YOU ALWAYS GET A LITTLE HOT AT FANCY FARM.

YOU GET SCREAMING AND YELLING AND HECKLING.

A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AS THE PRIMER CONVERSATION.

YOU GOT SOME GREAT SPEAKERS TODAY.

OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, YOU'VE GOT TWO WOMEN WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR SCHOOL CHOICE, AND THEIR EX-- THEY'RE EXCELLING SEPTIONAL LEADERS IN AND OF THEMSELVES WITH A LOT OF CONVICTION ABOUT THAT ISSUE.

ONE OF THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE PARTS OF THE DAY WHAT IS THEY WILL SAY BACK AND FORTH.

A COUPLE OF JUDICIAL CANDIDATES.

THEY, TOO, WILL BE GOOD.

THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME SURPRISES, ALWAYS A BESHEAR FACTOR IN THIS DAY AND TIME AND NO MATTER WHAT, THE FENWAY PARK FANCY FARM PICNIC IS A FABULOUS TRADITION.

NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE COUNTRY AND NOTHING LIKE IT HERE.

>> Renee: THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT ANYWHERE ELSE.

IN WEST VIRGINIA OR VIRGINIA, THERE IS A PLANK DAY.

THAT'S A FISH OR SOMETHING.

BUT IT DOESN'T COMPARE TO THE SUPER BOWL OF POLITICS.

THE OLYMPICS OF KENTUCKY POLITICS WHICH IS FANCY FARM.

>> AND PLEASE NOTE THAT BOB, LEXINGTON PICNICS ARE DIFFERENT THAN PICNICS FROM THE WEST OF THE STATE.

BOB IS DRESSED FOR A LEXINGTON FANCY PICNIC.

I'M DRESSED THE WAY-- FANCY.

YOU KNOW BOB AND I GOT TO SPEAK AT THIS EVENT SEVERAL TIMES.

I WAS SOUNDING UP SEVEN TIMES I WAS ON STAGE.

I'M WITH BOB.

WE ALSO MAY HAVE A PREVIEW OF A COUPLE OF STATEWIDE RACES DOWN THE ROAD IN THE SENSE OF CONGRESSMAN COMER WHO REPRESENTS FANCY FARM FROM THE 1st DISTRICT, LIKELY TO CONSIDER A RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN DANIEL CAMERON, WHO IS THE SURROGATE FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS IN 2026.

SENATOR McCONNELL HAS NOT ANNOUNCED HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION, JUST THAT HE WON'T BE THE LEADER IN THE NEXT CONGRESS BUT WE THINK HE RETIRES SO CAMERON IS LIKELY TO LOOK AT THAT RACE.

I'M GOING TO WATCH THOSE TWO AS WELL AND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL WITH BOTH OF THEM, FARM WESTERN KENTUCKY, CHILDREN OF KENTUCKY, PROBABLY DREAM OF SPEAKING AT THIS EVENT.

EXCITED TO SEE THEM.

>> Renee: A LOT OF NERVES PROBABLY.

UNLIKE TRAY, HAVE I NEVER BEEN GONGED DOWN WITHIN FANCY FARM.

TRAY ALWAYS TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE BE ME BECAUSE HE WAS FIDDLE DOWN.

ROCKY ADAMS WAS AN EMCEE.

I WAS BEATING UP ON STEVE BESHEAR AND I HAD LOST MY SENATE PRIMARY TO SENATOR PAUL.

I WAS BEATING UP ON BESHEAR, THE BAND STARTED TO PLAY.

THAT WAS MY LAST TIME.

>> Renee: FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IF YOU GO OVER YOUR ALLOTTED TIME, WHEN THE LAST ROSTER WAS SENT OUT, IT DID NOT MENTION THE TIMES THAT THEY WERE GIVEN TO SPEAK.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IF THEY'RE JUST GOING TO LET THEM GO OR IF THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED BUT NOT PUBLICIZED.

>> GIVING A DOZEN OR SO POLITICIANS NO TIME █LIMIT, WE MIGHT BE TALKING UNTIL SUNDAY.

>> Renee: I KNOW.

>> AND THEY HAVE CHURCH SERVICES THE NEXT MORNING, SO, YOU KNOW.

>> Renee: AND WE CAN SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW, SPEAKING OF U.S.

CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER, THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE.

DURING THIS TIME AND WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.

THE POLITICIANS ARE FILING IN, GETTING ON THE STAGE AND THINGS WILL KICK OFF IN JUST ABOUT 25 MINUTES FROM NOW.

YOU WON'T MISS A THING.

WE PROMISE YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS PICNIC IS RECOGNIZED IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, WHEN IT GOT ITS START AND EARNED ITS STRIPES AS BEING THE POLITICAL SPECIES DL AFYING EVENT OF THE SEASON.

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

MANY WERE CATHOLIC.

AND THEY FOUNDED ST. JEROME'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1836, A SERIES OF FAMILY REUNIONS TURNED INTO A REGULAR SERIES OF PICNICS AND BY 1880, THE PICNIC HAD BECOME A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHURCH, BUT IT WASN'T POLITICAL.

AT FIRST.

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

AND THAT WAS IN THE 1930s.

>> 193 IS SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S THE YEAR A.B.

HAPPY CHANDLER SPOKE RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

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

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

THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

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

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

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

SOME BIG NATIONAL NAMES HAVE TURNED UP AT FANCY FARM, GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE SPOKE IN 1975, ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS FOURTH AND FINAL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT AND THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS PARALYZED BY A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN'S BULLET.

>> HE WAS UP AT THE PODIUM SPEAKING AND THAT'S WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHERS HAD THE OLD STYLE CAMERAS 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.

AL GORE STOPPED AT FANCY FARM FOUR YEARS LATER.

HE WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL.

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

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 YOUR SCREEN OF THE FANCY FARM PICNIC THERE UNDERNEATH THE PAVILION.

WE HAVE THE GREAT JIB SHOT TO GIVE YOU A REALLY GOOD SCOPE OF SOME OF THE CROWD AND MORE THAT WE CANNOT SHOW YOU.

THIS USUALLY DRAWS HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF FOLKS EACH YEAR.

IT IS A HOMECOMING AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ROOTS AND ARE CONNECTED TO THAT COMMUNITY, BUT A LOT OF POLITICAL FOLKS WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THOSE COUNTY LINES CERTAINLY FLOCK TO THIS AREA THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST.

AND THERE ARE SOME NOTABLE NO SHOWS, TREY GRAYSON, WHO WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY.

WHO ARE THEY?

>> THE BIGGEST NO-SHOW IS GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR WHO ALREADY SAID HE WAS NOT COMING AND I'M SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, ABOUT WHAT ELSE HE IS DOING THIS WEEKEND.

>> Renee: A LITTLE PREOCCUPIED.

HIS ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN SPORADIC.

SOME OF IT WAS BECAUSE OF COVID BUT USED TO BE THE GOVERNORS ALWAYS ATTENDED FANCY FARM EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND I THINK GOVERNOR FLETCHER WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SKIP FANCY FARM.

AND SO GOVERNOR BEVIN DIDN'T GO TO EVERY ONE.

ANDY BESHEAR IS NOT THERE AND RAND PAUL ONLY COMES DURING AN ELECTION YEAR.

HE IS NOT A BIG FAN OF FANCY FARM.

THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO MOST NOTABLE OF THE BIG LEADERS.

DID McCONNELL RSVPsED.

>> Renee: HE DID NOT.

I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK YOU.

HE IS STILL PENDING.

>> TOUCH OR G. HE LOVES FANCY FARM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS TRIES TO BE THERE AND I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES WHEN HE HASN'T BECAUSE OF VOTES IN D.C., HE IS SOMEBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO HE PULLED THE OFFSET-- THE UPSET TO BECOME THE UNITED STATES SENATOR.

WE ARE MISSING SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN KENTUCKY POLITICS.

BUT IT'S A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DOWN TICKET, SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS BUT ALSO TO CELEBRATE A POLITICAL TRADITION, EVEN IF IT'S AN OFF YEAR.

>> Renee: AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WILL BE REPRESENTED TODAY.

SO IT'S NOT STATEWIDE.

IT REALLY IS FOCUSED ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY REGION.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE VOTED UPON BY THE RESIDENTS OF FANCY FARM.

WE WILL SEE THE STATE REP AND ACTUALLY THE CURRENT AND FUTURE STATE REP FROM THERE, THE STATE SENATOR, ONLY THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND PEOPLE ON STATEWIDE, SO STATEWIDE OFFICE HOLDERS.

OTHER YEARS IT'S CANDIDATES-- AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT.

>> Renee: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE THEY DESIGNATED AND ALLOTTED TIME AND SURROGATES TO TALK ABOUT BALLOT QUESTION.

>> I'M IMPRESSED BY THAT AND BEFORE THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION, THE G.O.P.

BENCH IS DEEP AND YOU LOOK AT ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN, COMMISSIONER SCHELL, TREASURER METCALF AND AUDITOR ALLISON BALL WHO CAN'T ATTEND BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT WITH A WEDDING BUT THEY CAN ALL RUN AGAIN IN 2027 AND LIKELY ALL WILL.

MICHAEL ADAMS WILL BE TERM LIMITED.

HE HAS BECOME VERY WELL KNOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING EXPERTS ON ELECTIONS RECENTLY GOT THE J.F.K.

LIBRARY FOUNDATION PROFILES IN COURAGE ANNUAL AWARD.

SO HOW THEY DO MATTERS FOR THE SETUP TOO MUCH TALENT AND NOT ENOUGH SEATS AND HOW THE RACE ARE SET UP FOR 27 AND 28.

MY GRANDFATHER BACK IF THE DAY WHO IS FROM THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES WAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR UNDER CHABDLER THE FIRST TIME AND GOVERNOR AFTER SO I'VE HEARD OF FANCY FARM ALL MY LIFE: IT IS CONNECTING POINT.

A POLITICAL FAMILY REUNION FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO ONLY SEE EACH OTHER A TIME OR TWO A YEAR AND EVERYBODY FLOCKS TO FANCY FARM.

FUN THINGS THE NIGHT BEFORE.

PEOPLE GET CABIN AND BRING FOLKS WHO LIKE POLITICS AND HAVE HEARD IT ABOUT.

IT'S ON THE BUCKET LIST IF YOU ARE A POLITICO OR FOLLOW POLITICS AT ALL.

>> Renee: EARLIER THIS WEEK, I DID SPEAK WITH STEVEN ELDER, THE POLITICAL CHAIRMAN OF ALL OF THIS EVENT IT GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH USUALLY.

WHEN I SPOKE TO STEPHEN ELD ELDER ABOUT WHY THE PICNIC IS RELEVANT TODAY FOR OFFICE HOLDERS WHO ARE SEEKING TO CONNECT TO THE VOTERS AND HERE WHAT IS HE HAD TO SAY.

>> STEVEN ELDER, THE FANCY FARM POLITICAL SPEAKING CHAIRMAN.

GOOD TO CONNECT WITH YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Renee: WHY IS FANCY FARM STILL RELEVANT IN 2024?

>> YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND WHAT I ENJOY ABOUT THE FANCY FARM PICNIC IS THAT IT ALLOWS YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO GET REALLY CLOSE TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOUR CANDIDATES, BUILDING THAT GRASSROOTS BASE WITHIN THIS REGION, SPECIFICALLY.

SO IT IS A WAY THAT BOTH SIDES CAN KIND OF COME TOGETHER, SHOW THEIR FORCE, SHARE IDEAS.

JUST RALLY THE TROOPS.

AND YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE OLD TIME STUMP SPEAKING OLD TIME HAND SHAKING, GETTING OUT THERE AMONG THE PEOPLE JUST TO SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE WE HAVE A GREAT VENUE AT FANCY FARM THAT ALLOWS THAT TRADITION TO CONTINUE.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 144 YEARS NOW.

IT'S PROBABLY A LOST UTSZ PROBABLY A LOST ART AND TRADITION.

IT'S PROBABLY THE LAST VENUE WHERE WE HAVE BOTH SIDES COME.

>> Renee: WE HAVE SEVERAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION AT FANCY FARM HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE YEARS AS THEIR INFLUENCE AND PRESENCE HAVE DIMINISHED ON CERTAIN STAGES.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVE THING ABOUT FANCY FARM IS THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE BOTH SIDES CAN PARTICIPATE AND COME TOGETHER.

IT'S WHERE YOU SHARE THAT ONE STAGE OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED PROBABLY 40 OR 50 YEARS AGO.

VERY FEW REPUBLICANS WERE REGISTERED IN GRAVES COUNTY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY COME TO THE PICNIC BUT THEY STILL CAME BECAUSE DEMOCRATS REALLY HAD A STRONG HOLD THERE OFFER THE TIME IT IT HAS TRANSITIONED FROM MORE DEMOCRATS TO MORE REPUBLICANS.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW UP AT FANCY FARM, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME SENSE OF ENJOYMENT AND SEE EACH OTHER ROAST EACH OTHER AND PICK AT EACH OTHER JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE WANT TO BE A NON-PARTISAN PICNIC AND WE WANTED BOTH SIDES TO ATTEND, BUT THIS YEAR, IT IS TILTED HEAVILY TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AGAIN MOSTLY BECAUSE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ARE SENATORS AND OTHERS ARE REGISTERED AND PART OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

SO WE'VE TRIED TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO GET DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT AND PEOPLE THERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THIS REGION THAT WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL.

AND IF YOU DON'T COME TO FANCY FARM, IT'S HARD TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT GRASSROOTS SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED FOR THAT NEXT, YOU KNOW, CAMPAIGN THAT YOU WANT TO RUN.

>> Renee: ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS, PART OF THE POLITICAL ROSTER, SPEAKING ROSTER IS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE SOME SURROGATES WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK FOR AND AGAINST THE SCHOOL CHOICE AMENDMENT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, STEVEN.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS BEEN AN INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A PRO--CON ABOUT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

WHY THIS TIME AROUND?

>> THERE IS ONE THING I WON'T DO I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK THAT YOU ARE CORRECT.

I DON'T REMEMBER IN RECENT MEMORY WHERE WE HAD LIKE AN AMENDMENT TYPE OF PROPOSAL THAT IS ON OUR BALLOT, SO WE LOOK THROUGHOUT STATE FOR ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR, SO THIS YOU KNOW, FANCY FARM HAD A CHALLENGE, WE ALMOST LOST OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE IN TOWN WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO MERGE YEARS AGO.

SO FANCY FARM IS PROBABLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER THERE AT FANCY FARM, SO SCHOOLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT BOTH SIDES WANTED TO AGGRESSIVELY GET OUT AND TALK TO THE VOTERS AND TELL WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT OR WHY YOU SHOULD BE AGAINST IT AND WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN AT FANCY FARM TO DO THIS.

WE HAVE BOTH REPRESENTATIVES TO SPEAK FOR AND AGAINST.

IT WILL BE GREAT TO ALLOW THEM TO GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT.

WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS AND BEST TO YOU, STEVEN ELDER.

YOU ALL DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

STAY COOL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RENEE.

>> Renee: BOB, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR WAS GOING TO BE IN MARSHALL COUNTY LAST NIGHT FOR THE BEAN DINNER AND I UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SWING BY TO THE 5K FUN RUN, SAY HELLO.

I DON'T THINK THAT PANS OUT.

WHY WOULD YOU EVEN COME NEAR THAT AREA AND NOT HANG AROUND FOR THE BIGGEST POLITICAL EVENT IN KENTUCKY THE NEXT DAY?

>> I HAVE THE SAME EXACT QUESTION MYSELF.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAS IN FULTON AND HERNANDEZ IN THE-- HENDERSON IN THE LAST 48 HOURS.

IN THE REGION BUT NOT THERE TODAY.

MAYBE BECAUSE SOME OF THE NATIONAL EYE ON KENTUCKY IS FOCUSED ON GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND TO HAVE THIS WILD AND CRAZY SCREAMING PICNIC MIGHT NOT BE THE EXACT LOOK THAT A CANDIDATE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR NATIONAL OFFICE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE WOULD WANT TO RING FORTH COMPARED TO OTHER KINDS OF LOOKS AND STRENGTHS.

>> BUT, IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME FOR KENTUCKIANS.

WE ALSO HAVE THAT McCONNELL BESHEAR PRIORITY NATIONALLY AND PROMINENCE NATIONALLY AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SO SPECIAL.

>> Renee: HE IS SO DELICATE WITH HIS WORDS, ISN'T HE?

>> I'LL DIVE IN ON THAT.

>> Renee: GO AHEAD.

[LAUGHTER] >> THIS BOTHERED ME WHEN I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.

I MENTIONED GOVERNOR FLETCHER DID A SIMILAR THING.

CAME TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT EVENTS AND HAD A CONFLICT WHEN HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE INVESTIGATION ON THE HIRING SCANDAL.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT I SPOKE AT FANCY FARM.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO RUN AGAINST THAT GUY IN A PRIMARY.

