Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Top Dem VP Contender, Speaks At Harris Campaign Event

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Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) speaks at a Harris campaign event in Georgia.

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00:00folks. My name is Andy Beshear, and I'm the proud Democratic governor of the Commonwealth

00:15of Kentucky. This is not my first speech on the back of a pickup truck. If you don't

00:25know me, I'm the guy that last November beat Mitch McConnell's hand-picked candidate.

00:33I'm the guy that last November beat Donald Trump's hand-picked candidate.

00:38And together we're going to help Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump this November.

00:47Let me tell you just a bit about myself.

00:49I'm a proud pro-union governor.

00:54I am a proud pro-choice governor.

00:58I am a proud pro-public education governor.

01:03I am a proud pro-diversity governor.

01:06And I'm a proud Harris for President governor.

01:14You know, people ask me, and I'm sure they ask you too, how do you do it?

01:19How do you win?

01:21We win by staying true to our values of compassion, of empathy, of doing right by our neighbors.

01:28We won by bringing everyone together, Democrats, Republicans, independents from all over Kentucky.

01:35We win by caring and fighting for every single vote in every single county, every single

01:41one of you matters.

01:42Are you willing to do the work to turn out that vote?

01:49Because counties in areas like this that I know delivered four years ago, and I know

01:54you're going to deliver for soon-to-be President Harris three months from now.

02:02I know what hard work in tough counties can mean.

02:06I mean, there's a county that J.D. Vance claims he's from in Kentucky.

02:13And I won it by 22 points last November.

02:19We are going to do the same this year, leading up to this November, and then we're going

02:25to move this country past all the anger, all the hate, because it is time to stop anger

02:30politics right here and right now for good.

02:38That's why I am so excited to support the vice president.

02:42She is tough, and she is smart, and that's going to make her a good president.

02:46But she is kind, and she has empathy, and that's going to make her an absolutely great

02:51president.

02:57And it's exactly why Donald Trump's attacks aren't going to work.

03:01I mean, two nights ago, he called her a bum.

03:06If he wants to see a bum, he ought to look in the mirror.

03:11And what he'll see, looking back, are multiple bankruptcies and 34 felony convictions.

03:17Then again, when J.D. Vance looks in the mirror, he doesn't see any conviction at all.

03:26I mean, I know I'm a little tough on the guy, but when he responded to the very first time

03:32that I said he ain't from where I'm from, here's what he said.

03:37How dare you attack, and he used these words, my origin story.

03:44Origin story?

03:45I mean, Batman has an origin story.

03:48Fictional characters have origin stories.

03:50We all have childhoods and upbringings.

03:53It shows you how contrived it is.

03:56People are going to see it, and we're going to elect the real candidate, Kamala Harris,

04:00this November.

04:06Folks, let me be clear.

04:07J.D. Vance ain't from Kentucky, he ain't from Appalachia, and he ain't going to be the vice

04:12president of the United States of America.

04:17I have not seen this much excitement in so long.

04:21Look around you.

04:22Aren't you pumped up for this election?

04:28The energy that Vice President Harris has brought is unparalleled, folks.

04:33She has not won this nomination through a coronation.

04:37She's won this nomination through acclamation.

04:44And now she needs us because so much is on the line.

04:48Women's rights are on the line.

04:51Donald Trump stripped a constitutional right from over half of our population, so I say

04:58we strip away the opportunity for him to ever serve a second term.

05:03The Senate and the House are on the line.

05:08The great candidates that have the courage to put their name on the ballot in Georgia

05:13are on the line.

05:14Are we going to elect every single one of them?

05:21I know how to win tough elections, and so do you.

05:26When Georgia came in four years ago, we knew that President Biden and Vice President Harris

05:32had won.

05:33And so between now and election day, we need you to do what you do best, the hard work.

05:39We need you to get out there because every vote in every county matters.

05:43There aren't red counties and blue counties.

05:46They're just counties with hardworking families that are going to be open to hear you talk

05:51to them.

05:52It's the work on the ground that won me the election in 2019.

05:56Folks, I won by 0.1 percent.

06:01Every doorknock mattered.

06:03Every phone call mattered.

06:05Every difficult conversation that people had with their uncle at Thanksgiving mattered.

06:11Everyone here today that signs up to volunteer, you matter, and you might be the difference

06:15in winning this race for Vice President Harris.

06:19So let me ask you, are you ready to do the work?

06:22Are you ready to knock the doors?

06:25Are you ready to make the phone calls?

06:27Are you ready to vote?

06:29Are you ready to beat Donald Trump?

06:32Are you ready to beat J.D. Banz?

06:35Are you ready to elect Kamala Harris President of the United States of America?

06:40God bless.

06:41Thank you all.

06:42Let's win this race.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Top Dem VP Contender, Speaks At Harris Campaign Event

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