT BY MORE THAN 300%.

LESS PUBLIC DEBT ON THE BACKS OF OUR PEOPLE MEANS MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS AND A DEBT-FREE FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

WHEN IT COMES TO NATIVE INDUSTRIES, DEMOCRATS WANT TO KILL COAL.

THEY WANT TO CRIPPLE NATURAL GAS.

AT THE TREASURY, WE WANT KENTUCKY TO BE THE GO-TO ENERGY STATE.

FROM THE COAL FIELDS OF THE EAST, TO THE GAS WELLS OF THE WEST, FROM THE STRENGTH OF OUR MIGHTY RIVERS TO THE PROMISE OF NUCLEAR POWER, WE DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR OUR ENERGY.

WE PRODUCE IT.

BECAUSE REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT KENTUCKY ENERGY MEANS GOOD HIGH, PAYING JOBS, SECURE HOMES AND STRONG COMMUNITIES.

MY FRIENDS, THIS FIGHT IS NOT ABOUT LEFT VERSUS RIGHT.

IT'S ABOUT RIGHT VERSUS WRONG.

IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING OUR JOBS, OUR WAY OF LIFE AND OUR FUTURE.

WE BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE HARD WORK IS HONORED, WHERE THE CONSTITUTION IS RESPECTED, AND EVERY CHILD CAN LIVE A LIFE OF DIGNITY.

WE BELIEVE IN A KENTUCKY WHERE FAITH, FAMILY AND FREEDOM COME FIRST.

THAT'S THE KENTUCKY WE LOVE.

THAT'S THE AMERICA WE ARE FIGHTING FOR.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

GOD BLESS OUR GREAT COMMONWEALTH AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TREASURER METCALFE.

THAT IS A WRAP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FANCY FARM.

THANKS TO OUR SPEAKERS FOR BEING SUCH GOOD SPORTS.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING ME.

AND WHILE I'M THE FIRST EMCEE TO HOST, LET'S HOPE I'M NOT THE LAST.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

>> Renee: YOU HAVE JUST WITNESSED THE POLITICAL SPEAKING VENT OF THE 145th FANCY FARM DOWN IN GRAVES COUNTY AND WEST KENTUCKY.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.

I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE ARE IN OUR LEXINGTON STUDIO AND WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE SPENDING PART OF YOUR DAY HERE WITH US AT KET AS WE BRING YOU THE EXCLUSIVE ON AIR COVERAGE OF THE FANCY FARM POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT.

I HAVE OUR USUAL FANS OF KET, OUR BIG POLITICAL COMMENTATORS WHO JOIN US ON THESE OCCASIONS, WE HAVE IN THE STUDIO WITH US JONATHAN MILLER, TREY GRAYSON, BOB BABBAGE AND AMY WHEN IT CLIFF AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE THEM AS WE GIVE A LITTLE AUTOPSY ON WHAT WE HAVE JUST SEEN AND HEARD AMY IS LAUGHING FIRST SO I'LL GO TO HER.

GLUE NO ONE WAS SAFE TODAY.

>> Renee: NONE OF US.

>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES FANCY FARM FUN, RIGHT?

I THINK IT WAS FAIR.

I'M GOING TO GIVE THE BEST SPEECH OF THE DAY TO ASHLI WATTS.

AS THE EMCEE, HER OPENING REMARKS, I THINK, SHE ABSOLUTELY KILLED IT OUT THERE.

SHE WAS FAIR IN HER DELIVERY OF HER JABS AND JEERS AND I THOUGHT SHE JUST DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT SPACE TO SPEAK IN.

WHILE SHE IS USED TO SPEAKING IN FRONT OF LOTS OF LARGE CROWDS, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE FANCY FARM WHEN YOU HAVE THAT RAUCOUS CROWD IN FRONT OF YOU.

>> Renee: DID SHE TAKE ANY RISKS?

I I THOUGHT SHE TOOK PLENTY OF RISKS.

THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT.

BEE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED FOR FANCY FARM.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT ELEMENT AND I THINK SHE WALKED A GREAT LINE ON THAT.

IT WAS FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD, EVEN TO PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T THERE TODAY.

>> Renee: AND FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT THIS IS THE FIRST FEMALE EMCEE OF FANCY FARM, SHE MIGHT TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH, A SOFTER APPROACH.