PART OF-- JUST MADE ME MAD THAT HE WAS NOT THERE.

WHAT MADE ME MAD ABOUT IT IS THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR LOCAL REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.

I DEFINE LOCAL AS THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.

MY MOM IS FROM PADUCAH.

I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I NEVER KNEW, TO BE CLEAR, BUT THEY'RE BURIED AT ST. JEROME.

IT'S LETTING DOWN THE DEMOCRATS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY BY AT LEAST THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NOT BEING THERE.

I CAN UNDERSTAND NOW BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO BE MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS THIS WEEKEND AND ALSO HE IS UNDER SUCH SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, I GET IT RIGHT NOW.

YOU ABOUT HE WASN'T COMING SEVERAL WEEKS AGO BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WHEN BIDEN WAS STILL IN THE RACE AND SO I THINK FOR COLEMAN IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS A REAL MISSED OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A NON-ZERO CHANCE THAT BESHEAR GETS PICKED, A NON-ZERO CHANCE THAT SHE IS █THE NEXT GOVERNOR NEXT YEAR.

THIS WOULD BE A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE HERSELF IN A WAY THAT, LET'S FACE IT.

SINCE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RUN AS A TICKET NOW, WE DON'T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THEM NOW BUT CHOOSE SOMEBODY WHO VERY SERIOUSLY COULD BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR, WOULD THEREFORE BE THE LEADER OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND, YOU KNOW, MORE DEMOCRATS WOULD GO TO FANCY FARM.

AND SO I WISH AT LEAST SHE WERE THERE.

THE FACT THAT SHE WAS IN THE REGION-- >> Renee: OR EVEN THE CHAIR OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> I REMEMBER ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS IN OFFICE, ONE OF THE OFF YEARS LIKE THIS-- BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE U.S. SENATE RACES THIS YEAR.

THAT MAKES THIS A SLOW OR OFF YEAR BUT I REMEMBER THE KDP AND RKP CHAIRS WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.

MAYBE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON 0 OF WHEN NOTHING WAS ON THE BALLOT.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK DEMOCRATS, EVERY VOTE COUNTS AND WITH THE TRADITION HERE, I JUST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LETTING DOWN THEIR PARTY AND THEIR KENTUCKIANS BY NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT.

>> AND BESHEAR HAD SOME SUCCESS IN WEST KENTUCKY THAT WAS SURPRISINGLY GOOD.

COLEMAN LAST YEAR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN DID A HECK OF A JOB ON THAT STAGE.

SHE HAS THE MESSAGE DOWN PAT, A GREAT LIFE STORY SHE SHARES VERY EFFECTIVELY.

>> SHE IS A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER.

YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH MAYFIELD AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, IF ANDY BESHEAR IS SELECTED AS VICE PRESIDENT, ONE OF THE REASONS HE MIGHT BE IS THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR STATE THROUGH CRISES LIKE THE RECOVERY EFFORTS THAT ARE STILL ONGOING IN GRAVES COUNTY SO SHE OR HE COULD TELL THAT STORY WITH A LOT OF CREDIBILITY AND EMOTION AND GET THAT COVERED.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO ME BECAUSE I JUST LOVE THIS EVENT.

>> Renee: WELL, WE ALSO CAUGHT UP WITH ALEX WHO HAD A BIG STORY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT ON KENTUCKY EDITION.

SHE IS SHARING HER THOUGHTS ON WHY FANCY FARM SHOULD BE ON THE BUCKET LIST FOR POLITICAL JUNKIES.

>> I DO WANT TO ASK YOU, TOO, ALEX, ABOUT IN THIS DIGITAL ERA AND FROM THE JOURNALIST PERSPECTIVE, HOW VALUABLE IS AN EVENT LIKE FANCY FARM WHEN YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE CAMPAIGNS ALL THE TIME, THEIR SOCIAL AND MEDIA ACCOUNTS PUSHING OUT THEIR MESSAGES.

DOES FANCY FARM STILL HAVE RELEVANCE, DO YOU THINK, PARTICULARLY IN THE EYES OF A JOURNALIST WHO IS ALWAYS FOLLOWING THESE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES?

>> I THINK FANCY FARMINGS-- I THINK FANCY FARM IS A FASCINATING EVENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF MOST STATES HAVE AN EVENT LIKE IT.

FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER GONE, IT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST A CHURCH PICNIC WHERE THERE IS BARBECUE.

THERE ARE GAMES, VERY HOT OUTSIDE AND IT ALL TAKES PLACE UNDER THIS OPEN AIR AWNING WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS POLITICAL ROYALTY SORT OF WALKING AROUND AND DEBATING ON STAGE IN THE WAY THAT POLITICIANS USED TO DEBATE WHICH IS A RABBLE ROUSING, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING THEIR PLATFORMS TO A SHOUTING CROWD.

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO PEOPLE IN REAL TIME AND YOU GET THE SORT OF VERY RAW UNENCUMBERED VIEW THAT IS NOT CURATED BY THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TEAMS.

IT'S VERY STRIPPED DOWN SPECTACLE THAT SEEMS PLUCKED OUT OF THE EARLY 20th CENTURY AND YET HERE IN KENTUCKY, WE ARE DEVOTED TO CONTINUING TO DO IT EVERY YEAR.

I LOVE IT, FRANKLY.

I THINK IT'S FASCINATING.

EACH YEAR IS DIFFERENT.

HAS A DIFFERENT FLAVOR DEPENDING ON THE ELECTIONS.

AS A JOURNALIST, IT'S A SITE SIGHT TO BEHOLD.

>> Renee: THE SUPER BOWL OF KENTUCKY POLITICS AND GONG SHOW AT THE SAME TIME.

A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AT FANCY FARM.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Renee: THE COUNTDOWN IS ON.

WE ARE ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES AWAY FROM ALL OF THE ACTION ON THAT STAGE YOU ARE SEEING.

THAT IS THE PAVILION ON THE WHITE STAGE THERE WHERE THE POLITICIANS WILL BE AND THEY'RE FILLING UP.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK HERE.

THEY'RE FILLING UP THAT PAVILION.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE THINNER CROWD.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A HARSH JUDGMENT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, BUT USUALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST PRESENCE IN THE PAVILION.

TREY GRAYSON, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?

>> THERE ARE GAPS, USUALLY IT'S BODY TO BODY AND SEVERAL ROWS.

I REMEMBER I WAS STANDING THREE OR FOUR ROWS BACK.

I'M 6'5" SO IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL BUT THAT'S AS CLOSE AS I COULD GET.

THOSE ARE THE PEAK YEARS WHEN YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR'S RACE.

BUT A LIGHTER CROWD.

THE WEATHER IS FINE.

>> Renee: THE WEATHER IS GREAT THERE.

SUNSHINING.

88°.

>> BUT IF I'M A DEMOCRAT, WHY DO I REALLY-- IF I'M NOT FROM THE REGION, LIKE THE PURCHASE.

IF I'M MORE THAN A COUPLE HOURS AWAY, WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO TO THIS EVENT?

NOW THE BARBECUE IS AWESOME.

THAT WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO IS EAT THE BARBECUE.

SIMILARLY IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN THINKING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

IT WON'T BE THE SAME.

THAT'S A LONG DRIVE FOR FOLKS FROM LOUISVILLE, LEXINGTON, NORTHERN KENTUCKY LIKE ME.

AND SO I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE.

AND YOU CAN WATCH IT ON KET.

>> Renee: RIGHT.

FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING OF YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM.

>> WE SAW THE BIG PICTURE THERE WITH THE CEASE FIRE NOW SIGN.

SO HERE WE ARE TALKING PLL INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AT FANCY FARM.

SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE THE POINT ABOUT THE CRISIS IN GAZA AND WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN.

THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT ANYTHING GOES AT FANCY FARM.

LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL.

DOESN'T MATTER.

INTERNATIONAL.

IT'S A MELTING POT OF INTEREST AND IDEAS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY WELL INFORMED.

PEOPLE DON'T COME HERE SAYING WHAT IS POLITICS?

THEY PRETTY MUCH HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND IDEAS AND THEY'RE EAGER TO SHARE IT.

>> Renee: THEY'RE UPPER LEVEL GRADUATES, AREN'T THEY?

AND THEY'RE OFTEN BUSSED IN, RIGHT?

THE YOUNGER CROWD AS WELL.

BUT YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT THERE, BOB, WILL WE HEAR A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL-TYPE TALK OR WILL IT REALLY BE ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND WILL IT BE MORE HYPER LOCAL?

I MEAN CONSIDERING WHO IS ON THE ROSTER.

>> OBJECT-- OBVIOUSLY CAMERON AND THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT WILL FOCUS ON THE NATIONAL ISSUES.

THAT WILL BE THE BIG EMPHASIS OUTSIDE OF THE AMENDMENT.

IF I WERE BEING ABLE TO SPEAK THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TALK ABOUT, ARE NATIONAL ISSUES.

NOW THAT BEING SAID, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, DO ANY OF THE STATE REPUBLICAN OFFICE HOLDERS TALK MORE ABOUT STATE ISSUES AND THE SUCCESS OF REPUBLICAN POLICYMAKERS AND THE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERS US REPUBLICANS IS THAT GOVERNOR BESHEAR TALKS ABOUT THE BUDGET WHEN HIS STAFF DIDN'T WRITER AND JONATHAN SCHELL, WILL HE WANT TO TALK ABOUT STATE ISSUES AND TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN PASSED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER OR WILL THEY FOCUS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE?

>> Renee: WE SHOULD POINT OUT BECAUSE YOU MENTION ABOUT THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE, BUT ALSO DANIEL CAMERON AS THE SURROGATE FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

THERE IS NOT A SURROGATE FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN.

>> THERE SHOULD BE, GIVEN CAMERON SHOWING UP AND HE WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED BECAUSE HE IS A PROSPECT FOR THE FUTURE, TO RUN AGAIN.

SO HIS REMARKS WILL BE CAREFULLY MEASURED.

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HARRIS PERSON AND ABOUT CREDIT, MY FREE ADVICE, CREDIT GOES TO THOSE WHO TAKE IT.

SO MANY A TIME YOU WILL HEAR I DON'T WANT TO HELP WITH THAT BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THEY'LL GET THE CREDIT.

BUT TAKE THE CREDIT AND RUN OFF WITH IT AND WE'LL MEASURE IT LATER.

>> Renee: IF WE CAN, CHRISTOPHER, KIND OF PUT UP THAT DOUBLE BOX AGAIN SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THINGS ARE.

SO, YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN EMPTY STAGE AND IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM WHERE WE ARE WHO IS ON THE STAGE.

SOMEONE WITH BETTER VISION MAYBE CAN POINT OUT FOLKS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE FAR BETTER THAN I CAN.

BUT WE DID MENTION JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO HOW A LITTLE LIGHTER CROWD, MAYBE NOT AS ROBUST.

WE HAD THE AUDIO DOWN BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN POP THAT UP AND YOU WILL HAVE IT FULL STREAM, FULL THROTTLE WHEN THINGS GET UNDER WAY.

YOU WON'T MISS THE OPTICS FOR SURE.

IT IS A DIFFERENT CROWD, DIFFERENT YEAR AND WE ARE THINKING ABOUT-- GO AHEAD.

>> WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THE AQUA BLUE, THAT'S COMER.

COMER IS FROM THE-- REPRESENTS THE REGION.

HE IS FROM MONROE COUNTY BUT HE IS INCREDIBLY WELL ORGANIZED.

HIS STATE DIRECTOR CHIEF OF STAFF CAROLYN CASH IS FROM FANCY FARM AND THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE GATHERING THAT HER MOM AND DAD HAVE BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST AND THIS EVENT AND SO COMER KNOWS THAT WE ARE ALL WATCHING.

THERE IS SENATOR MILLS.

>> Renee: JONATHAN SCHELL.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, BUT COMER KNOWS THAT IF ALL THE PEOPLE WEAR THE BLUE, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND NOTICE IT AND SAY HE HAS A LOT OF POPULARITY.

HE IS VERY WELL ORGANIZED.

HE WORKED THIS.

HE WILL GET A LOUD RESPONSE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE VOID.

AS BOB WAS SAYING, TAKE THE CREDIT.

GRAB HOLD OF IT AND COMER SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN OFF TO A GOOD START.

>> Renee: THEY GOT THERE EARLY.

THEY HAVE HAD THEIR CHAIRS PROPPED DOWN FOR A LONG TIME.

>> EVEN LAST YEAR HE HAD A REALLY BIG PRESENCE.

HE WASN'T ON THE BALLOT.

>> Renee: RIGHT, YEAH.

>> I WOULD NOMINATE TREY GRAYSON FOR THAT JOB SOMETIME.

>> $'S McCONNELL.

SORRY.

>> GOOD.

>> SECRETARY CHOW.

GOOD ACTION SHOT THERE.

I MISSED MY POINT.

>> Renee: YOU HAD TREY-- [LAUGHTER] >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS HURD.

AND I TEASED FATHER SICHKO THIS WEEK WHO WILL EMCEE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

BUT HE LOVES THE MICROPHONE.

I SAID THEY'RE GOING TO GONG YOU DOWN IF YOU DON'T WATCH YOUR TIME.

YOU MIGHT GET THE MESSAGE, A FEW AMENS AND GET GOING.

>> Renee: IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A CLERGY HAS BEEN THE EMCEE OF THE POLITICAL EVENT AND WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE HIM?

HE CAN'T BE LIKE MATT JONES OR SCOTT JAMES, RIGHT?

>> WE WOULD HOPE NOT.

I IMAGINE HE WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH BUT MY YEAR AS EMCEE, THE COMER FOLKS, 200 TO 300 YOUNG PEOPLE DRESSED ALIKE, PERFECTLY POLITE RIGHT THERE UP FRONT.

SO THEY'RE MAKING THE POINT THAT FANCY FARM AND WEST KENTUCKY IS COMER COUNTRY, AND MAKING THE POINT THAT YOU MIGHT SEE COMER ON A STATEWIDE BALLOT SOMETIME IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.

>> Renee: HASN'T GIVEN UP ON THAT AMBITION AT ALL.

>> WE ALL THINK THAT HE IS LOOKING SERIOUSLY AT THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IN 27 WHICH WOULD BE, AT LEAST ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, AN OPEN SEAT OR SOMEBODY-- IT COULD BE AGAIN AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE COLEMAN IS RUNNING FOR ELECTION BUT IT WOULDN'T BE REELECTION.

IT WOULD BE A KEEP KIND OF CAMPAIGN AND COMER IS VERY SMART AND ASTUTE POLITICALLY AND SO, YEAH, THEY GET THERE EARLY, THEY DRESS UP.

THEY MAKE NOISE.

ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT COMER DID LAST YEAR WHICH IS INTERESTING, HE SPOKE MORE ABOUT FEDERAL ISSUES FAL ISSUES THAN ABOUT HIMSELF.

VERY LITTLE ABOUT CAMERON.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBER ON OUR SIDE, ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WHEN WE WERE SAYING, HUH, THAT'S INTERESTING.

AND ACTUALLY SOMEWHERE A LITTLE-- SOME WERE CRITICAL OF THAT.

IT'S A BIG GOVERNOR'S RACE YOU SHOULD SPEAK ABOUT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

HE HAS LIBERATED TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS.

>> COMER IS IMMENSELY POPULAR IN WASHINGTON AND POWERFUL.

ANY TIME YOU CHANGE YOUR NAME TO CHAIRWOMAN OR CHAIRMAN, THINGS CHANGE AND HE HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE CHAIR OF THAT SPECIAL COMMITTEE AND IS WIDELY KNOWN AND DEFINITELY SOUGHT AFTER FOR HIS ROLE AND INFLUENCE IN WASHINGTON BY MANY OF THE CROWD IN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS ACROSS THE NATION.

>> Renee: SPEAKING OF CROWDS, LET'S LOOK AT A CROWD SHOT OF FANCY FARM, WEST KENTUCKY.

WE KNOW WE HAVE GOT POLITICIANS FILING IN NOW AND THEY'RE MILLING ABOUT AND WE WILL BRING YOU SO YOU WON'T MISS ANY OF THAT.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT AS WELL.

THAT'S THE BIG PART OF IT IS THE OPTICS OF THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE AUDIO THERE SO WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT NATURAL AMBIENCE THERE.

SO WE, RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE WATCHING STEVEN ELDER, POLITICAL CHAIRMAN WHO I HAD THE INTERVIEW WITH THAT WE PLAYED BACK A MOMENT AGO.

AND YOU'VE GOT OUR HAND HELD CAMERA THERE.

THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD DOWN THERE TO GIVE YOU THIS COVERAGE OF THIS PICNIC EXCLUSIVELY RIGHT HERE ON KET.

STAY WITH US FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE 144th FANCY FARM PICNIC.

