Great to be back with the common good.

Yeah, we were here with Andrew Weissman and done some other events and really wonderful to see all you here.

We'll jump right into it.

We'll do some tough questions, as you mentioned at some point.

Maybe a lightning round fast at the end.

But start with something that's positive for you, but true.

You have one of the highest in-state approval ratings of any Democratic governor.

That includes a lot of Democrats in blue states with way more Democratic voters than you would naturally have depending on the year.

So why is that?

Why are you more popular in Kentucky than Democrats are in even blue states?

Well, I'm not sure I can compare with any other specific governor, but I go about my job as trying

to be the best governor of Kentucky I can be, not being the best Democratic governor of Kentucky

than I can be.

You know, I take that oath of office, and my job is to preserve the Constitution and then to work as hard as I can for each and every one of my families.

So I can go into a county where I won 20% of the vote and I am just as thrilled at the new jobs we're putting in there.

And each time that we do that, you know, we talk about the fact that a good job, a new bridge, a new senior center,

in red or blue, it's not Democrat or Republican, it's just good for that community. And what we

try to do is show people our work. I call that getting dirt on your boots. It's getting out there.

So if we built a new road that saves you 40 minutes each way, all that time you have with your

family that you are not commuting, I understand you all know commuting in New York, that you

know where that came from. And when you see someone, Democrat, Republican, I mean, actually

working day in and day out to better your life and you actually see results in it,

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