SHE DID NOT DO THAT.

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO PROUD OF HER TODAY.

>> Chair: PROBABLY TOOK SOME-- >> Renee: PROBABLY TOOK SOME ADVICE FROM SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM BUT WE WON'T SAY WHO THAT WAS.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN THAT ROLE DOING THE EMCEE.

>> EITHER ROLE, THE EMCEE ROLE I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AND SPEAKING DOWN THE LIST THERE, YOU GET THE JITTERS.

IT'S DEFINITELY NOT AN EASY PLACE TO BE, GIVEN ALL THE EMOTION, GIVEN ALL THAT IS AT STAKE AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING.

THE THREE SENATE CANDIDATES LIVED UP TO THEIR DISLIKE FOR EACH OTHER AND BEATING ON EACH OTHER PRETTY THOROUGHLY TO HAVE LEADER McCONNELL THERE WAS SPECIAL FOR FANCY FARM.

NEXT YEAR COULD BE ANOTHER.

HE STAYED FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT HE DIDN'T STAY TO HEAR THE THREE SPEECHES OF THOUGH EASE-- OF THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TO SUCCEED HIM.

VERY LIKELY NEXT YEAR'S PRIMARY IN MAY FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, SETTLES THAT AND PUTS SOMEONE IN OFFICE WHO CAN SERVE QUITE A WHILE, GIVEN THE AGES OF THESE GENTLEMEN.

BUT THEY WERE RUCH AND TUMBLE WITH EACH OTHER TODAY AND EACH SPEAKING HIVE AND SEEKING TO WRAP AS CLOSELY TO TRUMP AS THEY COULD.

THAT ENDORSEMENT OBVIOUSLY DETERMINED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN THIS RACE.

EVERYBODY SAYS SO.

EVERYBODY KNOWS SO, BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING.

>> Renee: BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE THREE VYING TO REPLACE McCONNELL, I WANT TO GO TO THE TIME IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED THE SERVICE OF MITCH McCONNELL, WHICH I THINK SOME OF US DID NOT KNOW WAS HAPPENING BUT WAS A NICE MOMENT FOR THE SENATOR.

>> YEAH, STEVEN ELDER BROUGHT UP ALL OF HIS PREDECESSORS IN THE POSITION OF ORGANIZING THE POLITICAL SPEAKING, MARK WILSON AND SEVERAL OTHERS AND GAVE McCONNELL A PLAQUE.

POSED FOR A PHOTO.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING CONTRAST BETWEEN THAT AND McCONNELL SPEAKING EARLY ON.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO McCONNELL AND HIS LEGACY.

McCONNELL TALKED ABOUT HIS OWN LEGACY IN THAT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PIVOT TO THE FUTURE WITH THE THREE FOLKS VYING TO SUCCEED HIM.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GOT TO MORRIS WHERE HE REALLY, I'M SURE WE WILL GET TO THIS IN A SECOND, LEANED INTO HIS CRITICISM OF McCONNELL, AN INTERESTING CONTRAST.

AND IT IS A REMINDER BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE PIVOT POINT IN KENTUCKY'S POLITICAL FUTURE WHERE ONE FIGURE IS EXITING BECAUSE HE IS AND HE IS GOING TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, BY SOMEONE ELSE.

>> Renee: WHAT DID YOU THINK?

>> I AGREE WITH AMY.

ASHLEY'S SPEECH WAS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE HEARD AT FANCY FARM, PERIOD.

HER JOKES WERE ACTUALLY FUNNY.

SO MANY TIMES SO CALLED JOKES ARE JUST MEAN SPIRITED JABS AND WE GOT A LOT OF THOSE.

AND IT WAS NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING FUN TOE LAUGH TO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE REAL STORY AT THIS EVENT IS THE STORY FOR MANY YEARS.

IT'S MITCH McCONNELL.

IT WAS INTERESTING THAT BOTH RUSSELL QOALMAN AND-- GAVE HIM CREDIT FROM THE STAGE AND WE SAW DANIEL CAMERON BACK AWAY A LITTLE BIT.

NOT MEAN SPIRITED BUT SAID HE WAS HIS OWN MAN AND NATE MORRIS TOOK HIS IRE AT McCONNELL A COUPLE STEPS FARTHER THAN HE HAS.