>> BUT ALSO TO ENGAGE IN THE VIBRANT POLITICAL DISCOURSE THAT HAS MADE THIS PICNIC FAMOUS.

NO MATTER THE IDEOLOGY THAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME HERE AT FANCY FARM.

THANK YOU TO THE SUPPORT FROM OUR PASTOR FATHER DARYL, MY MENTOR, MARK WILSON OUR POLITICAL-- OUR REGULAR PICNIC CHAIRMAN, ANDY HEYDEN IS HERE.

AND MY SON BAKER, I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

ALL OF OUR MEDIA FRIENDS, OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OUR LOCAL RADIO STATION, STATEWIDE MEDIA AND PODCAST AND NATIONAL MEDIA IS HERE WITH US.

AND FOR THOSE WHO ALLOW US TO ASSEMBLE HERE IN A FREE AND SAFE WAY, LET'S GIVE A THUNDEROUS APPRECIATION TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN.

[ APPLAUSE ] I WILL NOW INTRODUCE TO YOU THE MOST REVEREND BISHOP WHO WILL COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN PRAYER.

BISHOP.

>> AS ALWAYS, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE AND MY FIRST WORDS ARE ALWAYS TO SAY THANK YOU TO FATHER VENDERS, THE PASTOR OF ST. JEROME CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE OF ST. JEROME'S PARISH AND FANCY FARM.

THEY SHOW US KENTUCKY HOSPITALITY EXCELLENTLY.

AND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE VISIT AUTOS,-- VISITORS, THEY DO THIS IN ORDER TO SHOW YOU HOSPITALITY I HOPE YOU WILL RETURN THAT BECAUSE ANY DOLLAR YOU SPEND HERE IS GOING TO BE WELL USED TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND TO SERVE THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN REACHING OUT TO THE POOR AND THE LESS FORTUNATE.

LET US PRAY.

ALL MIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD, YOU HAVE REVEALED YOUR GLORY TO ALL NATIONS.

GOD OF POWER AND MIGHT, WISDOM AND JUSTICE.

THROUGH YOU, AUTHORITY IS RIGHTLY ADMINISTERED, LAWS ARE ENACTED AND JUDGE MANY IS DECREED.

-- JUDGMENT IS DECREED.

PEOPLE OF ST. JEROME AND FANCY FARM WHO TODAY WELCOME TO THEIR COMMUNITY TENS OF THOUSANDS.

MAY THE WELCOME INCLUDE THEIR NOURISH BOTH THEIR BODIES AND THEIR SPIRITS.

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 SCRIPTING.

WE PRAY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

WE PRAY FOR ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

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

WE PRAY FOR LOCAL LEADERS.

MAY ALL WHO SPEAK 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.

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 PRESERVE IN UNION AND THAT PEACE WHICH THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE.

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

BLESS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY THOSE WHO CALL TO BE LEADERS OF STATE OF EDUCATION AND CHURCHES OF TO CALL ALL PEOPLE TO SACRIFICE OF THE COMMON GOOD, AS OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NATION, AND THE WORLD STRIVES TO BRING HEALING FROM ANY ILLS IN SOCIETY.

BLESS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND SCIENTISTS THAT THEY MAY SHOW WISDOM AND CHARITY.

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

BLESS AND COMFORT ALL VICTIMS OF WAR.

KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM, MAY EACH OF US BE INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE, THAT THE DAY MAY SOON COME THAT CONFLICTS NEED NOT BE SOLVED BY VIOLENCE.

BLESS THE POOR OF OUR NATION AND THE WORLD.

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

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

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

AMEN MUCH.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU BISHOP MEDLEY.

BEFORE WE CONTINUE, DO I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A SPECIAL GUEST SHE IS NO STRANGER TO FANCY FARM THIS GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SERVED AS THE U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY OF LABOR UNDER THE DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

WELCOME SECRETARY CHOW AND WELCOME FOR YOUR SERVICE.

(CHEERING AND BOOING).

>> WE DO TRY TO ENCOURAGE BOTH PARTIES TO ATTEND.

AND THIS YEAR EVEN THIRD PARTIES TO ATTEND OUR FAMOUS FANCY FARM PICNIC.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION TO BE WITH US TODAY.

IT'S NOT EASY SPEAKING TO A CROWD THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT YOU.

BUT THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP.

IT IS WHERE WE FIND THE FREE SPEECH AND WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND.

BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND GO OFF SCRIPT HERE A LITTLE BIT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TWO DEMOCRATS THAT DID COME TODAY AARON MARSHAL AND REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON.

THANK YOU ALL.

[ CHEERING ] THIS YEAR'S SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE JESSICA FOX.

SHE IS A PARISHIONER HERE AT STN FANCY FARM WITH HER HUSBAND KEVIN AND THEIR SON.

JESSE KASS A KINDERGARTEN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AT FANCY FARM ELEMENTARY AND LIFE LONG CHILDHOOD FRIEND I MET IN PRESCHOOL.

JESSICA.

>> THANK YOU.

♪ 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 ♪ IS 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 ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> GREAT JOB, JESSICA.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT SINGER IS ALSO FROM FANCY FARM.

PROBABLY ONE WILL WANT TO CONTINUE FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

TIFFANY BAILEY IS A PARISHIONER AS WELL.

SHE RESIDES WITH HER HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN.

SHE WORKS AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IN INTERNAL MEDICINE SINCE THE 0 0 8.

TIFFANY IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF OUR BINGO BOOTH OVER THERE.

SHE HAS STEPPED AWAY TO SING MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

TIFFANY.

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ ♪ TIS SUMMER THE PEOPLE ARE GAY ♪ ♪ THE CORN COB'S RIPE AND THE MEADOW'S IN BLOOM ♪ ♪ WHILE THE BIRDS MAKE MUSIC ALL THE DAY ♪ ♪ THE YOUNG FOLKS ROLL ON THE LITTLE CABIN FLOOR ♪ ♪ ALL MERRY, ALL HAPPY AND BRIGHT ♪ ♪ BY 'N BY HARD TIMES COME A-KNOCKING AT THE DOOR ♪ ♪ THEN MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME GOOD NIGHT ♪ ♪ WEEP NO MORE, MY LADY OH, WEEP NO MORE, TODAY ♪ ♪ WE WILL SING ONE SONG FOR THE OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ ♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME FAR AWAY ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT.

WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT LOCAL TALENT HERE AT FANCY FARM, DON'T YOU THINK?

LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TIME KEEPER TODAY, Mr. DRAKE WILLIAMS WHO IS DOWN FRONT.

HE IS A CURRENT SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT McCRACKEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WILL STAND IN INCREMES OF ONE MINUTE 30 SECONDS.

AND TIME IS UP.

IF THE SPEAKERS GO OVER, WHAT ARE WE GOING PLAY, CHARLEY?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME ♪ ♪ IF I COULD FIND A WAY.

>> THAT'S A GOOD SONG.

WE CAN'T TURN THE TIME BACK AND WE CAN'T TURN THE WORDS BACK THAT MIGHT HURT YOU SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR EMCEE.

OUR EMCEE THIS YEAR IS FATHER JIM, FATHER JIM IS A PRIEST OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

HE HAS BEEN AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PREACHERY VAN GELLIST, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER FOR 25 YEARS AND IN 2015, POPE FRANCIS MADE HIM FATHER OF MERCY.

KNOWN AS THE BEST OPENING ACT BY DOLLY PART ON.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN BE THIS YEAR'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES.

HE HAS SPOKEN ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS AND SOON ALL 50 STATES.

YOU SHOULD FOLLOW HIM AS THOUSANDS OF OTHERS DO ACROSS FACEBOOK, X AND INSTAGRAM.

AT THIS TIME, WOULD THE EMCEE OF OUR 144th ANNUAL ST. JEROME FANCY FARM PICNIC PLEASE CALL ALL THE ANGELS AND KEEP EVERYONE IN LINE.

FATHER JIM.

♪ FEEL THE WORDS SHAKE FROM THE WORDS THAT I SAY ♪ ♪ AND I, CALLING ON ANGELS ♪ >> GOOD AFTERNOON, FANCY FARM.

WHAT A CROWD!

COME ON, HELLO, FANCY FARM!

I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE HOSTING THE IS 144th ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICK TICK.

THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND EVER VISIT TO THIS TOWN.

MY FIRST EVER VISIT TO THE FANCY FARM PICNIC.

BUT THE STORIES I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS PICNIC I KNOW WOULD DRIVE A NUN TO DRINK.

AND SO, I AM, A PAPAL MISSIONARY OF MERCY APPOINTED BY POPE FRANCIS, PULL TIME EVANGELIST, APPOINTED ABOUT IT BISHOP OF LEXINGTON, JOHN STOA.

I TRAVEL THE WORLD SPREADING MESSAGES OF RECONCILIATION, PEACE, MERCY AND NOW BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE MISSION HAS SENT ME HERE TO FANCY FARM TO BE BOTH EMCEE AND, REALLY, IF THINGS GET OUT OF HAND, YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXORCIST.

[LAUGHTER] AND SO...

IT'S ONLY TAKEN 144 YEARS FOR A PRIEST TO SERVE AS EMCEE HERE.

AND I'M GOING TO ENJOY IT.

FOR THE POLITICIANS HERE TODAY, AFTER THE SPEAKING AND RHETORIC IS OVER, I HAVE A BOOTH TO HEAR YOUR CONFESSIONS FREE OF CHANNELING.

-- FREE OF CHARGE.

[LAUGHTER] MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THE REAL AUTHENTIC MISSION THAT WE ARE ALL GIVEN THIS WEEKEND, IS TO GIVE AND RECEIVE.

I PRAY THAT THIS FUNDRAISER FROM ST. JEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH, THROUGH YOUR GENEROSITY, THROUGH YOUR GIVING, THROUGH YOUR HOSPITALITY, WILL DELIVER MUCH GOOD TO OTHERS MOST IN NEED AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

[ APPLAUSE ] SPEAKING OF POLITICIANS, I WANT TO START BY ALL OF US, PLEASE BY GIVING A BIG HAND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF OUR ESTEEMED GUESTS HERE TODAY, THOSE FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THEY HAVE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS OUT THERE, JUGGLING POLITICS SERVING WHILE DODGING QUESTIONS.

THEY EARNED YOUR APPLAUSE JUST FOR SHOWING UP.

SO LET'S HEAR IT FOR THEM.

[ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS?

[ CHEERING ] AND WHERE THE DONKEYS?

WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS?

WHERE ARE THE INDEPENDENTS?

CHEERK.

[ CHEERING ] >> SO RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO FOCUS IN ON TWO PUBLIC SERVANTS.

FIRST SENATOR McCONNELL IS THE MAN OF THE HOUR.

[ CHEERING ] (BOOING) SENATOR McCONNELL HAS BEEN IN POLITICS SO LONG, HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN WAS TO HELP MOSES GET THE 10 COMMAND MANIES SIGNED INTO LAW.

MOSES, THE ONLY OTHER MAN TO LEAD A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DESERT LONGER THAN HE.

SERIOUSLY THOUGH, HE HAS BEEN SERVING KENTUCKY FOR DECADES, PRACTICALLY A FIXTURE AND JUST IMMOVEABLE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I WANT TO SHARE A SMALL RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS YOU DID 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.

I WAS A NEW PRIEST.

MY MOM LIVED IN ORANGE, TEXAS.

SHE WAS 80 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON D.C. SHE ASKED ME TO PROVE MYSELF BY GETTING AN AUTOGRAPH BY SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL.

WOULD YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE SENATOR WAS COMING THROUGH THE CAPITOL WITH ALL OF HIS HANDLERS, AND I CRIED OUT.

I DID.

I DID.

I SAID SENATOR McCONNELL.

ALL OF THOSE HANDLERS HUSHED ME.

THEY HUSHED ME.

BUT YOU SAW ME.

YOU SAW THE COLLAR AND YOU CAME OVER TO ME AND YOU SAID TO ME, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

I SAID ALL I NEAT IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM YOU FOR MY MOM.

THAT'S IT.

AND YOU TOOK ME TO A ROOM.

YOU AUTOGRAPHED THIS PIECE OF PAPER.

MY MOTHER KEPT IT IN HER SCRAPBOOK AND I HAVE IT BROUGHT HERE TODAY.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND ALL IT SHOWS YOU IS THAT SMALL THINGS MATTER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE OF THE POLITICAL AISLE YOU ARE ON.

NEXT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT GOVERNOR BESHEAR.

GOVERNOR, YOU, TOO... (CHEERING AND BOOING).

>> HE'S NOT HERE.

>> OH SORRY, HE'S NOT HERE.

SCRATCH THAT.

[LAUGHTER] NO, BUT SERIOUSLY, GOVERNOR BESHEAR, I AM GOING TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

ANY TIME I HAVE UNDERTAKEN A MISSION OF MERCY, WHETHER IT BE FOR THE TORNADO VICTIMS OF THIS TOWN IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, IN MAYFIELD, OR THE FLOOD VICTIMS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALWAYS SOUGHT TO ASSIST THE MISSION OF MERCY.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

AS MUCH AS I LOVE ROASTING POLITICIANS, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THIS DEBATE IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY, ENGAGING POLITICAL SPIRITED DEBATE AND BRINGING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE EVEN IF OUR COMMUNITY GATHERING RESEMBLE A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY REUNION WHERE EVERYONE IS TRYING TO PROVE THEIR SIDE OF THE FAMILY IS THE BEST, WE ARE STILL UNITED IN OUR SHARED VISION AND VALUES OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND LET'S BE HONEST, I'M GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN POLITICS HAS GROWN SOUR AND DIVISIVE.

OR WORSE, DOWN RIGHT HATEFUL.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HATE AND DIVISIVENESS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES.

THEY ARE NOT OF GOD!

WE CAN DO BETTER!

AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY!

SO IT'S A TIME RIGHT NOW FOR AN EXERCISE IN KINDNESS, COMMUNITY AND MERCY.

EVERYONE STAND UP FOR A MOMENT.

STOP YOUR GRUMBLING.

STAND UP.

LOOK AROUND AND FIND SOMEONE WEARING THE SHIRT OF A CANDIDATE YOU ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT VOTE FOR THIS COMING NOVEMBER.

LOOK AROUND.

GOT THEM?

GREAT.

NOW LOOK, LOCK EYES WITH THEM.

SMILE, WAVE.

EXCUSE ME, SIR, THAT IS NOT A WAVE.

[LAUGHTER] KINDNESS COSTS NOTHING.

IT'S LIKE WAVING AT YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO YOU KNOW BORROWED SOMETHING FROM YOU AND FOREVER RETURNED IT.

JUST SMILE AND WAVE.

OKAY.

SIT DOWN.

SO NOW, HERE ARE THE FINAL RULES.

FATHER JIM'S RULES FOR POLITICAL SPEAKING TODAY.

RULE NUMBER 1: BE RESPECTFUL.

REMEMBER FOLKS, YOU WILL NEVER LOOK INTO THE EYES OF SOMEONE GOD DOESN'T LOVE SO TRY TO SEE EACH OTHER WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF DIGNITY GOD SEES IN US.

AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, JUST PRETEND YOU ARE TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT JUST BE YOUR BOSS ONE DAY.

RESPECT IS LIKE FLOSSING, IT'S NOT HARD TO DO, SOME PEOPLE ACT LIKE IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD.

IT'S GOOD FOR YOU AND MAKES BEING AROUND YOU MORE TOLERABLE.

RULE NUMBER TWO.

BE KIND.

BOO IF YOU NEED TO, CLAP IF YOU LIKE, AND REMEMBER THAT DIFFERENCES OF IDEAS DO NOT GIVE YOU AN EXCUSE TO BE A JERK.

AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO HECKLE, WHICH I HOPE YOU DO, I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT... AT LEAST BE CREATIVE ABOUT IT.

KINDNESS IS LIKE TIPPING.

IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH BUT IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

RULE NUMBER 3: DON'T BE A JERK.

SERIOUSLY.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD.

YOU LEARNED THIS IN KINDERGARTEN.

IF YOU WON'T SAY IT TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER, DON'T SAY IT HERE.

BEING A JERK IS LIKE DOUBLE DIPPING IN THE QUESO AND GUAC.

EVERYBODY NOTICES IT AND DOESN'T LIKE IT.

AND FINALLY, MY LAST RULE FOR TODAY, THANK GOD FOR TODAY.

AMEN.

AMEN?

>> AMEN.

>> THANK GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER.

THANK GOD FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] USA!

USA!

USA!

(CHANTING U.S.) -- CHANCING USA).

>> THANK YOU FANCY FARM FOR GIVING ME THIS CHANCE TO HOST YOU ALL.

NOW WITH THE RULES OVER, LET'S GET CRAZY.

LET'S HAVE IF SMUN.

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE THE FIRST SPEAKER.

SENATOR JASON HOWELL.

