Yesterday we told you about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visit to the Kentucky State Capitol as he advocated for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S.

Constitution.

You can see more about that on last night's Kentucky edition that's available online on demand@ksat.org.

But he talked about other topics, including his opinion of fourth District Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who faces a primary challenger this year.

Massie endorsed DeSantis during the governor's 2024 presidential bid.

DeSantis said he was not yet involved in any congressional races, but he shared this about the fourth district congressman and other Republicans in Washington.

Thomas Massie did something that I will always have respect for.

And you guys remember when the Covid hysteria hit?

Everyone was like they lost their wits and Congress was actually going to greenlight 2 trillion of spending without a vote.

And so he showed up and demanded a vote.

And man, the weight of the world came down on him.

And but he stood strong.

And if you think about it, he was right that, the Covid spending started a lot of the acceleration of the debt.

And I think the Republicans nationally, particularly in the Congress, have had problems over the years because they they run as very strong fiscal conservatives.

But yet nothing really changes in terms of the fiscal trajectory of the country.

DeSantis also offered his opinion of Governor Andy Beshear, who recently joked on a late night talk show that DeSantis is the last person he'd want to run into at a governors event.

I don't really know much about, you know, the governor here.

I saw someone who showed me those comments because I was coming here.

All I can say is, you know, a guy that sends state police, to try to block people from worshiping on Easter Sunday, a guy that's obsessed with gender mutilation of minors.

If that's the person that's criticizing me, I wear that as a badge of honor.

Yesterday, Governor Andy Beshear responded to Governor Desantis's criticism of him.

Listen, when when, one person is just yelling and you respond by yelling, nobody can hear anything because everybody's just yelling.

Listen, I know, how we've led in Kentucky.

I know that in Kentucky, we don't see the same type of division that you see in Florida.

I think Ron DeSantis lives on dividing them.

But, he is a fellow governor.

And so I hope he has a safe trip here in the Commonwealth.

When Governor Beshear appeared recently on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart asked him, Who's America's worst governor?

And Beshear said DeSantis.