HE CERTAINLY IS PLAYING FOR THE MAIN PRIMARY HERE, IF HE CAN GET DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT, YOU ARE PROBABLY GOT A REALLY GREAT CHANCE OF WINNING HERE AND I THINK HE WAS GIVING A LOT OF MOMENTS THAT COULD BE VIRAL ON DONALD TRUMP, JR.'S PODCAST OR CHARLIE PARKER OR WHOEVER, THEY LIKE THAT RED MEAT AND I THINK HE WAS SERVING IT UP FOR THEM RATHER THAN THE CROWD THAT WAS MORE McCONNELL BASED.

>> Renee: HE MAKES A GOOD POINT THAT IT'S NOT JUST TODAY, NOT JUST THE STATEWIDE AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE, IT'S NOT JUST WHAT IS BEING STREAMED BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE POSSIBLY AN ADVERTISEMENTS AND PERHAPS ON OTHER TALK SHOWS.

FOR MONTHS TO COME.

YOU ARE APPLYING AND PLAYING FOR THE LONG GAME.

>> FOR GOOD ZINGERS AND POINTS THAT CAME OUT OF TODAY.

BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS REALLY IS THE KICKOFF.

AND SO TODAY I THINK REALLY SET THE TONE FOR, AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, WE DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH NATE MORRIS WAS GOING TO LEAN INTO THAT ANTI-McCONNELL MESSAGE GIVEN THERE IN WEST KENTUCKY WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF McCONNELL.

HE HELD NOTHING BACK.

I THINK WE ARE ONLY GOING TO SEE THAT CONTINUE.

HE WILL SEE WHAT THAT FEEDBACK IS BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE WATCHING.

>> Renee: YOU TALKED EARLIER BEFORE WE GOT TO THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT ABOUT THE FINE LINE THERE AND HOW FAR YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO GO WHERE IT DOESN'T REALLY GET YOU THE REWARDS THAT YOU THINK IT MIGHT.

DO YOU THINK HE ALREADY STARTED TO CROSS IT TOO MUCH?

THIS EARLY?

>> I THINK SO.

IF I WERE HIM, I WOULD BE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT THAT I HAD ALREADY CROSSED-- SOME OF THE LINES AND I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THEM, BUT I THINK HE MAY HAVE CROSSED A LINE OR TWO TODAY WITH SOME OF THAT MESSAGING.

WE'LL SEE WHAT VOTERS REACT TO.

>> Renee: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, BOB?

>> RISKY BUSINESS.

YOU ARE DOING THE MATH HERE, TRYING TO WIN A PRIMARY AND IF YOU DO, YOU GO TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE GIVEN EVERYTHING WE KNOW.

SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT TWO OTHER VERY GOOD COMPETITORS WHO ARE GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF THAT VOTE AND YOU ARE TRYING TO GET A BUNCH BY CRITICIZING SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN REVERED BY HIS PARTY AND SINGLED OUT TIME AND AGAIN FOR HIS HISTORIC SERVICE.

THAT'S A TOUGH SELL.

IF HAVE YOU TO GET MEANER AND MEANER AND UGLIER AND UGLIER TO DO THAT, IT'S NOT WORKING AND IT MAY NOT, THEN YOU'VE BASED YOUR CAMPAIGN ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF MESSAGE THAN WE ARE USED TO.

THIS IS JUST A SURPRISE TO HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO IS GOING AGAINST ANY INCUMBENT THAT THEY LOOK TO COME AFTER VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING HAVE FOR NINE AND A HALF MONTHS, BUCKLE IN, BRACE YOURSELF AND WE WILL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

>> AND INCUMBENTS OF YOUR OWN PARTY.

THAT'S WHAT IS SO FASCINATING ABOUT THIS.

IT WAS INTERESTING AT THE END OF MORRIS' SPEECH, HE WAS BOOED, NOT LOUDLY BUT THERE WERE CLEAR BOOS.

YOU COULD HEAR IT ON KET.

I HAVE FRIENDS WHO WERE THERE AND THEY SAID COULD YOU CLEARLY HEAR IT IN THE AUDIENCE.

THERE WEREN'T REALLY ANY DEMOCRATS THERE.

ONE OF MY FRIENDS JOKE THERE HAD WERE MORE REPORTERS THAN DEMOCRATS IN THE AUDIENCE.

THAT WAS REPUBLICANS BOOING.