JASON G. HOWELL IS A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY SENATE REPRESENTING DISTRICT 1.

HOWELL WAS BORN IN FULTON, KENTUCKY.

HE EARNED HIS J.D.

FROM THE KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF LAW AND HIS BA.

A.

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.

HE IS MARRIED TO RENEE AND THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN.

HOWELL WORKED AS AN ATTORNEY BEFORE ENTERING POLITICS.

SENATOR HOWELL.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU FATHER SICHKO, YOU ARE A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN MY 1st DISTRICT, WELCOME TO THE 144th FANCY FARM PICNIC.

THANKS TO FATHER VENTERS AND STEVEN ELDER AND THE FOLKS OF ST. JEROME PARISH.

LOTS OF HARD WORK GOES INTO THIS EVENT AND WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

STANDING HERE TODAY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS PICNIC AND THESE SPEECHES ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, THAT WE DON'T HAVE MIKE HARMON'S BAD DAD JOKES TO DEAL WITH.

NOW, RUM OR ANOTHER STREET IS-- RUMOR ON THE STREET IS THAT MARK METCALF IS TAKING OVER THAT RULE.

I'VE HEARD MARK'S JOKES.

HE'S UP TO THE CHALLENGE.

SERIOUSLY, TO VOTERS OF THE BEST SENATE DISTRICT IN THE STATE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MY PRIMARY THIS YEAR.

I DON'T HAVE AN OPPONENT IN THE FALL AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN FRANK FOOTER.

-- FRANKFORT.

IT SEEMS ODD TO ME STILL THAT I DON'T HAVE A DEMOCRAT TO CHALLENGE ME IN THE FALL.

WEST KENTUCKY IS A BIG RED R BUT THERE ARE JUST NO Ds.

WHERE ARE THE Ds?

HAS ANYBODY SEEN Ds?

[ CHEERING ] WHERE DID ALL THE DEMOCRATS GO?

WE'VE GOT ALL THE OUR Rs.

BUT THERE IS JUST NO Ds.

TIM, ARE YOU BACK THERE?

HAS HANK FOUND ANY?

>> NO.

>> KEEP LOOKING.

UAL FIND ONE OUT-- YOU WILL FIND SOME OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T THINK MY DOGS ARE FINDING A WAYWARD D ANYMORE THAN YOURS DID IN 1984.

NOW, WE'VE SEEN DEMOCRATS CUT AND RUN NATIONALLY AS WELL, AND WE HAVE CONGRESSMAN JAMIE COMER TO THANK FOR THAT.

I WASN'T REALLY SURPRISED THAT BABY BIDEN DECIDED TO DUCK AND RUN REGARDS THAN FACE THE TRUTH IN THE CONGRESSMAN'S COMMITTEE.

BUT YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN, YOU ARE EVEN TOUGHER THAN I GAVE YOU CREDIT FOR BEING.

DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO DRIVE GRANDADDY BIDEN OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELL?

BETWEEN THE BIDENS COMING AFTER YOU, AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH AOC ON A DAILY BASIS, IT'S LIKE YOU FEEL YOU ARE TEFLON COATED FOR DEMOCRATS.

NOW FOR THOSE OF HOW NEED TO BE KNOWING ABOUT THIS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU THROW AT IT,TEFLON IS SO TOUGH, YOU CAN'T SCRATCH IT, MUCH LESS BEAT IT.

(BOOING) ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT LIVING HERE IN WEST KENTUCKY IS THAT WE TAKE COMMON SENSE INTO THE VOTING BOOTH WITH US.

[ CHEERING ] BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE JAMIE COMER BACK INTO OFFICE IN NOVEMBER TO KEEP PUNCHING BACK ON THE RADICAL LEFT AGENDA IN WASHINGTON.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE ARE GOING TO PUT DONALD TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE HE BELONGS TO FINISH THE JOB HE STARTED EIGHT YEARS AGO.

AND AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY.

SO BEFORE YOU SLIDE ON OUT OF HERE TODAY, GRAB YOU SOME OF THE BEST BARBECUE IN THE WORLD, ENJOY THE SPEECHES, AND ENJOY YOUR TIME HERE AT FANCY FARM.

THANK YOU.

[ CHEERING ] >> AND DON'T FORGET, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

DON'T FORGET.

THERE IS A RAFFLE GOING ON.

A 2024 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRAIL BOSS.

I BOUGHT ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORDS OF RAFFLE TICKETS TODAY, AND I AIN'T GOING HOME WITHOUT THAT TRUCK.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD HEATH.

RICHARD HEATH REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTING DISTRICT 2.

HE ASSUMED OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2013.

HIS CURRENT TERM ENDS ON JANUAR.

RICHARD HEEDS EARNED BATCH-- RICHARD HEATH EARNED A BACHELOR'S FROM MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY.

HE IS MARRIED TO RUTH HEATH AND THEY LIVE HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY.

>> THE YOU FOR THAT WARM INTRODUCTION.

IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE AT FANCY FARM PICNIC AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE BARBECUE AS MUCH AS YOU DO THE SPEECHES FROM THIS STAGE THIS EVENING.

>> THE BARBECUE IS BETTER.

>> THIS EVENT IS A CELEBRATION OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IT'S VALUES, SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF GRAVES COUNTY AND THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH.

THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT LED ME TO RUN FOR THIS OFFICE 12 YEARS AGO AND GUIDED ME EVER SINCE.

IT HAS STEERED ME THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF THE MINORITY WHERE I STUDIED AND LEARNED HOW THE PROCESS SHOULD WORK AND WHAT POLICIES WE REALLY NEEDED.

IT GUIDED ME WHEN THE ULTIMATE TEST CAME AND WE WERE GIVEN THE MAJORITY IN 2016.

I'M AWFUL PROUD WHAT HAVE WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

WE HAVE PASSED BILLS AIMED AT ELIMINATING THE STATE INCOME TAX.

MODERNIZING THE TAX CODE.

REFORMING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION.

SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MAKING OUR SCOOS SAFER.

FOLKS, OUR INCOME TAX WAS AT 6% WHEN I TOOK OFFICE.

TODAY IT IS AT 4% AND COME JANUARY OF 2026, IT WILL GO TO 3.5%.

WE HAVE INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ROADS AND BRIDGES, WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADBAND EXPANSION, PAYING OFF PENSION LIABILITIES.

WE HAVE ALSO PLACED HISTORIC AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE TRUST FUND AND MADE PROGRESS IN PROTECTING HUMAN LIFE.

PARENTS RIGHTS AND OUR CHILDREN.

[ CHEERING ] AND I WAS PROUD TO SPONSOR LEGISLATION THAT ESTABLISHED AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NON-PROFITS FIND MATCHING FUNDS TO ACCESS MILLIONS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS.

THE PROGRAM WE CALL THE GRANT PROGRAM GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ACCELERATING NEEDED TRANSFORMATION HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BRINGING CHANGE TO THE ENTIRE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND TOGETHER WE STARTED DOWN THE LONG AND PAINFUL PROCESS OF RECOVERING FROM THE SINGLE LARGEST TRAGEDY OUR REGION HAS EVER EXPERIENCED IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY.

WE ARE STILL BUILDING BACK FROM THE TORNADOES AND THE STORMS IN DECEMBER OF TWUN.

2021 BUT YOU CAN BE SURE WHEN WE ARE FINISHED, MAYFIELD AND GRAVES COUNTY WILL BE STRONGER THAN EVER.

[ APPLAUSE ] I AM, OF COURSE SAD THAT THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE TO WELCOME YOU HERE TO FANCY FARM AND GRAVES COUNTY AS YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

I WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

TOGETHER WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS.

OF COURSE IT MAY NOT BE LAST TIME YOU WILL SEE ME.

RUTH AND I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO SERVE.

BEFORE I WRAP UP, PLEASE LET'S LET ME EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO FATHER VENTERS, ST. JEROME PARISH AND FANCY FARM PICNIC COMMITTEE.

YOU HAVE OUTDONE YOURSELVES THIS YEAR.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO CALL GRAVES COUNTY HOME, WE KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO PUTTING THIS PICNIC ON AND HOW MUCH GOOD THIS CHURCH DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOUT OUT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS KENTUCKY AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER KIM HOLAWAY HAS NEVER HELD A PUBLIC OFFICE BUT WON ELECTION TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY IN THE KENTUCKY STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

BORN IN PA PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2000, A GRADUATE DEGREE FROM MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2011.

SHE IS EXCITED TO JOIN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND WE WELCOME HER HERE TODAY TO FANCY FARM.

>> I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AT MY FIRST EVER FANCY FARM.

THIS IS NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR HOME COUNTY OF GRAVES AND TO ST. JER ROAMS' 144th ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC.

I GENUINELY APPRECIATE THE WARM RECEPTION AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE PICNIC COMMITTEE FOR THE HISTORIC EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE THIS EVENT EVERY YEAR AND FATHER JIM FOR HIS REMARKS AND FATHER DARYL AND PARISHIONERS FOR OPENING UP THIS COMMUNITY TO US.

WE ALSO OWE A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE KING OF FANCY FARM, Mr. MARK WILSON.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE WEATHER ALL WEEK AND IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE HOTTER THAN ANDY BESHEAR AFTER HE SAW THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM HIS HOME COUNTY FOR THE SECOND TIME THINK THAT NIGHT THE LORD SENT AN UNEXPECTED THUNDERSTORM AND BLESSED US WITH A COOL 8 THE° INSTEAD.

-- 89° INSTEAD.

MY NAME IS KIM HOLLAWAY AND AFTER THREE YEARS OF HARD WORK AND CONSTANT PRAYER, I HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY NOMINEE FOR THE 2nd DISTRICT.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE VOTERS THAT IN GRAVES AND McCRACKEN COUNTY FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO FRANKFORT IN JANUARY.

THIS IS A SURREAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I'M TRULY HUMBLED BY ALL THE SUPPORT I HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

IT IS NOT A RESPONSIBILITY THAT I TAKE LIGHTLY.

(PEOPLE CHANTING ANDY) SINCE MAY, I HAVE BEEN WORKING NON-STOP TO ENGAGE WITH VOTERS AND VARIOUS GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THE FIRST THING I DID AFTER THE PRIMARY WAS REACH OUT TO VARIOUS OFFICIALS.

I ASKED THEM, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR HONEST OPINION ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO THE STATE FUNDING SHORTAGE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

I DIDN'T GET A SINGLE RESPONSE.

UPON FOLLOWUP, I LEARNED THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT PLEASE MEANT.

DEMOCRATS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT OPINION MEANT.

THE ATTORNEYS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HONEST MEANT.

THE LIBERTARIANS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT STATE FUNDING MEANT.

NO ONE IN LOUISVILLE KNEW WHAT A SHORTAGE MEANT.

FEW KNEW WHAT A SOLUTION MEANT AND NO ONE EAST OF BOWLING GREEN HAD ANY IDEA WHAT WESTERN KENTUCKY MEANT.

WE KNOW THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY TRUE.

OUR AREA HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING WHICH IS CRUCIAL TO RECOVERY AFTER DEVASTATION.

GRAVES COUNTY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REBUILDING OF OUR CITY HALL, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AND SOONER REGARDS THAN LATER WE HOPE, OUR AMERICAN LEGION AND GRAVES COUNTY JAIL WHICH IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO OUR ENTIRE STATE.

I'M ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

THIS CAMPAIGN WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE MESSAGE WAS HONEST.

TRUTH WAS TOLD, FOOTWORK WAS DONE.

I WANT TO CLOSE BY AGAIN THANKING EVERYBODY SO MUCH FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I'M ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR'S PICNIC.

THE WORD OUT OF FRANKFORT IS THAT I ALREADY HAVE THE PRIMARY OPPONENT FOR 2026.

WHICH IS WEIRD BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCREW ANYTHING UP YET.

REMEMBER THAT THOSE THAT JUST WANT TO SIT AT A TABLE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING UP AND GOING HOME AND THEN STAYING HOME.

I CANNOT GET TO FRANKFORT QUICKLY ENOUGH.

I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

[ CHEERING ] >> GOOD JOB.

[LAUGHTER] >> YOU GOT TO GIVE IT TO THE YOUNG MAN.

GOOD JOB, BROTHER.

NEXT.

SENATOR McDONNELL CONNELL IS A RETIRED ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN SERVING AS SENATE MINORITY LEADER SINCE 2021 AND THE SENIOR UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY SINCE 1985; THE LONGEST SERVING SENATOR IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY.

HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS MINORITY LEADER FROM 2007-2015.

MAJORITY LEADER FROM 2015-2021.

AND WAS MAJORITY WHIP FROM 2003-THE 0 0 7-- THE 0 0 7-THE 0 0 7 SENATOR McCONNELL HAS BEEN THE LEADER OF THE SENATE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE SINCE 2007.

MAKING HIM THE LONGEST SERVING SENATE PARTY LEADER IN U.S. HISTORY.

[ CHEERING ] >> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR MY 29th FANCY FARM.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE GOVERNOR, I HARVEY, IS SPENDING THE WEEKEND WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

(BOOING) I WOULD RATHER BE WITH YOU GUYS.

>> WELL, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE MANAGED TO FIND A WORSE NOMINEE THAN JOE BIDEN.

AT LEAST BIDEN POSED AS A MODERATE.

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS DOESN'T TRY TO BE ANYTHING BUT A SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL.

ALMOST ON A DIME THE LEFT HAS TRIED TO PULL THE WOOL OVER OUR EYES AND REWRITE HISTORY.

JUST LISTEN TO WHAT GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAID ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAID SHE WOULD BE A PHENOMENAL PRESIDENT.

I GET THAT IS A SURPRISE FOR A GUY USED TO HAVING JOBS SERVED UP TO HIM ON A SILVER PLATTER.

WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER, POLITICS IS A LOT LIKE COOKING.

WHEN YOU GET A BAD RECIPE, YOU GET A BAD MEAL.

KAMALA'S RECIPE IS SIMPLE.

THREE THINGS INVOLVED WITH HER CAMPAIGN.

CHAOS, CRISIS AND INCOMPETENCE.

[ APPLAUSE ] WHEN SHE WAS IN THE SENATE SHE HAD A MORE LIBERAL VOTING RECORD THAN BERNIE SANDERS WHO CALLS HIMSELF A SOCIALIST.

SHE CALLED FOR A SOCIALIZING HEALTHCARE, BANNING FRACKING, REVERSING THE TRUMP TAX CUT, DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND LISTEN TO THIS ONE.

WILL YOU REALLY LIKE THIS ONE.

DECRIMINALIZING ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS.

THAT'S THE CHAOS.

AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE HAS CAST TIE BREAKING VOTES FOR RADICAL JUDGES, SOFT ON CRIME PROSECUTORS, AND TRILLIONS IN RECKLESS SPENDING THAT LED TO THE HIGHEST CRISIS IN-- HIGHEST PRICES IN 40 YEARS.

SHE SAT BY JOE'S SIDE THROUGH THE INFLATION, THROUGH THE WEAKNESS ABROAD, THROUGH THE OPEN BOARDERS.

THAT'S THE CRISIS.

THEN WE HAVE INCOMPETENCE.

PURE INCOMPETENCE AND THERE IS A LOT OF IT.

YOU ALL REMEMBER SHE WAS THE BORDER TSAR.

SHE PLAYED HOOKY WHILE THE BORDER CRISIS ACTUALLY MADE HISTORY.

IN FACT, SHE VISITED THE BORDER ONE TIME, JUST ONE TIME WHILE SHE WAS THE BORDER TSAR.

HER NEW CAMPAIGN SLOGAN IS WE ARE NOT GOING BACK.

I GUESS SHE MEANS THE 10 MILLION PEOPLE SHE LET LOOSE IN OUR COUNTRY.

SO, THERE IT IS.

CHAOS, CRISIS AND INCOMPETENCE.

KENTUCKIANS ARE TIRED OF CHOOSING BETWEEN GAS AND GROCERIES.

A DEADLY DRUGS KILLING OUR PEOPLE, OF POLITICIANS MORE INTERESTED IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAN THE PROBLEMS OF WORKING PEOPLE.

MOST OF ALL, KENTUCKIANS ARE TIRED OF BEING GASLIT AND LIED TO BY DEMOCRATS WHO TELL US EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE.

MY FRIENDS, JUST FINE WON'T CUT IT ANY LONGER.

WE WON'T LET KAMALA HARRIS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TURN OUR COUNTRY INTO ANOTHER LEFT WING WASTE LAND.

HERE IN KENTUCKY WE KNOW BETTER.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE'VE GOT AN ALL STAR TEAM IN FRANKFORT.

SUPER MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE.

OUR STATE IS LEADING THE WAY WITH STRONG, STRONG REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.

AND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND YOUR CONGRESS AND JAMIE COMER IN THE HOUSE,.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE CAN BRING OUR ECONOMY ROARING BACK.

