Governor Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron were both asked about the continuing UAW strike during their Monday night debate at Northern Kentucky University, televised televised by WCPO.

They were both asked about how their administrations would balance workers rights, business interests and the economic impact of union strikes.

Well, I'm proud to be a governor endorsed by the UAW, and that has landed the biggest investment in the history of Ford Motor Company, a really proud company.

What we have to have here is a win when our UAW families are fighting for better wages and better health care benefits, something we should want for every single one of our citizens.

We need them to come out of this being able to provide more opportunity for their kids, a better future here in Kentucky.

But we also need a strong Ford coming out of it.

They invested $5.8 billion in our commonwealth.

We're building the two biggest battery plants on planet Earth.

And I was the governor that struck the deal.

For them to rip up that Kentucky truck plant to make the new F-250, investing hundreds of millions of dollars and preserving all of those jobs.

This isn't an either or.

We need the UAW to come out in a strong place in Ford, to come out in a strong place, too.

And I think that we have to have a swift resolution of what is going on, not only the Ford plant here in Louisville, but also as we see this transpiring across the nation.

But I also want to say unequivocally that I support our workers.

And it's no question that we are in this mess because of the inflationary pressures that are coming from Washington, D.C. and wages need to be increased.

These workers know that, but they are having to deal with the challenge of more expensive groceries, more expensive gas and more expensive child care.

What I think is incredibly important is that you have a governor that eliminates the income tax to make sure that these folks have more money in their pocket to pay for those things that I just talked about and also, again, increase their wages at the plant.

I support the workers and will make sure that they have leadership in the governor's office that works for them.

Striking United Auto Workers had a visitor today.

Governor Beshear stopped by the picket line outside the Ford truck plant in Louisville, and he brought sandwiches.