JONATHAN MADE A GOOD POINT.

TWO PRIMARIES HERE.

THE KENTUCKY PRIMARY ELECTORATE AND WE ARE USED TO FANCY FARM BEING NEWS.

1998, SCOTTY LOOKED UNHINGED AT FANCY FARM AND JIM BUNKING WAS ABLE TO USE THAT TO MAKE BASSER LOOK EXTREME IN HIS WIN, NARROW WIN IN 1998 AND PROBABLY GOT TO GIVE CRED TO IT THAT THAT BASSER MIGHT HAVE LOST IT AT FANCY FARM.

THE QUESTION IS, DOES JONATHAN POINT OUT, NATE LEANING IN AND GOING AFTER McCONNELL'S HEALTH IN A WAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, DOES THAT APPEAL-- DOES THAT GO NATIONAL AND DOES THE PRESIDENT SEE THIS AND SAY YEAH, THAT'S MY GUY?

AND IF HE DOES, THEN THAT MIGHT BE THE BALL GAME.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF RACE WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE PRIMARY WINNERS IS ARE GOING TO WIN THE SENATE RACE AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO CAN PUT HIS HAND ON THE SCALES AND WILLING TO PUT HIS HAND ON THE SCALE.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT.

WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

>> Renee: AMY, WERE YOU GOING SAY SOMETHING?

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING AS THE CAMPAIGN UNFOLDS, WISHFUL THINKING, MAYBE WE WILL HEAR WHAT THE CANDIDATES WISH TO DO.

WHAT IS THEIR PROPOSAL TO SERVE AS A U.S.

SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY AND NOT JUST WHY EVERYONE ELSE IS BAD.

AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO AND NOT JUST THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT TRUMP'S AGENDA.

WHAT ARE YOU GROWING TO DO FOR KENTUCKIANS AND I THINK ALL VOTERS HOPE TO HEAR THAT AT SOME POINT.

IF YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE KEY POINTS FROM ALL THE SPEECHES, RIGHT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SECURING OUR BORDERS, IMMIGRATION POLICY, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE WITH THREE SEPARATE MENTIONS OF MAKING SURE THAT COAL IS PART OF OUR CONTINUED FUTURE HERE IN KENTUCKY WITH A COUPLE SHOUTOUTS FOR NUCLEAR AS WELL AND THAT IS MORE OF A LOCAL ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PADUCAH COMMUNITY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMONWEALTH AS A WHOLE.

BUT AT SOME POINT WE ARE GOING HAVE TO HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT START TO DIFFERENTIATE THOSE CANDIDATES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST HEARING THOSE TOP LINES, THE BUZZ WORDS, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S THE POINT OF THE CAMPAIGN WE ARE IN NOW.

BUT AS IT UNFOLDS, I HOPE THAT THEY START TO FEEL SOME PRESSURE FROM VOTERS TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.

>> Renee: I WANT TO ASK YOU, JOHN THAN SINCE PANELIST STEVENSON, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WAS NO THERE, DOES IT HURT HER FROM NOT BEING THERE TO HELP SUPPORT THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CANDIDATE, A DEMOCRAT THERE WHO WAS THERE BUT ALSO TO JUST BE THERE TO KIND OF TAKE SOME LOBS?

>> YEAH, WELL FIRST OF ALL YOU MENTIONED DREW WILLIAMS, WHO I HAD NEVER MET OR SEEN BEFORE AND I CONSIDER HIS APPEARANCE TO BE VERY BRAVE AND HE WAS VERY ARTICULATE.

HE WILL NEED A COUPLE BOLTS OF LIGHTNING TO WIN THE RACE BUT HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE AND CERTAINLY TO WALK INTO WHAT WAS REALLY A REPUBLICAN PEP RALLY, AND GIVE A STRONG SPEECH, I GIVE HIM A LOT OF KUDOS FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE STARTED THIS BROADCAST, THIS IS A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR DEMOCRATS TO ENTER INTO AND PAMELA STEVENSON MADE A DECISION NOT TO DO THAT.

WE ALWAYS SAY WITH SPEECHES LIKE THIS, IT'S HARD TO WIN.

WE DON'T REALLY REMEMBER OVER TIME WHO GAVE A GREAT SPEECH AT FANCY FARM.