UNLEASH AMERICAN ENERGY, ROLL BACK BURDENSOME RED TAPE.

WE CAN CONFIRM EVEN MORE BRIGHT AND QUALIFIED JUDGES AND INVEST IN OUR GREAT MILITARY.

SO, MY FRIEND, IT'S TIME TO TURN THE BAIJ.

NO MORE CHAOS, NO MORE CRISIS, NO YOUR INCOMPETENCE.

THE TIME TO ELECT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS INTO THE MAJORITY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (CHANTING DONALD TRUMP) >> WE HAVE A COIN FLIP NOW FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE A RACE IN NOVEMBER FOR THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN JAMES COMER AND THE DEMOCRAT CHALLENGER AARON MARSHAL.

WILL THE TWO CANDIDATES PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR THE COIN FLIP.

(CHANTING COMER) AARON MARSHAL IS A FOURTH GENERATION KENTUCKIAN BORN IN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY, SHE STATES ON HER WEBSITE THAT SHE IS ALSO A SINGLE MOM TO HER SON TEDDY, A PROUD DEMOCRAT, AND A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN KENTUCKY'S 1st DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES FANCY FARM.

SHE GRADUATED FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY IN 2016.

ERIN.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

CHEER.

>> THANK YOU TO ST. JEROME'S PARISH AND THE GREAT PEOPLE OF FANCY FARM FOR HOSTING US TODAY.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE SURROUNDED AND IN THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY PEOPLE WHO TRULY CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMONWEALTH.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN COMER FOR MAKING HIS YEARLY VISIT TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS ERIN MARSHAL AND I'M RUNNING TO REPRESENT THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THIS YEAR.

WE ARE RUNNING THE FIRST COMPETITIVE CAMPAIGN THAT REPRESENTATIVE COMER HAS TO FACE SINCE 2015.

IF YOU ALL DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THAT YEAR, HE LOST TO MATT BEVIN, WHICH IS REALLY SAYING SOMETHING.

I'M A NATIVE OF FRANKFORT, AND IF YOU ALL DIDN'T KNOW, OUR FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACES ALL THE WAY FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY TO FULTON COUNTY.

THAT'S A THOUSAND MILES TRAVELED FOR ME THIS WEEKEND.

YOU KNOW, I WAS GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LET REPRESENTATIVE COMER LIVE IN HIS DISTRICT AGAIN.

HE LIVES HERE IN FRANKFORT, TOO.

WHEN I DECIDED TO COME DOWN HERE, I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD CARPOOL BUT THEN I REMEMBERED HE COMES DOWN HERE SO INFREQUENTLY, I'M NOT SURE HE COULD FIND HIS WAY.

AND THEN I REMEMBERED, HE HAS SUCH A HARD TIME CONTROLLING HIS COMMITTEES, I DON'T KNOW IF I TRUST HIM TO BE IN CHARGE OF GETTING ANYBODY DOWN HERE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'VE SPENT MY LIFE FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY AND FAMILIES LIKE MINE, FAMILIES LIKE OURS.

TO MAKE OUR LIVES A LITTLE EASIER EVERY DAY.

I GRADUATED FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, AND I'M A PROUD MOTHER TO MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON, THEODORE.

EVERYTHING I DO, LIKE I WOULD HOPE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES HERE, IS TO MAKE LIVES FOR FAMILIES LIKE OURS IN KENTUCKY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

I AM RUNNING TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE WORKED TO PUT IN OVER THE PAST YEARS OF GOVERNOR BESHEAR.

IT IS TIME TO BRING BACK MORE JOBS TO THE DISTRICTS, SUPPORT OUR FARMERS, REVITALIZE OUR SMALL TOWNS AND PROTECT A WOMANS RIGHT TO MAKE HER OWN HEALTHCARE CHOICES.

YOU SEE, JAMIE COMER HAS AN A + RATING FROM ANTICHOICE ORGANIZATIONS.

FOR A PARTY AND FOR A MAN THAT PROFESSES TO LOVE SMALL GOVERNMENT SO MUCH, HE SURE LOVES TO BE IN OUR BUSINESS.

HE IS ALWAYS VOTED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BE IN BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR.

WHEN I'M ELECTED TO CONGRESS THIS NOVEMBER, I WILL BE PROUNIONS, PRO-FARM, PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PRO-CHOICE.

JAMIE COMER HAS CONSISTENTLY VOTED AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF OUR DISTRICT.

WE MIGHT BE USED TO SEEING HIS FACE ON TV.

BUT IT'S NOT FOR HELPING US.

LET'S RETIRE ONE OF THE LEAST EFFECTIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

LET'S LET HIM GO BACK TO THAT HOME IN FRANKFORT THAT HE SHOW DESPERATELY WANTED TO LIVE IN.

AND LET'S SEND ANOTHER DEMOCRAT TO D.C. TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

(BOOING AND CHEERING) IT IS TIME TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS WORKING FOR YOU INSTEAD OF WORKING TO GET HIS FACE ON FOX NEWS.

PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF OUR DIFFERENCES IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CARE ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.

AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.

I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR.

BUT REGISTER YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE, KNOCK ON DOORS AND HELP ME RETIRE JAMIE COMER THIS NOVEMBER.

MY NAME IS ERIN MARSHALL AND I WOULD BE PROUD TO BE YOUR NEXT CONGRESSWOMAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

(CHANTING ERIN) >> JAMES COMER IS THE CONGRESSMAN WHO REPRESENTS KENTUCKY'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, HE HAS SERVED IN THE CONGRESS SINCE 2016.

DURING THE IS 14th UNITED STATES CONGRESS-- 114th UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

HE RECENTLY SERVED IN THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SERVED AS THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER OF KENTUCKY.

CONGRESSMAN COMER IS CHAIR OF THE POWERFUL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SINCE 2023.

>> THANK YOU ALL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK ON THE STAGE IN FANCY FARM AT THE GREATEST POLITICAL TRADITION IN KENTUCKY.

[ CHEERING ] I FEEL SO HONORED TO REPRESENT THIS AREA.

T.J. AND I LOVE TRAVELING THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, LISTENING CAREFULLING TO THE CONCERNS OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND WORKING HARD TO DELIVER PROMPT CONSERVATIVE CIVILIANSES IN A SOLID CONSERVATIVE VOTING RECORD.

I'M HAPPY TO BE JOINED ON STAGE BY SO MANY OF MY DEAR FRIENDS IN THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS OUR GREAT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, INCLUDING THE GREAT MARK METCALF, OUR STATE TREASURER WHO I THINK WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE BEST AG COMMISSIONER IN THE HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, JONATHAN SCHELL.

[ APPLAUSE ] I'M ALWAYS HONORED TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH MY COLLEAGUE IN WASHINGTON WHO WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT U.S.

SENATORS EVER.

THANK YOU, SENATOR McCONNELL FOR YOUR GREAT LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SHOWING UP AT FANCY FARM AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS WORKING HARD FOR WEST KENTUCKY.

NOW I WOULD BE NICE AND INTRODUCE THE DEMOCRAT LEADERS HERE, BUT THERE AREN'T I.

-- THERE AREN'T ANY.

I MEAN THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE OUR BUSINESSES AND CHURCH DURING ANDY BESHEAR'S DRACONIAN COVID'S LOCKDOWNS.

SPEAKING OF ANDY, THEY SAY HE ISN'T ISN'T HERE TODAY BECAUSE HE IS APPLYING FOR ANOTHER JOB.

HE WANTS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT SO BAD THAT WHEN KAMALA HARRIS ASKED HIM WHAT HIS PRONOUNS WERE, ANDY REPLIED, PRETTY AND PLEASE.

DESPERATE TO REINVENT HIS IMAGE FROM A WIMPY CHOIR BOY TO A LIBERAL ATTACK DOG, ANDY WENT ON NATIONAL TV TO ATTACK J.D.

ADVANCE VANCE FOR NOT BEING LIKE MOST KENTUCKIANS.

I MEAN J.D.

VANCE GREW NEWSPAPER EAST KENTUCKY IN A BROKEN HOME TO A WORKING CLASS MOTHER BATTLING ADDICTION.

AT THE SAME TIME, ANDY BESHEAR WAS ROUGHING IT GROWING UP IN THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL OF THE ATROCITIES HE WENT THROUGH GROWING UP IN THAT MANSION AND THEN LATER WHEN HE ATTENDED VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.

THE TOP TWO RACES IS THIS LOVE ARE FOR PRESIDENT AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVE.

LET ME BEGIN BY SINCERELY ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT TO ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE FIGHTING LEFT WING LIBERAL POLICIES AND DEEP STATE BUREAUCRATS AS YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED IF I HAD AN OPPONENT.

WELL, YOU JUST HEARD FROM HER.

WELCOME TO YOUR FIRST AND LAST TRIP TO FANCY FARM.

[ CHEERING ] WHEN MY LIBERAL OPPONENT FILED FOR OFFICE IN JANUARY, THE LOUISVILLE FAKE NEWS WAS SO EXCITED THAT THEY PRINTED SHE WOULD RAISE $10 MILLION AGAINST COMER.

WELL, SEVEN MONTHS LATER, AS USUAL, THE LOUISVILLE FAKE NEWS WAS WRONG.

THEY WERE ONLY OFF BY AROUND $10 MILLION.

I ASKED FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR CONGRESS BECAUSE I HAVE LED THE FIGHT AGAINST RUNAWAY SPENDING THAT LED TO BIDEN INFLATION.

I HAVE LED THE FIGHT AGAINST BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY MIDDLEMEN WHO GOUGE CONSUMERS WHO NEED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

HAVE I LED THE FIGHT TO FUND THE OVERLOOKED WATERWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS SO VITAL TO KENTUCKY FARMERS AND OUR WEST KENTUCKY BARGE COMPANIES.

I'VE LED THE FIGHT THAT EXPOSED HOW CORRUPT THE BIDE BIDEN FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THEIR INFLUENCE PEDESTRIAN LING SCHEMES WHICH NETTED THEM TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM OUR ENEMIES AROUND THE WORLD.

I HAVE LED THE FIGHT TO EXPOSE THE LIES THAT DEEP STATE ACTORS AND THEIR ALLIES IN THE MEDIA TOLD US ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP AND HILLARY CLINTON DOSSIER BEING FACTUAL AND EVEN JOE BIDEN'S DOCTOR SAYING HE WAS IN PERFECT HEALTH.

AND JUST LAST WEEK, I LED THE FIGHT TO HOLD THE SECRET SERVICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR NEGLIGENCE DURING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WASHINGTON D.C. IS A TOUGH PLACE FULL OF BAD PEOPLE WITH NO COMMON SENSE, WAGING WAR EACH DAY AGAINST OUR FUNDAMENTAL VALUES.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WANT TO BAN GASOLINE VEHICLES.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WANT TO ALLOW MEN TO PLAY WOMEN SPORTS.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WANT TO BAN WEST KENTUCKY COAL AND REPLACE IT WITH SLOORM CELLAR FARMS IN OUR-- SOLAR FARMS IN OUR CORN FIELD AND, ILLEGALS TO VOTE IN OUR ELECTIONS.

WASHINGTON D.C.

DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER LIBERAL POLITICIAN.

WASHINGTON D.C.

NEEDS A STRONG CONSERVATIVE FIGHTER WITH KENTUCKY COMMON SENSE VALUES.

WE CAN DO BETTER IN AMERICA.

BETTER THAN THE BIDEN-HARRIS NEW DEAL, BETTER THAN THE BIDEN-HARRIS TAX AND SPEND POLICIES.

WE CAN DO BETTER BY VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS THIS NOVEMBER!

I WILL WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH DONALD TRUMP AND MITCHELL McCONNELL AND THE GREAT REPUBLICANS ON THIS STATE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

THANK YOU ALL AND MAY GOD BLESS THE FANCY FARM PICNIC!

(CHANTING COMER) [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WE ARE NOW GOING TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS DANIEL CAMERON TRUMP CAMPAIGN SURROGATE AND Mr. CHASE OLIVER, LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.

ORDER WAS SELECTED BY POLLING AND FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM Mr. CAMERON.

PLEASE KNOW THAT THE FANCY FARM POLITICAL COMMITTEE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO HAVE A HARRIS CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON BUT NONE WAS SECURED.

DAN YELL J. CAMERON IS AN ATTORNEY AND POLITICIAN WHO SERVED AS THE 5 ISst ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY FROM 2020 TO 2024.

A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAMERON WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND THE FIRST REPUBLICAN SINCE 1943 TO BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE.

IN SEPTEMBER 2020, HE WAS AMONG THE FINAL 20 ADDITIONS TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UPDATED LIST OF THE POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT NOMINEES.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL HELLO, FANCY FARM!

IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK!

NOT BEING A STATEWIDE OFFICE HOLDER, I IT WAS NOT GOING TO STOP ME FROM COMING TO SEE YOU ALL.

I LOVE THIS COUNTY AND I LOVE WEST KENTUCKY!

[ APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I WAS A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, BUT I AM PROUD TO BE HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR DONDE-- FOR DONALD JU.

TRUMP!

LET ME START BY ASKING YOU TWO SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

WHO HERE LOVES OUR BELOVED COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY!

AND WHO HERE LOVES OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

[ CHEERING ] WELL, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU.

IF YOU LOVE THIS COMMONWEALTH AND YOU LOVE THIS COUNTRY, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE IN NOVEMBER AND THAT IS DONALD J. TRUMP AND J.D.

VANCE!

NOW YOU AND I HAVE A JOB THIS FALL.

WE'VE GOT TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM THE HARRIS-BIDEN AGENDA.

AND IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT I PUT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S NAME FIRST F. SHE IS GOING TO BOOT BIDEN FROM THE TICKET AND THEN TAKE THE UNDEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION, THEN SHE HAS TO OWN THAT DISASTROUS RECORD.

SHE GETS TO OWN RECORD HIGH INFLATION THAT'S CREATED HARDSHIP AND ANXIETY FOR MILLIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES.

SHE GETS TO OWN A FAILED OPEN BORDER POLICY THAT HAS CREATED MISERY FOR THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITIES.

AND SHE GETS TO OWN THIS ADMINISTRATION'S HOSTILITY TOWARDS COAL AND NATURAL GAS.

IT'S ELIMINATING SO MANY GOOD PAYING JOBS.

NOW THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO YOU FORGET ALL OF THAT.

INSTEAD, THEY WANT YOU TO CELEBRATE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS A HISTORIC FIGURE.

BUT HOW CAN THEY EXPECT US TO CELEBRATE HER AS A HISTORIC FIGURE WHEN THEY CAN'T EVEN TELL US WHAT A WOMAN IS?

LOOK, PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND BASIC BIOLOGY SHOULDN'T BE RUNNING THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS GOTTEN SO WEIRD THAT THEY WANT TO TELL WHAT YOU SODA TO DRINK.

THEY'VE GONE FROM A WAR ON COAL TO A WAR ON DIET MOUNTAIN DEW.

BUT I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BURDENED BY WHAT HAS BEEN.

THE G.O.P.

IS A BIG TIP PARTY WILL YOU DRINK L-EIGHT OR MOUNTAIN DEW OR JUST PLAIN WATER, THERE IS ROOM IN THE G.O.P.

FOR YOU.

LOOK, THE HARRIS AGENDA WILL CHANGE THIS COUNTRY FOR THE WORSE.

SHE IS OFFERING A LIST OF BAD IDEAS.

NOW SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020 AND SHE PROUDLY TALKED ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE, ABOLISHING ICE, TAKING YOUR GUNS ,.

(BOOING) AND LETTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS VOTE FROM THEIR PRISON CELLS.

THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THAT'S WHAT SHE INTENDS TO DO IF SHE IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

NOW, DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, SHE IS GOING TO TRY TO SELL YOU ON A DIFFERENT VERSION OF HERSELF; THAT SHE HAS CHANGED, THAT SHE HAS HAD AN AWAKENING.

SHE EVEN WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS TOUGHER ON THE BORDER THAN DONALD TRUMP.

BUT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN KENTUCKY FOR ANY OF US TO BELIEVE THAT.

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS NOT MET A SANCTUARY CITY SHE DOES NOT LIKE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE THAT WILL BUILD THE WALL AND THAT IS DONALD J. TRUMP.

[ APPLAUSE ] IF YOU WANT PEACE AND PROSPERITY , IF YOU WANT SAFE STREETS, IF YOU WANT ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE FUTURES OF YOUR KIDS AND YOUR GRANDKIDS, THEN THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE.

WE MUST ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP.

UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A SEASON OF RENEWAL, A SEASON IN WHICH WE PRIORITIZED THE INTERESTS OF WORKING FAMILIES OVER THE INTEREST OF BIG BUSINESS.

A SEASON IN WHICH WE PRIORITIZE PATRIOTISM OVER DIVISION, AND A SEASON IN WHICH WE PROUDLY STAND UP FOR AMERICAN VALUES OVER THE IDENTITY POLITICS OF THE LEFT.

