Into the Kentucky Primary
Into America
Trymaine Lee, MS NOW
4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Can Tucky is holding its primary on Tuesday after a month-long delay because of coronavirus |
| 0:11.6 | and amid protests across the state after a young black woman was shot and killed by police |
| 0:16.8 | in Louisville. |
| 0:18.4 | The biggest race on the ballot? |
| 0:20.0 | The Democratic US Senate primary. |
| 0:22.2 | It's looking a whole lot different than it did just a few weeks ago. |
| 0:26.7 | For months, Amy McGrath has led in the polls. |
| 0:29.6 | She's white, a moderate, and a former Marine who narrowly lost the House race in 2018. |
| 0:34.6 | If you look at why many Kentucky's voted for President Trump, for example, they voted |
| 0:40.0 | for an outsider. |
| 0:41.2 | They voted for somebody who was going to shake up the system. |
| 0:43.7 | He promised to drain the swamp. |
| 0:45.6 | And you know, my message is you can't do that until you get rid of Senator McConnell. |
| 0:50.6 | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has spent 35 years in Congress. |
| 0:54.8 | And for many Democrats, McGrath seemed like a strong choice to face off against the |
| 0:59.1 | Republican incumbent. |
| 1:01.1 | Then, in March, 26-year-old Brianna Taylor was killed by police in her apartment in the |
| 1:08.8 | middle of the night. |
| 1:10.8 | George Floyd's killing followed. |
| 1:12.7 | The nation erupted in protest, and another candidate started attracting attention. |
| 1:17.8 | We're standing up as regular people fighting back for our future, fighting to end generational |
| 1:22.1 | poverty, address structural racism, and to say that outside consultants will not dictate |
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