WE USUALLY REMEMBER WHO MADE MISTAKES AND WHO TOOK-- WHERE PEOPLE TOOK VIDEO AND TAKE IT OUT OF CONTEXT AND MAKE THEM LOOK BAD, I REMEMBER THAT SCOTTY BASSLER CAMPAIGN AND MADE HIM LOOK LIKE HE WAS SPEAKING AT A GERMAN WORLD WAR II RALLY.

SO TO AVOID THOSE KINDS OF MOMENTS, SOMETIMES IS THE SAFEST APPROACH FOR A CANDIDATE.

>> Renee: SPEAKING OF DREW WILLIAMS, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON HIS PERFORMANCE, TREY GRAYSON.

>> THON THAN IS RIGHT-- JONATHAN IS RIGHT.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME.

LET'S BE FAIR.

HE GETS UP.

BUT WE WILL REMEMBER IT.

HE HAD AN INTERESTING METAPHOR, I WANT PEOPLE TO BE AT THE TABLE.

HE WON'T INVITE YOU TO BE AT THE TABLE.

IT WAS A WELL CONSTRUCTED SPEECH AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF.

I THINK HE CHECKED THE BOXES HE NEEDED TO DO.

JONATHAN IS RIGHT.

A COUPLE BOLTS OF LIGHTNING, HE IS NOT GOING TO WIN BUT HE PUT HIMSELF OUT THERE, WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS IN POLITICS OR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

>> GOOD ON HIM FOR SHOWING UP.

I MEAN I THINK THAT MEANT A LOT THAT HE TOOK THE STAGE AND HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE THERE.

>> AND WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT THERE WERE NOT DEMOCRATS THERE TO SHOW SUPPORT.

HE DID A GOOD JOB AND DESERVED A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THEY WEREN'T THERE TO GIVE IT.

>> HE DID A GOOD JOB.

>> I'M NOT BEING PAID TO SAY THIS.

WHAT BOTH BOTHERED ME THE MOST WERE AT TACKED ON KET.

THE ULTIMATE HYPOCRISIES BECAUSE IT WAS THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WHO UNITED TO UNANIMOUSLY TAKE FUNDING AWAY FROM PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

NOT JUST HERE IN THIS STATE, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND I BELIEVE THAT KET IS A JEWEL THAT WE NEED TO CELEBRATE AND REALLY TOOK-- IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE TO HEAR SUCH ANIMUS TOWARDS WHAT HAS BEEN A BIPARTISAN NON-PARTISAN ENTITY FOR DECADES FOR THIS STATE.

THAT WAS THE THING I WAS MOST UPSET ABOUT.

>> Renee: TURNING BACK TO REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING ON THAT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THAT MESSAGE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER DYNAMICS OF ALL OF THIS AND THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR.

IF JAMES COMER WAS GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT 2027.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY.

BUT HE HAD SOMEBODY WHO DID.

>> JONATHAN SCHELL SAID IT.

YEAH, I WAS WRONG.

I THOUGHT CONSUMER-- IF YOU WANT TO READ INTO THE RURAL TALK, MAYBE HE WAS BUT HE DIDN'T SAY IT BUT JONATHAN SCHELL SAID, CONGRESSMAN JAMIE COMER, WOULDN'T GOVERNOR JAMIE COMER SOUND BETTER.

GOT AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE.

HE IS VERY POPULAR IN THAT CROWD AND JASON HOWELL ALLUDED TO IT AS WELL, STATE SENATOR SAYING I THINK WE HAVE THE NEXT U.S.

SENATOR AND GOVERNOR ON OUR STAGE.

THAT WAS A LITTLE-- MAYBE NOT AS MUCH OF A FEATURE AS WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BUT IT'S THERE AND OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR.

>> Renee: ANY COMMENT ON THAT?

DID YOU EXPECT TO HEAR MORE OF THAT.

>> A LITTLE BIT BUT I THOUGHT LOOK, WE ALL KNOW IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE WATCHING, CONGRESSMAN COMER IS A BRILLIANT POLITICIAN, RIGHT?

AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMER FOR GOVERNOR MESSAGE GOT OUT THERE, BUT HIM NOT HAVING TO SAY IT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PROBABLY BE WILLING TO SAY THERE WAS A LITTLE STRATEGY BEHIND ALL THAT, WHICH IS SMART, RIGHT?

>> Renee: COLLUSION.