WE ARE HEADED TO A MORE PERFECT UNION.

OUR ROAD TO RECOVERY FROM THE DISASTROUS POLICIES OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 5.

SO, FOR KENTUCKY, FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND FOR OUR CULTURE, LET'S MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

LET'S FIGHT THE GOOD NIGHT AND LET'S ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP AND J.D.

VANCE TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS KENTUCKY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> CHASE RUSSELL OLIVER IS AN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST, A SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, H.R.

REPRESENTATIVE AND NOMINEE OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY FOR THE 2024 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Mr. OLIVER WAS THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR THE 2022 UNITED STATES SENATE ELECTION IN GEORGIA AND THE 2020 GEORGIA'S FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT'S SPECIAL ELECTION.

>> HELLO KENTUCKY, HELLO FANCY FARM.

FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU TO ST. JEROME PARISH AND FANCY FARM FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I'M THE FIRST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT THIS EVENT WHO IS NOT A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT AND I THINK THAT'S A SIGN THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP TO THE FACT THAT THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IS REALLY A ONE-PARTY SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY.

NOW I CARE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU CARE ABOUT BECAUSE I'M A REGULAR WORKING PERSON.

I'M SOMEBODY WHO HAS HAD TO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND I SEE THE IMPACT OF INFLATION WHEN I TRY TO FILL UP THE GROCERY CART.

BUT LEER'S THE THING THAT NEITHER THE DEMOCRATS NOR THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO TELL YOU.

BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN DRIVING UP INFLATION BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM RUN DEBTS AND DEFICITS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT CAUSES OUR TREASURY TO PRINT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MONEY AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHO DO WE WANT TO RUN AGAINST, WE GOT THE JOE BIDEN WHO ADDED $8.9 TRILLION TO OUR DEFICIT.

WHO WANTED THE RAISE THE AGE TO OWN A GUN TO 2 IS-- 21. WHO WANTED DUE PROCESS FIRST BUT-- WAIT, NEVER MIND, I'M READING DONALD TRUMP'S RECORD ON THE ECONOMY AND ON GUNS.

DEMOCRATS WILL TALK A BIG GAME ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE HERE AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD BUT THEY'RE SILENT AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PERSECUTES WARS AROUND THE WORLD THAT LEAD TO DEATH AND DEVASTATION AND LEAD TO PEOPLE HAVING HATRED TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES.

WE NEED TO BE FIGHTING FOR A FOREIGN POLICY THAT'S ROOTED IN PEACE, ENDING THE FIGHT, CEASE FIRE NOW.

WE NEED LESS WAR IN THE WORLD.

I TRUST US TO EXPORT OUR VALUES NOT WITH MILITARISM, BULLET AND BOMB AND DRONE BUT WITH FREE MARKETS, WITH THE POWER, THE ECONOMIC POWER THAT THIS COUNTRY PROVIDES.

AS HIVE TRAVELED TO ALL 50 STATES, HAVE I SPOKEN TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED OF A TWO PARTY SYSTEM THAT JUST DOESN'T LISTEN TO THEM, THAT FURTHER DIVIDES THEM, FURTHER DIVIDES THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER.

IT'S EITHER OR.

AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY OUR DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE WORKING BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT BLACK OR WHITE ONE OR THE WORRY.

WE HAVE-- NOT ONE OR THE OTHER.

WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF OPINIONS THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND AGREE ON, BUT WE DON'T.

AND WHY IS THAT?

THAT'S BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS, THE REPUBLICANS IN THE WORLD MAKE MONEY AND THEY SEEK TO DIVIDE YOU BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM POWER AND TAKES POWERS OUT OF YOUR HAND.

I'M A LIBERTARIAN.

SOME OF YOU MAY BE SAYING WHAT IS A LIBERTARIAN.

A LIBERTARIAN IS SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES THAT YOU CONTROL YOUR LIFE BETTER THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT A GIANT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS SPENDING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN DEFICITS.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CHILD.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE A PARENT HERE IN THE CROWD TODAY.

I BET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN.

I BET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO IS A PARENT HAS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR YOUR KIDS YOU WANT TO SEE THEM SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE WORLD.

BUT THEY CAN'T.

WHY?

BECAUSE WE HAVE A BROKEN SYSTEM.

BECAUSE WE TRUST BUREAUCRATS IN WASHINGTON D.C. MORE THAN THEY TRUST YOU TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF YOUR FAMILY.

THE EDUCATION CHOICES THEY GET TO MAKE, THE MEDICAL CHOICES THEY GET TO MAKE, WHY ARE WE TAKING POWER OUT OF THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND PUTTING IT IN THE HANDS OF BUREAUCRATS IN FRANKP FORT OR WASHINGTON D.C.

I THINK THAT'S WRONG.

I THINK YOU SHOULD DETERMINE THE EDUCATION THAT YOUR KIDS GET AND IF WE ARE GOING TO FUND SCHOOLS, YOU FUND THE STUDENT, NOT THE SYSTEM.

IF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GOOD, THEY'LL KEEP BEING FUNDED BUT IF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE BAD LIKE IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA.

I'M FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE SO BAD THAT THE TEACHERS HAD TO COULD CA LEWD AND CHEAT ON TEST SCORES TO RAISE THEIR FUNDING.

THAT'S NOT SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THAT'S NOT CREATING CRITICAL THINKERS AND LIFE LONG LEARNERS.

I'M A LIBERTARIAN BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR LIFE AND THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO DEFEND YOURSELF.

I'M 2A ALL THE WAY.

AND IF I WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT, I WOULD TEAR DOWN ANY UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUN LAWS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST; INCLUDING THE ONES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP PROPOSE THE HIMSELF.

AND IF I WERE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO THINKS ABOUT YOU AND THE STRUGGLES YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, NOT MY POLL NUMBERS, NOT HOW MUCH FUNDRAISING CAN I RAISE FROM SUPER PACS OR THE CORPORATIONS THAT BUY AND PAY FOR ME.

I CARE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A WARNING.

THIS IS A WARNING TO ALL OF YOU.

THE MORE WE DIVIDE OURSELVES, THE FURTHER WE PUSH OURSELVES IN TO ONE CORNER OR THE OTHER, FURTHER WE LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO VOTE DIFFERENTLY WITH AS ENEMIES AND HATRED, THE MORE OUR COUNTRY IS AT RISK, OUR ECONOMY IS AT RISK AND MORE THE FUTURE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS ARE AT RISK.

I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE WE NEED A NEW GENERATION IN WASHINGTON D.C.

I'M A FRESH FACE IN POLITICS, 40 YEARS OLD.

40 YEARS AGO, MITCH McCONNELL WAS A FRESH FACE IN POLITICS.

TIME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

I'M TIRED OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BEING IN CONGRESS WHO ARE IN CONGRESS WHEN I WAS IN HOSTAGE 20 YEARS AGO.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM.

IT KEEPS POWER INGRAINED, KEEPS PEOPLE STUCK IN THIS TWO-PARTY MORASS.

I DARE TO YOU VOTE DIFFERENTLY.

I DARE TO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DREAMS IN YOUR LIFE, THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT IN YOUR LIFE.

YOU WANT TO OWN YOUR FIRST HOME.

YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO GO TO A GREAT SCHOOL.

YOU WANT TO SEE PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.

WHATEVER THAT DREAM IS, MUCH OF THE TIME IT'S BEING INHIBITED BY BAD GOVERNMENT AND BAD POLITICIANS.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IS TO USE THE POWER OF THE VOTE SO CHASE YOUR DREAMS, DON'T BE AFRAID TO VOTE DIFFERENTLY, AND VOTE FOR YOURSELF, YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR FAMILY AND NOT THE POLITICS OF THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A COIN FLIP FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

DURING THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, KENTUCKIANS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROVE AMENDMENT 2, A SCHOOL CHOICE BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD AMEND THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION AND ALLOW LAWMAKERS TO PASS BILLS TO FUND PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH TAXPAYER DUTIES.

-- DOLLARS.

LAWMAKERS TRY TO ENACT A PROGRAM TO FUND SCHOOL CHOICE OPTIONS BEFORE, BUT IT FAILED AFTER THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT RULED THE PROGRAM UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

AS THE ISSUE NOW COMES TO THE VOTERS, ADVOCATES ON BOTH SIDES ARE BUILDING UP THEIR CAMPAIGNS AND REFINING THEIR MESSAGE TO REACH VOTERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH BEFORE THEY CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

WILL REPRESENTATIVES STEVENSON AND REPRESENTATIVE MILES PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR THE COIN FLIP.

A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG KENTUCKIAN, CHERYLIN WHAT THELY STEVENSON HAS DEVOTED HER LIFE AND WELL-BEING IN SERVICE TO THOSE IN HER COMMUNITY, HER HERITAGE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY AND THROUGHOUT THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

SHE HAS PROUDLY REPRESENTED KENTUCKY'S 88th HOUSE DISTRICT SINCE JANUARY 2019 AND SERVES AS THE HOUSE MINORITY CAUCUS CHAIR.

2.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

MY NAME IS SHERLIN AND I'M HERE TO CHAMPION OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AS A FIRST-TIME SPEAKER, YOU CAN SAY I'M MORE EXCITED THAN A REPUBLICAN TRYING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR LUNCH BREAK.

I AM MORE READY TO GO THAN MATT BEVIN'S EX-WIFE.

I WANT TO THANK THE PICNIC'S ORGANIZERS TODAY FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2, OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER IS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

[ CHEERING ] I STAND HERE AS A PROUD PRODUCT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND NOW I STAND HERE AS A PROTECTOR OF OUR 634,000 PUBLIC EDUCATION STUDENTS.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS IN MY BLOOD.

MY MOM TAUGHT FOR 27 YEARS AS AN LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TEACHER IN KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS.

SO JUST LIKE YOU HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR RURAL AREAS.

AMENDMENT 2 WOULD ALLOW REP.

MILES AND HER BUDDIES IN FRANKFORT TO SHED DOLLARS MEANT TO SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOLS HERE IN WEST KENTUCKY DIRECTLY TO RICH FOLKS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE SO THEY CAN SEND THEIR KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL.

THIS AMENDMENT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A HAIL MARRY ATTEMPT TO REVIVE FAILED POLICIES, VOUCHER POLICIES THAT KENTUCKIANS DON'T WANT, OUR STUDENTS DON'T NEED, AND THE COURTS HAVE THANKFULLY BLOCKED.

THIS IS NOT WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE WANT MORE PRO-CHOICE LAWS.

AND TO PARAPHRASE GOVERNOR BESHEAR, VOUCHERS AIN'T FROM HERE AND WE DON'T NEED 'EM.

LEGISLATORS SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT ARE THE SAME ONES WHO SOMEHOW THOUGHT THAT FRANKFORT AND PADUCAH BELONGED IN THE SAME CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

AND SPEAKING OF CONGRESS, I'D LIKE TO THANK JAMIE COMER FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND CONGRESSMAN I KNOW IT'S SHARD WATCHING ANDY BESHEAR RISE THROUGH THE POLITICAL RANKS, BUT SHEER UP, YOU HAVE SOMETHING HE DOESN'T.

A LOSS TO MATT BEVIN.

CONGRESSMAN, I'M SURE THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 2015 LOSS A LOT.

I DO, TOO.

AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG OLD SHOUT OUT TO THOSE 83 REPUBLICANS WHO ULTIMATELY GAVE US THE MOST POPULAR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN THE COUNTRY.

IT WAS MATT BEVIN WHO GAVE US THE SEWER BILL AND VOUCHERS STINK JUST AS MUCH.

VOUCHERS ARE JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF REPUBLICANS TRYING TO SHOVE THEIR UNPOPULAR AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SCHEMES DOWN KENTUCKIANS THROATS.

THEY WILL DRY UP OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGETS AND THEY WILL SHUTTER THEIR DOORS.

BUT HEY, THAT'S OKAY, IF YOU ASK THE SUPER MAJORITY, THAT'S JUST MORE KIDS TO PUT OUT ON THE JOB SITE.

I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, I AM NOT AGAINST PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AN IMPORTANT PART TO MANY KENTUCKY FAMILIES.

HOWEVER, PUBLIC EDUCATION IS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, IT IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.

AND WE SHOULD NOT USE PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS TO BENEFIT THE FEW AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MANY.

SIMPLY PUT, THIS IS WELFARE FOR THE WEALTHY.

NOW, I'VE HAD SEVERAL TEACHERS ASK ME, HOW CAN WE GET MORE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION?

I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

BUT REALLY THE ONLY THINGS THAT I COULD THINK OF ARE NAMING THEIR SCHOOLS AFTER DONALD TRUMP , BUILDING A BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL BETWEEN THE SWINGS AND THE SLIDES AND MAKING TENNESSEE PAY FOR IT.

OR, DECLARING THAT THE 2020 ELECTION FOR CLASS PRESIDENT WAS RIGGED.

JUST LAST MONTH, STUDIES SHOWED THAT IF WE FOLLOW FLORIDA'S LEAD, VOUCHERS WILL COST US MORE THAN $1 BILLION.

THAT'S BILLION WITH A B.

AND IN FLORIDA, FAMILIES ARE USING THEIR VOUCHERS FOR TRAMPOLINES, TVs AND DISNEY TICKETS.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE VOUCHER PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO A LIVE TAPING OF THE OPRAH SHOW.

YOU YOU GET A CAR, YOU GET A BIKE AND REALLY RICH REPUBLICANS, YOU GET A TAX BREAK.

I REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL HERE TODAY FOR THE LAUGHS, BUT THIS AMENDMENT IS NO JOKE.

SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEED MORE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT, NOT LESS.

IF WE CAN FIND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR PRIVATE... ♪ IF COULD I TURN BACK TIME ♪ >> WHEN YOU ARE RAISED ON THE FARM IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, YOU LEARN LOTS ABOUT HARD WORK, FAIRNESS AND HOW TO TREAT OTHERS REPRESENTATIVE MILES IS FROM DAVIS COUNTY AND SERVES THE 7th DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY CAUCUS CHAIR.

SHE HAS SERVED THE COMMONWEALTH SINCE WINNING HER SPECIAL ELECTION IN DECEMBER 2013.

DAVE'S.

>> CHERLYNN DON'T LEAVE YET.

THE FATHER IS GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S OVER FOR CONFESSION FOR ALL THE LIES YOU JUST TOLD UP HERE HELLERY FANCY FARM.

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK THE FATHER BISHOP IMMEDIATELY, FATHER VENTERS, STEVE ELDERS, MARK WILSON, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL DO BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY IS THANK ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT EVER ARE WORKING IN ALL OF THESE BOOTHS.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE AS VOLUNTEERS.

SO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS TODAY.

AS YOU WALK AROUND THESE PICNIC GROUNDS TODAY, YOU WILL SEE FAMILIES.

THESE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF THEIR SUMMER BREAK.

WHAT THEY'RE GETTING READY TO DO IS GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS EXCITED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

A LOT OF TEACHERS ARE EXCITED.

GUESS WHAT?

NOT ALL KIDS ARE EXCITED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND THERE ARE SOME PARENTS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY DREADING IT.

OUR KIDS DEPEND ON THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR PARENTS TO CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESSES.

AND ALSO BE THERE WITH THEM FOR THEIR FRUSTRATIONS.

BUT THERE IS ANOTHER GROUP OUT THERE THAT THE KIDS REALLY NEED.

THEY NEED THE VOTERS VOTE FOR YES ON SECOND AMENDMENT IN NOVEMBER.

THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION DEPENDS ON IT.

IT CAN BE THE FREEDOM FOR EVERY CHILD NOT JUST THE RICH KIDS, BUT EVERY CHILD.

THE VOICELESS, THE PARENTS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO HAVE A CHOICE.

SEVERAL ASK WHY WOULD WE DO AN AMENDMENT?

FRANKLY, I'M A LITTLE SELFISH ON IT.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THINGS LIKE AMENDMENTS, MOST OF YOU ALL, HALF OF YOU AT LEAST, INCLUDING MYSELF, WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AMENDMENTS, WHY WE CHANGE IT, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, ONE OF THEM, THOMAS JEFFERSON, HIS QUOTE, I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR FREQUENT CHANGE IN LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONS.

BUT LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONS MUST GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE HUMAN MIND.

WE NO LONGER HAVE A ONE ROOM SCHOOL ANYMORE.

WE ARE TRYING TO TEACH THESE KIDS GLOBALLY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN COMPETE.

THE FUTURE IS AHEAD OF US IF YOU BELIEVE THAT.

AND IF WE DON'T PAY CLOSER ATTENTION, HALF OF OUR KIDS IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY CANNOT READ AT GRADE LEVEL.

THAT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT!

AN EMBARRASSMENT!

A THIRD OF THEM ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN MATH.

WE HAVE DONE, ALL TOGETHER, OVER RECORD FUNDING, EVEN COUNTING INFLATION, $17,000, OVER $17,000 FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE SYSTEM.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT HAS GOT US?

38th IN THE NATION.

THAT IS SO EMBARRASSING.

NOT ONLY ARE WE ADVOCATING FOR THE FREEDOM OF KIDS ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO HAVE A VOICE IN THEIR EDUCATION WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

IT'S JUST REALLY SAD TO THINK ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORING STATES HAVE LEFT US BEHIND.

ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORING STATES AND HERE WE ARE, TRAILING AT THE BOUGHT-- TRAILING AT THE BOTTOM.

IT HAS HELPED SO MANY OTHER STATES.

THEY WANT TO SAY IT WILL HARM PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IT MAY HARM THE SYSTEMS, BUT IT WILL NOT HARM THE TEACHERS AND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD OUT THERE.

IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE OF KENTUCKY, IF YOU TRULY THINK THAT THEY ARE, BY GOSH, THEY'RE WORTH IT.

THEY'RE WORTH YOUR VOTE, THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN NOVEMBER THIS IS A VOTE ON SECOND AMENDMENT FOR EDUCATION FREEDOM.

OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT.

OUR CHILDREN ARE WORTH IT.

SO LOVE THAT CHILD, EVERY CHILD IS WORTH IT.

VOTE YES ON SECOND AMENDMENT AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE PRIEST BEFORE YOU LEAVE, CHERLYNN.

>> AND NOW WE WILL HAVE SOME SPEAKERS FROM OUR STATE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.

RUSSELL COLEMAN IS AN ATTORNEY AND POLITICIAN WHO IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE 52nd ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY.

HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY FROM 2017 TO 2021.

Mr. COLEMAN GREW UP HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY HE ALSO RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE AND LAW DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

IT'S 2024 AND AS WE'VE DEMONSTRATED WE REPUBLICANS ARE A BIG TENT WATER, A WELCOMING PARTY, A PARTY OF DIET MOUNTAIN DEW AND SUN DROP.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT ST. JEROME FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING ON THIS STAGE AT GRAVES COUNTY.

THIS IS A PLACE THAT MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO ME.

I WANT TO WISH AN EARLY HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY TO GRAY GRANDMA OF MAYFIELD.

PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME AGAIN.

THIS HAS BECOME A TRADITION.

SPEAKING OF SHOWING UP, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT OUR GOVERNOR IS NO THE HERE WITH US TODAY.

HE IS TRAVELING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AUDITIONING TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, BUT HE WON'T COME TO FANCY FARM FRIENDS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE WILL PICK, BUT I KNOW IT AIN'T ANDY.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT SPEAK FROM THIS PODIUM.

THOSE WITH HAPPY TALK AND THOSE WHO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK.

I'VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO SERVING AS AN FBI SPECIAL AGENT, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UNITED STATES ATTORNEY AND NOW AS YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

I'M NOT ONE FOR HAPPY TALK.

IT WASN'T JUST HAPPY TALK WHEN I STOOD HERE AND PROMISED TO BE KENTUCKY'S TOP COP.

WE ARE LOCKING UP VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND PREDATORS WHO TARGET OUR KIDS IT WASN'T JUST HAPPY TALK WHEN I PROMISED TO TAKE ON THE DRUG THREAT.

WE ARE FINALLY BUILDING A STATEWIDE PREVENTION EFFORT TO SAVE LIVES, AND IT WASN'T HAPPY TALK, MY FRIENDS WHEN I PROMISED TO FIGHT THE BIDEN-HARRIS AGENDA.

WE ARE STANDING UP FOR AFFORDABLE ENERGY AND WE ARE SLAMMING THE BRAKES ON THEIR ABSURD EV MANDATES.

WHETHER YOU BUILD STUFF IN MANUFACTURING OR GROW STUFF IN OARG AGRICULTURE ARE JUST LIKE TO DRIVE IN THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY IN SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, MY FRIENDS, THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT OUR VALUES.

AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE GROCERIES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, OUR STREETS FEEL LESS SAFE AND DRUGS FLOOD OVER OUR POROUS SOUTHWEST BORDER WITH MEXICO.

BUT WAIT MY FRIENDS, NOTHING WORRY, OUR BORDERSER TSAR IS ON THE CASE.

YEAH, JUST LOOK AROUND.

LOOK AROUND, THE BIDEN-HARRIS FAILURES ARE ON FULL DISPLAY SO WE ARE TAKING THE FIGHT TO THEM.

WE DRAGGED THIS ADMINISTRATION TO FEDERAL COURT RIGHT HERE IN THE WESTERN KENTUCKY TO ANSWER FOR THEIR E.V.

MANDATE AND WE WON.

[ CHEERING ] AND WE TOOK THE BIDEN-HAR TOYS COURT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY TO STOP THEIR ASSAULT ON WOMEN'S SPORTS AND WE WON.

BAIR THIS IS THE YEAR WE GET OUR COUNTRY ON TRACK.

LET'S SEND OUR SUPER MAJORITIES BACK TO FRANKFORT.

LET'S RE-ELECT JAMIE COMBER TO CONGRESS!

AND RETURN PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

[ CHEERING ] THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF SERVING AS YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

MAY GOD PROTECT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR COMMONWEALTH.

MICHAEL ADAMS IS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

HE IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

HE WON IN 2019 AND THEN WON REELECTION IN 2023 WITH 60% OF THE VOTE.

HE IS FROM NEARBY PADUCAH KENTUCKY, GRADUATED FROM READ ON-HIGH SCHOOL AND LOUISVILLE LAW SCHOOL.

>> Y'ALL KEEP IT DOWN NOW.

IT'S 4:00 ON THE EAST COAST AND THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

THIS IS MY 22nd FANCY FARM PICNIC.

WHEN I WAS A BOY GROWING UP HERE IN THE 1990s, MY HOME COUNTY OF McCRACKEN WAS 88% REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.

TODAY McCRACKEN IS RED.

GRAVES COUNTY, TOO.

IT HAS GOTTEN SO TOUGH UP HERE FOR THE DPS THAT THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS LAUNCHED A RURAL LYNCHING TOUR SO THEY CAN FIND OUT WHAT A RURAL PERSON LOOKS LIKE.

AT THEIR EVENT HERE LAST NIGHT, THEY ASKED THE CATERER IF THEY HAD ANY LOW SODIUM COUNTRY HAM.

THEY THINK A CAMP MEETING IS WHERE YOU GO TO PROTEST AGAINST GAZA.

YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HELP, SHOWING UP AT FANCY FARM.

I HAVE BEEN PROUD TO SERVE AS YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE AND CHIEF ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND I'M PROUDER STILL TO SERVE YOU THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

IN NOVEMBER, YOU MADE ME THE TOP VOTE GETTER OF ALL CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.

BOTH PARTIES.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE MADE IT EASY TO VOTE AND HARD TO CHEAT.

AFTER GENERATIONS OF EMPTY PROMISES BY DEMOCRATS, OFFERING MORE VOTING ACCESS.

BEFORE I TOOK THIS JOB, LINES TO VOTE IN OUR STATE WERE SO LONG, HUNTER BIDEN TRIED TO SNORT 'EM.

BY THE WAY, THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER FOR HOLDING THE BIDENS ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN COMER.

[ APPLAUSE ] AS YOU KNOW, I'M PREPARING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND I'M STILL WAITING ON THE DEMOCRATS TO TELL ME WHO TO PUT ON THE BALLOT.

IT LOOKS LIKE FOR PRESIDENT, THEY'LL NOMINATE SAN FRANCISCO'S OWN KAMALA HARRIS.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HER BUT WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT JOE BIDEN PUT KAMALA HARRIS IN CHARGE OF BORDER SECURITY.

THE WORST APPOINTMENT SINCE ANDY BESHEAR PUT JACQUELINE COLEMAN IN CHARGE OF EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

WORD IS, IT MIGHT BE ANDY BESHEAR FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

ACTUALLY, ANDY BESHEAR WOULD BE A GOOD PICK FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.

KAMALA HARRIS NEEDS HELP WITH FUNDRAISING AND ANDY BESHEAR CAN RAISE $200,000 OFF JUST ONE DUDE'S CREDIT CARD.

CLAR UNDER BESHEAR AND COLEMAN, KENTUCKY RATES 47th OUT OF 50 STATES ON OUR ECONOMY.

46th IN OPPORTUNITY AND 50th IN EMPLOYMENT.

AS IMPORTANT AS THE WHITE HOUSE IS, THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT ELECTIONS ON YOUR BALLOT, TOO.

AFTER YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN, AND I KNOW YOU WILL, YOU ARE NOT DONE VOTING YET.

THERE ARE NON-PARTISAN CHOICES ON YOUR BALLOT, TOO.

TWO OF THOSE ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT AMENDMENT THE FROM OTHER SPEAKERS.

AMENDMENT 2 WOULD ALLOW OUR LEGISLATORS TO CONSIDER NEW IDEAS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION.

AMENDMENT 1 WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR IN OUR STATE CONSTITUTION THAT NON-CITIZENS CANNOT VOTE IN KENTUCKY ELECTIONS.

NOW I'M NOT LETTING THAT HAPPEN, BUT I WON'T BE IN THIS JOB FOREVER.

FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER SCANDALOUS DEMOCRAT IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU VOTE ON AMENDMENT ONE.

IN CLOSING, THANK YOU TO ST. JEROME'S PARIS AND-- PARISH AND ALL THE VOLUNTEER WHO MAKE TODAY POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ] JONATHAN SCHELL IS THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER OF KENTUCKY, A REPUBLICAN, HE IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HE REPRESENTED DISTRICT 71.

HE SERVED AS THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SCHELL EARNED HIS B.A.

IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.

>> IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW, FOLKS, AND I WANT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT AN EMERGING ISSUE AND PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S CALLED ELDER ABUSE.

IT CAN AFFECT ANY FAMILY.

IT SEEMS THE EPIDEMIC STARTED IN DELAWARE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ACTUALLY STANDING UP HERE FEELING SORRY FOR JOE BIDEN.

AND WHERE IS HE, BY THE WAY?

SINCE THE DEMOCRATS CONVERTED THE WHITE HOUSE INTO AN ASSISTED LIVING, WE HAVE BARELY SEEN THIS GUY.

IS HE GETTING ICE HIS CREAM, HIS NAPS?

WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW.

BUT EVEN THOUGH HE IS EXITING THE STAGE, THE MESS HE AND KAMALA HARRIS CREATED IS STILL WITH US.

THE COST OF LIVING IS KILLING WORKING AMERICAN FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE SOUTHERN BORDER IS OVERRUN BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, THE WORLD IS IN CHAOS, WAR AND THREATS OF WARS ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WHY?

IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

BECAUSE THE BIDEN-HARRIED IS THE WEAKEST INCOMPETENCE TENT IN OUR LIFETIME IT IS CLEAR WHO IS PULLING THE STRINGS, THE BORDER TSAR, THE LAST VOICE IN THE ROOM BEFORE THE DISASTROUS PULLOUT OF AFGHANISTAN, THE PERSON WHO BAILS OUT VIOLENT CRIMINALS TO COMMIT MORE JUVENILE CRIMINALS, THE MOST LIBERAL CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY.

(BOOING) WE ARE LIVING UNDER THE LIFE OF KAMALA HARRIS, WHAT ARE YOU EXPERIENCING NOW?

THIS IS HER POLICY, HER PLAN, AND THESE ARE HER RESULTS HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WAY KAMALA HARRIS IS ORGANIZING HER CAMPAIGN?

IN ORDER TO GET ON THE PHONE WITH HER CAMPAIGN, HAVE YOU TO SEGREGATE YOURSELF IN RACE, IN GENDER.

THE 1950s CALLED.

THEY WANT ITS SEGREGATION BACK.

GOOD GRIEF.

IT'S THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024 AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS NOW ORGANIZING SUPPORTERS BY RACE AND FORCING THEM INTO SEGREGATED PHONE CALLS?

BACK TO THEIR ROOTS, I GUESS.

WHAT IS OLD IS NEW AGAIN, HUH?

FOLKS, THERE IS A BETTER WAY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP HITTING OURSELVES OVER THE HEAD AND EXPECTING MORE THAN A HEADACHE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE ACCEPTING TO BE DIVIDED UP AND PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WE CAN DO BETTER.

WE ARE ALL AMERICANS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE DIVIDED.

WE CAN BE UNITED AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT.

AND WE CAN SEND JAMIE COMER BACK TO CONGRESS.

[ CHEERING ] WE CAN VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET THIS FALL TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF THE HARRIS-BIDEN REGIME.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR RACE, YOUR GENDER, GEOGRAPHY OR ANYTHING ELSE.

WE WE JUST CARE ABOUT YOU AND WHETHER YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOUR PERSONAL VEXER OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

FOR REPUBLICANS, WE WELCOME EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE A BETTER COUNTRY.

THANK YOU, FANCY FARM!

AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME YOUR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE IN KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

CHEERING (CHANTING) >> MARK METCALF IS THE KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER.

HE ASSUMED OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2024.

MARK METCALF WAS BORN IN LANCASTER, KENTUCKY.

HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FROM 1992-2020 AND EARNED A B.A.

AND J.D.

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY IN 1980 AND 1985 RESPECTFULLY.

HAS BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND KENTUCKY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT WARM, WARM WESTERN KENTUCKY WELCOME.

I'M MARK MARK METCALF AND I'M HONORED TO BE YOUR STATE TREASURER.

THANK YOU, REPUBLICAN, THANK YOU ST. JEROME'S FOR ANOTHER GREAT FANCY FARM!

THANK YOU JAMIE COMER.

THANK YOU JAMIE COMER.

FOR INVESTIGATING PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE PEDDLING AND SECRET SERVICE FAILURES.

THANK YOU, JAMIE.

THANKS, ALSO, TO OUR DEMOCRAT FRIENDS FOR YEARS OF HIGH TAXES, RECKLESS SPENDING, UNDER FUNDED PENSIONS, AND MASSIVE DEBT.

YOU TOO, DEMOCRATS, YOU HELPED MAKE KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO FANCY FARM AND OUR G.O.P.

FAMILY REUNION WHERE WESTERN KENTUCKY IS PROUD, REPUBLICANS ARE LOUD, AND DEMOCRATS... WELL, WELL DEMOCRATS ARE KIND OF SCARCE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE YOU ARE.

DEMOCRATS CRY THAT DEMOCRACY IS ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER.

I HAVE NEWS FOR THEM.

DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS ON THE BALLOT.

BUT THIS NOVEMBER, DEMOCRAT HYPOCRISY AND DEMOCRAT RADICALISM IS ON THE BALLOT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.

DEMOCRATS ASSURED US THAT OUR BORDERS WERE SECURE WHILE ILLEGALS ENTERED BY THE MILLIONS.

PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOODS WERE OVER RUN AND SAVAGE CRIMINALS TOOK THE LIVES OF INNOCENT AMERICANS GET THIS.

KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE AND REIMAGINE ICE.

REPUBLICANS SAY REIMAGINE DEFEAT IN NOVEMBER.

FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY KAMALA HARRIS CLAIMS SHE IS TOUGH ON DRUGS.

BUT KAMALA, THE BORDER TSAR LOOKED THE OTHER WAY AS TONS OF FENTANYL FROM CHINA CROSSED AMERICAN BORDERS AND KILLED A QUARTER MILLION AMERICANS.

REPUBLICANS SAY DEPORT THE BORDER TSAR BACK TO CALIFORNIA!

KAMALA SAYS SHE IS FOR WORKING FAMILIES.

WHO IS SHE KIDDING?

SHE HAS PROMISED TO RAISE TAXES, KILL FOSSIL FUELS AND END PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE.

SHE NEVER MENTIONS THE CRIPPLING INFLATION SHE AND JOE BIDEN LAID ON EVERY AMERICAN AT THE LIGHT SWITCH, AT THE GAS PUMP, AND AT THE GROCERY STORE.

REPUBLICANS WANT TO YOU KEEP THOSE HARD EARN THE DOLLARS.

OUR REPUBLICAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS LOWERED TAXES BY 33% AND AT THE TREASURY, WE HAVE RETURNED UNCLAIMED PROPERTY TO TAXPAYERS IN RECORD AMOUNTS.

WE SEND MORE THAN $17 MILLION BACK TO KENTUCKY FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES.

ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?

>> NO!

>> ARE YOUR STREETS SAFER?

>> NO!

>> CAN YOUR CHILDREN AFFORD TO BUY A HOME?

>> NO!

>> CAN YOU SAVE FOR RETIREMENT?

>> NO!

>> UNDER DONALD TRUMP, ALL AMERICANS GOT A TAX CUT AND THE ECONOMY SOARED.

BORDERS WERE SECURED.

ILL ILLEGALS WERE REMOVED, CRIME WAS DOWN AND AMERICA WAS AT PEACE.