>> YOU WANT THAT TO BE-- >> NOT A HOAX, COLLUSION.

>> YOU WANT THAT TO BE PART OF THE STORY.

AND I THINK IT WILL BE.

>> COMER WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY COULD WORK WITH HIM IF HE BECAME GOVERNOR.

THERE IS STILL A BURN WITH HIM TO HOLD THAT OFFICE, WOULD YOU HAVE TO THINK, THAT HE HAD A FRIEND SAY IT, WHO IS POPULAR WORKED VERY WELL.

AND THE OVERALL DYNAMIC, RENEE, WE USED TO SAY THAT WE VOTE FOR PEOPLE WE LIKE WHO ARE LIKE US.

IT'S HARD TO LIKE SOME OF THE ROUGHER REMARKS IN THE SENATE RACE.

WE ALSO HAVE SHIFTED THE MODE-- THE MODEL AWAY FROM THE ISSUES AMY TALKED ABOUT.

IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY DIFFERENTIATION OR EMPHASIS THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ANY GROUP OR ANY TOWN, ANY SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION.

INSTEAD, WE SAY THEY'RE BAD, I'M GOOD.

THEY'RE REALLY BAD.

I'M REALLY GOOD.

>> Renee: THEY'RE NOT LIKE US.

>> THAT'S THE MODEL AROUND THE COUNTRY.

RESUMES DON'T MATTER AS MUCH ANYMORE AND ISSUES DON'T MATTER AS MUCH ANYMORE UNLESS YOU CAN CAPTURE A MOMENT WHERE YOU GO IT SOME EXTREME.

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS BUT THE MESSAGE IS YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE THEM-- IT'S ALMOST LIKE SAYING THEY'RE BAD.

I'M NOT THAT BAD.

I'M A HECK OF A LOT BETTER MUCH THAT'S THE MODEL.

>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH FANCY FARM TODAY VERSUS A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN KENTUCKY WAS MORE BIPARTISAN STATE AND FANCY FARM ITSELF, BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BEING IN ROUGHLY EQUAL NUMBERS, THERE WAS A WE BELIEVE THIS AND THEY BELIEVE THAT.

SO YOU HEARD REPUBLICANS CONTRASTING WITH THE DEMOCRATS.

NOW THAT IT IS A DETERMINED IN THE PRIMARIES, PRIMARIES ARE TOUGH, THEY HAVE SIMILAR AGREEMENTS.

AND I THINK AMY IS RIGHT, ON THE MERITS, ALL THREE OF THESE CANDIDATES RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTS, I SUPPORT.

THAT'S THEIR POLICY PLATFORM.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES PRIMARIES SO HARD BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A POLICY DISAGREEMENT.

IT BECOMES PERSONAL.

IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON IS FOR YOU.

SO I'M NOT FOR THAT PERSON.

WE AS A REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE NOT USED TO THIS.

WHEN RAND AND I HAD OURS, THE FIRST ONE WE HAD A LONG TIME, A COUPLE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE IN THE U.S. SENATE RACE.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW NORMAL FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IS THE DOMINANT PARTY IN THE STATE, WHICH MEANS THE PRIMARIES ARE GOING TO DETERMINE MOST CASES, THE WINNERS.

>> Renee: WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MITCH McCONNELL WHEN HE SPOKE AND HE REALLY BRAGGED ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU KNOW, HE IS RESTORING PEACE AND STRENGTH AND STRONGER, SAFER AMERICA AND TALKED ABOUT HIS HANDLING OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

>> HE SAID HIS NAME.

HE DOESN'T ALWAYS SAY HIS NAME.

>> Renee: I WAS GETTING THERE.

HE SAID HIS NAME.

THERE IS MORE THAN A CHILLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MITCH McCONNELL SO WERE YOU SURPRISED HOW FULL THROATED HE SEEMED TO ENDORSE OR APPLAUD PRESIDENT TRUMP?

>> A LITTLE, BUT HAVE I-- BUT I HAVE NOTICED IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ESPECIALLY AFTER THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL PASSED, THERE WAS A PHOTO OF HIM TALKING TO TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

SO HE IS POINTING OUT A LITTLE MORE.

WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY WHO HAS THE MOST OFTEN VOTES WITH DONALD TRUMP, IT'S ME.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS SO SOME OF THAT IS DEFENDING HIS OWN RECORD, PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF IT.