DONALD TRUMP WILL UNITE US AND BUILD A STRONG AMERICA FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WITH THE FINEST SLOGAN OF ALL: MADE IN AMERICA!

WITH AMERICAN PRIDE.

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS?

YOU GET JOE BIDEN.

THAT'S WHO YOU GET.

SO, LET'S TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE DEMOCRATS THIS NOVEMBER AND WIN THIS ELECTION FOR DONALD TRUMP!

♪ IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME ♪ >> AS WE GET NEAR THE FINISH, ONCE AGAIN, IT NEVER, EVER COSTS ANYTHING TO BE KIND AND I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN, FOR ALL OF US, TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THESE WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

[ APPLAUSE ] ALSO, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUDGE CHRIS McNEIL WHO IS HERE TODAY.

JUDGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A COIN FLIP FOR OUR FINAL TWO SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE A RACE IN NOVEMBER FOR DIVISION 2 OF THE COURT OF APPEALS KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS.

WILL THE TWO CANDIDATES PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR THE COIN FLIP.

LISA PAYNE JONES IS A JUDGE FOR THE DIVISION 2 COURT OF APPEALS FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT.

SHE ASSUMED OFFICE ON APRIL 22, 2024 WHEN GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR APPOINTED HER TO THE POSITION.

HER CURRENT TERM ENDS ON JANUARY IS, 2025.

SHE IS FROM DAVE'S DAVIS COUNTY.

GOOD AFTERNOON FANCY FARM.

I'M JUDGE LISA PAYNE JONES AND I AM YOUR COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE.

HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY AND IF ALL 23 COUNTIES OF THE FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, FROM DAVIS DOWN TO TODD AND LOGAN, ALL THE WAY OVER TO FULTON.

THIS PICNIC IS LEGENDARY, AND I'M SO HONORED TO TAKE PART IN THIS GREAT TRADITION.

THANK YOU TO ST. JEROME'S PARISH AND FATHER VENTERS, STEVE ELDER FOR COORDINATING THE SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE COOKS, ESPECIALLY MIKE FOR THE TOUR OF THE PITS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THIS PICNIC THE TALK OF KENTUCKY YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS, MANY OF WHOM JOINED ME HERE YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

WITHOUT FAIL, YOU HAVE MY BACK AND I HAVE YOU IN MY HEART.

I HAVE A BIG JOB TODAY, TO GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT A DOWN BALLOT NON-PARTISAN RACE FOR A COURT THAT LARGELY AVOIDS THE LIME LIGHT BUT THE COURT OF APPEALS MATTERS AND I'M HONORED TO BE YOUR JUDGE.

A GOOD JUDGE DOES MORE THAN PROMISE TO UPHOLD THE LAW.

A GOOD JUDGE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER NO MATTER YOUR POLITICS, YOUR PRONOUNS OR YOUR PROFESSION OF FAITH, EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.

YOU WANT TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT, YOU WANT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOUR CASE AND WHY.

YOU DESERVE A JUDGE WHO CARES ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON.

I SERVE THE PEOPLE OF DAVIESS COUNTY FOR OVER 22 YEARS ON THE DISTRICT AND THE CIRCUIT BENCH WHETHER IT WAS A SPEEDING TICKETED, A MURDER TRIAL, LOVED ONE'S ESTATE, ABUSED CHILD OR A PERSON STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR ADDICTION, I LISTENED TO THEIR STORIES.

I HAVE BEEN PATIENT, TBIRM, SOMETIMES I'VE CRIED, SOMETIMES I GOT A LITTLE RED IN THE FACE, BUT I ALWAYS KEPT IN MIND THAT EACH CASE, NO MATTER THE SUBJECT, WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE ON MY DOCKET TO THAT PERSON IN FRONT OF ME THAT DAY HOW I TREATED THEM, EXPLAINED MY DECISION AFFECTED HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE ENTIRE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY AND ONE THAT I CHERISH.

NOW I DON'T JUST SERVE DAVIESS COUNTY BUT ALL OF THE 1st DISTRICT AND THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY I TAKE SERIOUSLY.

YOU ARE MY COMMUNITY.

AS I HAVE CAMPAIGNED, I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT EFFORTS TO BRING NEW JOBS TO OUR FORMER COAL MINING TOWNS.

I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE MARITIME INDUSTRY IN PADUCAH.

I'VE PARTIED IN HENDERSON AT THE WC HANDY BLUES FEST, EATEN BARBECUE ON THE SQUARE IN HOPKINSVILLE AND ST. DENNIS AND ST. CHARLES AND OWENSBORO AND HERE AT FANCY FARM.

I HAVE MOURNED THE DWINDLING NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS IN OUR RURAL AREAS.

I'VE PICKED FLOWERS IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND CELEBRATED THE RESILIENCE OF OUR STORM STRICKEN COMMUNITIES.

I HAVE PRAYED WITH YOU, I'VE SHARED MEALS WITH LAWYERS AND FARMERS WITH BUSINESS LEADERS AND TEACHERS AND SO MANY OTHERS.

THE FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT IS HOME TO THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE IN THE STATE AND THE BEST BARBECUE.

I CARE ABOUT YOUR CASES, YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR COMMUNITIES AND THE LAW.

I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VOTE IN NOVEMBER SO I CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU ON KENTUCKY'S COURT OF APPEALS.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

JASON SHAY FLEMING IS A JUDGE OF THE KENTUCKY THIRD CIRCUIT COURT IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

FLEMING IS RUNNING IN A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE DIVISION 2 JUDGE FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON FELLOW KENTUCKIANS.

I'M JUDGE JASON FLEMING AND I'M THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE TO BE YOUR NEXT JUDGE ON THE KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ON THE STAGE OF FANCY FARM.

I HAVE BEEN COMING TO FANCY FARM SINCE I'M ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD.

TO BE ON THIS STAGE IS INDEED AN HONOR.

I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE BINGO TENT AS A CHILD WITH MY GOOD CHRISTIAN MOTHER.

WOULD I GO AND TELL HERSHEY WAS TAKING BINGE GO TOO SERIOUSLY.

SHE WOULD SAY TO ME, SHUT UP AND PRAY FOR B-7.

FOR THE PAST 17 AND A HALF YEARS I'VE SERVED OUR AREAS AS THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY COURT JUDGE, SEEING FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THAT OUR COURT SYSTEM HAS ON THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES.

RIER TO THAT, I-- PRIOR TO THAT I SPENT EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS AS A PROSECUTOR.

THIS EXPERIENCE HAS INSTILLED TO ME A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE LAW AND A COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE OUR NATION GREAT.

AS YOUR COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE, I PLEDGE TO INTERPRET THE LAW AS IT IS WRITTEN, NOT AS I WISH IT MAY BE.

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WISELY CREATED A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES WITH DISTINCT ROLES FOR EACH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

IT'S NOT A JUDGE'S JOB TO LEGISLATE FROM THE BENCH OR IMPOSE ITS PERSONAL PREFERENCES.

IT'S MY ROLE TO APPLY THE LAW FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY, RECOGNIZING AND PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL KENTUCKIANS.

I BELIEVE IN JUDICIAL RESTRAINT AND STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION.

OUR LAWS SHOULD BE PREDICTABLE AND CONSISTENT, ALLOWING CITIZENS IN BUSINESS TO PLAN THEIR AFFAIRS WITH CONFIDENCE, ACTIVIST JUDGES WHO STRETCH THE MEANING OF LAWS UNDERMINE THE STABILITY AND ERODE TRUST IN OUR INSTITUTIONS.

I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY IN OUR COURTS.

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED.

I WORK TIRELESSLY TO REDUCE BACKLOGS AND STREAMLINE COURT PROCESSES, ENSURING TIMELY RESOLUTION TO THE CASES THAT COME BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS.

AS YOUR JUDGE, I WILL DEFEND YOUR WESTERN KENTUCKY KENTUCKY CONSERVATIVE VALUES.

WHILE I ALWAYS RULE BASED ON THE RULE AND FACTS OF THE CASE, TRUST THAT I SHARE THE VALUES AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF OUR WESTERN KENTUCKY FAMILIES.

I HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR MY JUDICIAL AND LEGAL ABILITIES.

I WAS THE 2023 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF LAW DISTINGUISHED JURIST OF THE LAW.

2023 OUTSTANDING JUDGE BY THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD.

THE 2024 KENTUCKY ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS, JUDGE OF THE YEAR.

THE 2011 KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION'S OUTSTANDING YOUNG LAWYER AND THE 2006 RECIPIENT OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE AWARD FOR KENTUCKY.

IN CLOSING, MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE TANYA, MAY I ADD ALSO MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, MY SON BRADY, PLY DAUGHTER MEGHAN AND I ALL ASK FOR YOUR VOTE FOR JUDGE JASON FLEMING TO SERVE ON THE KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS.

I PROMISE TO BRING INTEGRITY, EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES TO THIS ROLE AND TOGETHER WE CAN ENSURE THAT KENTUCKY'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS THE BEACON OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FOR THE COUNTRY.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> Renee: AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER AT THE 144th FANCY FARM POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT.

IT IS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.

GOOD ALMOST EVENING TO YOU IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US.

I'M RENEE SHAW HERE AND YOU ARE SEEING A FEED AND WE'LL KEEP THAT UP SO YOU CAN SEE THE ACTION AS IT UNFOLDS.

FANCY FARM 2024 IS ALMOST HISTORY.

THEY'LL HAVE SOME BANDS PLAY IN A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE SOME MORE FUN AND PROBABLY ANOTHER BARBECUE SANDWICH OR TWO.

BUT THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT IS OVER FOR TODAY.

AND WE HAVE IN OUR STUDIO, OUR USUAL POLITICAL COMMENTATE ORDINARIES BOB BABBAGE AND TREY GRAYSON AND I WANT TO COME TO YOU, BOB, FIRST TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR MAIN TAKEAWAYS, WHAT YOU THOUGHT THE GREAT ZINGERS WERE OR GREAT LINES OF THE SPEAKING EVENT.

>> BOTH THE WOMEN WHO SPOKE ON THE AMENDMENT, PRO AND CON HAD SOME GOOD SHOTS AT EACH OTHER.

AND GOOD SHOTS AT OTHERS.

AS WELL AS MAKING THEIR POINTS ABOUT WHY THE AMENDMENT IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.

I WOULD SAY THEY ELEVATED THAT CONVERSATION TODAY WHERE, FROM NOW ON, OTHER JOURNALISTS AND COMMENTATORS WILL PICK IT UP AND PERHAPS HAVE THE FORUMS AND COMMUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

AND IT WILL BE HOTLY CONTESTED THIS FALL.

FASCINATING REALLY.

YOU SAW GOVERNOR BESHEAR TAKE A NUMBER OF HITS FOR NOT BEING THERE.

HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN MORE IF HE HAD BEEN, IN TERMS OF BEING PRESENT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE EASIER FOR SPEAKERS.

LEADER McCONNELL, STEADY, MADE HIS POINTS.

ALL THESE YEARS, KIND OF A-- ODD NOT TO HAVE HIM THERE.

SO CONSISTENT FOR SO LONG.

TREY POINTED OUT WE DON'T HAVE A U.S. SENATE RACE SO IT DOESN'T PULL THE KINDS OF CROWDS AND CROWD REACTIONS.

IT WAS A COMER FEST FOR SURE.

COMER ARMY WAS EXCEEDINGLY WELL ORGANIZED.

MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE ALL DRESSED IN THE COMER BLUE SHIRTS, ALL WITH COMER SIGNS AND FACES.

IT CERTAINLY RAISES THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE IS NOT ONLY STRONG IN THE 1st DISTRICT BUT HAS A STRENGTH STATEWIDE THAT MIGHT TRANSLATE INTO A STATE RACE AGAIN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2027.

AS FOR OTHERS, NOBODY REALLY MADE ANY MISTAKES THAT YOU COULD SEIZE UPON, A LOT OF GOOD THEMES STATED EFFECTIVELY.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ALL HIT THEIR POINTS.

MADE THEIR CASES VERY WELL FOR WHY THEY ARE IN OFFICE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

TREMENDOUS SUPPORT BEHIND TRUMP BECAUSE SO MANY REPUBLICANS SPOKE HITTING THE THEMES AND KEY POINTS.

>> Renee: TO TALK ABOUT CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER, YOU SAW ON X A POST BY AUSTIN HORN BECAUSE WE MADE COMMENTARY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAD A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF SECURITY, WE NOTICED AT THE FANCY FARM PICNIC IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND THERE IS AN EXPLANATION.

>> AUSTIN HORN POSTED ON X AND ARTICLE IN THE "HERALD-LEADER" WEBSITE COMER'S PHOTOS WERE IN THE PHONE OF THE ASSASSIN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP ALONG WITH SOME OTHER OFFICIALS.

WE HEARD ABOUT GARLAND AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

COMER WAS ONE OF THE FIGURES.

COMER TEAM ACKNOWLEDGED SOME OF THE EXTRA SECURITY WAS THERE BECAUSE OF THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IN JENNY TIME THERE ARE IMPORTANT BIG PUBLIC FIGURES, THE REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE U.S. SENATE, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, LOTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS BUT NO IT WAS SPECIFICALLY HEIGHTENED BECAUSE OF COMER.

>> Renee: QUICKLY YOUR REACTIONS, MAIN TAKE AWAY,.

>> I THINK COMER AND CAMERON ARE THE TWO ALL STARS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND THEY PERFORMED THAT WAY.

CONGRESSMAN GAVE A GOOD EFFECTIVE SPEECH FOR REELECTION.

TALKED ABOUT NATIONAL ISSUES AND HIS OWN RECORD WHAT HE WOULD DO AND CAMERON WHO WAS THE SURROGATE FOR TRUMP.

I JOKED OFF CAMERA, HE DID A BETTER JOB THAN VANCE DEFENDING THE PRESIDENT AND MAKING THE PRESIDENT'S CASE, SHOWING HIS POLITICAL SKILLS.

REMINDING US THAT YEAH, HE LOST LAST YEAR BUT THERE IS I THINK A FUTURE FOR BOTH THOSE GUYS, PROBABLY IN DIFFERENT RACES.

ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE I WAS IMPRESSED WITH CHERYLNYY.

SHE GAVE A GREAT SPEECH.

FOR THE OTHER DEMOCRATS,-- SORRY-- THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS.

ERIN MARSHALL DID GOOD FOR A FIRST TIME CANDIDATE.

ONE THING WE NOTICED THE AUDIENCE NOT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN ATTENDANCE.

IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE MORE LIBERTARIANS IN THERE THAN ACTUAL DEMOCRATS.

BUT IT IS STILL FANCY FARM.

IT WAS FUN, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME GREAT BARBS, REALLY FUN LINES, PROPS, JASON, PROPS FOR BRINGING THE BLOOD HOUNDS AND REMEMBER THE MITCH McCONNELL BLOOD HOUND AD AGAINST HUDDLESTON, AND THE PLAYOFFS, WHERE'S THE D. THAT'S A NICE TOUCH.

RUSSELL COLEMAN BROUGHT A SODA POP BECAUSE OF THE DIET MOUNTAIN DEW, SUN DROP IS THE WESTERN KENTUCKY VERSION AND SKI IS ANOTHER ONE.

WE ALL HAVE OUR DRINKS, BUT IT WAS A FUN DAY AND I APPRECIATED ALL THOSE WHO GOT UP THERE.

>> A POINT ON CAMERON.

YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED A LOT BY PEOPLE, WHERE IS CAMERON?

AND HE IS NOT BEEN OUT ON THE-- HE HAS BEEN DOING THINGS ON A NATIONAL BASIS.

FOR HIM TO BE THERE TODAY, PROJECTING THAT GOOD LOOK AND GOOD HUMOR.

>> Renee: AND CONFIDENCE AND EASE.

>> VERY GOOD DAY FOR HIM PERSONALLY.

AND HE DID HIS JOB VERY EFFECTIVELY.

>> Renee: WELL, IT'S ALWAYS A SPECTACLE IN LOTS OF WAYS AND WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING IN IT WITH US TODAY.

YOU CAN WATCH THIS PROGRAM AGAIN IN ITS ENTIRETY ONLINE AT ket.org AND THERE WILL BE EXCERPTS OF THE SPEECHES AVAILABLE FOR TO YOU WATCH THOSE INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

WE DO SO APPRECIATE YOUR SPENDING THE AFTERNOON WITH US.

MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN MONDAY NIGHT FOR KENTUCKY EDITION.

WE WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES.

HEADING TO LOUISVILLE AND WE WILL BE THERE FOR THREE DAYS REPORTING NEXT WEEK ON WHAT IS REPORTING THERE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT ALONG WITH A SPECIAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT WITH THE LEADERS AND THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE TALKING ABOUT THE NCSL CONFERENCE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

AND UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN, TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE.

SO LONG.