BUT IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT, A WAY TO WEIGH INTO THE PRIMARY A LITTLE BIT.

HE IS NOT GOING TO ENDORSE THE CANDIDATES.

HE IS NOT MAKING THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.

BUT I THINK WHEN HIS LEGACY IS ON THE LINE AND HE IS GETTING ATTACKED BY ONE PERSON SO MUCH.

AT THE BREAKFAST TODAY HE MADE EIGHT JOKE, I HEARD SOMEBODY IS TALKING BAD ABOUT ME.

THIS IS HIS WAY TO GET BACK AT THAT.

>> I THINK THAT HIS TRUMP TALK OVER LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND IT MIGHT INCREASE IS AN INDIRECT WAY TO TRY TO UNDERMINE NATE MORRIS' CAMPAIGN.

SO THAT IF HE CAN BE SEEN MORE FRIENDLY BY THE TRUMP PEOPLE THAN THE ANGRY APPROACH THAT NATE TAKES AGAINST McCONNELL MIGHT BE LESSENED, I DO WANT TO MENTION ANOTHER PRESENCE THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGATIVE TALK ABOUT JOE BIDEN, WHICH I FIND A LITTLE AMUSING.

I DON'T SEE BIDEN RUNNING AGAIN ANY TIME SOON, AND PROBABLY NOT EVER AND JUST A TOUCH OF TALK ABOUT ANDY BESHEAR, THAT THERE WAS SOME COLLUSION.

I THINK THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE MADE THE VOTE COVERAGE VOTE WHICH CONTINUALLY SHOWS THAT REPUBLICAN PARTY IN KENTUCKY HAS JUST HAD THE HARD HARDEST TIME OF LAYING A GLOVE ON BESHEAR.

>> ASHLEY DID.

>> BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO TRY TO UNDERMINE BESHEAR'S SUPPORT IN KENTUCKY, EVEN IN THE RURAL AREAS.

AND I THINK THAT'S A CONTINUING SIGN THAT HE IS GOING TO BE A TOP TIER CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.

>> Renee: WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT NEXT YEAR'S FANCY FARM COVERAGE UNLESS YOU WANT TO SAY MORE ABOUT THAT BOB BABBAGE.

>> IN THE NEW BOOK THAT CAME OUT ON McCONNELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE I GOT A MENTION AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 100 UNTIL BRAD BABBAGE LOOKED IN THE BACK.

>> Renee: YOUR SON.

>> I'M HOPING IT'S A GOOD THING.

I OFFERED SOME ANALYSIS OF WHAT LEADER HAD DONE AND HE SAID I WAS EXACTLY RIGHT.

SO OUR ANALYSIS-- I'LL TRY IT ONE MORE TIME.

WHAT TREY SAID LAST MAY BE WHAT WE SAW TODAY OF LEADER McCONNELL PULLING PEOPLE TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT, REACHING OUT TO TRUMP MORE, MENTIONING THE RECENT SUCCESS AND ADDING THAT COHESION AND CONSISTENCY TO THE REPUBLICAN MESSAGE SO THAT TRUMP WILL ENDORSE HERE, FOCUS ON KENTUCKY AND THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO GETS ELECTED, WHETHER THEY SAY THEY LIKE McCONNELL OR NOT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, OR WHETHER THEY'RE CITING THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO LEADER McCONNELL OR NOT, ONCE THEY'RE ELECTED, THEY WILL BE A WHOLE LOT LIKE MITCH McCONNELL.

>> Renee: I THINK WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE, AS WE SHOULD WITH THE WISE WORDS OF THE STATESMAN BOB BABBAGE.

THANK YOU ALL.

THIS HAS BEEN FUN AND WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AT HOME THIS AFTERNOON, AND YOU CAN WATCH A HIGHLIGHTS REEL IF YOU ARE SO ININTO THIS MONDAY NIGHT AT 8 EASTERN 7 CENTRAL ON KET AND ALL OF THE SPEECHES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THEIR ENTIRETY ONLINE ON DEMAND PROBABLY BY MONDAY AT ket.org/FANCYFARM AND MAKE SURE YOU JOIN US EACH WEEK NIGHT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RACES AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AS WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR DAY WITH US AND I'LL SEE YOU MONDAY NIGHT.

TAKE GOOD CARE.

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