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Thank you. Thank you very much. Excuse me. Just one minute. [laughter] im sorry. I had to get one last photo of the senator before kentucky voters retire him in november. [boos and cheers] and retire him they will. Because kentuckians are tired of partisan bickering. They are tired of dysfunctional government. They are tired of name calling. They are tired of obstructionism. Senator mcconnell and has been chief obstructionist for 30 years. Time for a change. It is time to send Allison Grimes to the United States senate. Now, in contrast to washington dc, we still know how to make democracy work in the commonwealth of kentucky. Stateicans control the senate. Democrats control the state house. So we are a divided government. Yet kentucky passes balanced budgets. We have improved funding for schools. We raised our dropout age. Substance abuse treatment and crack down on prescription job abuse. System. Ted our pension we expanded preschool access. Is, the scary thing scary thing is all of
They are out there were out there raising the money they need. Its been a brutal campaign. Toare all looking forward fancy farm. Its a very run munches rambunctious crowd. Partisans tog the have some decorum today heard. The crowd is very enthusiastic and pumped up. Thats what really matters and makes this the spirit. I have run into several people that are coming to their first fancy farm picnic. All across the state who have not made the trip, give us a feel of what this is all about. Some of the preevents. There are fundraisers and breakfasts and dinners and all that. Give us a bit about that. Party, ourrepublican presence has grown in western kentucky over the past couple decades. When it used to be we would get together, our crowds would be a dozen people. Down athave an event the state park and we had 300400 people. It is indicative of the growing conservativism in west kentucky. This event is one of those Political Rights of passage. Nobody knows that better than Mitch Mcconnell
Candidates. I invite you to visit nrcc. Org to learn more about them. This is one of those moments where americans conceive can seize the initiative for themselves. It will be about obamacare. It will also be about Holding Washington accountable. This november, americans can reject complacency and the incompetence and begin to restore a government that works for us, not against us. We are all in this together, and if we pull together, we can set our nation on a hopeful but prosperous course. With that, i thank you for listening. Next, speeches by the candidates running for the u. S. Senate seat in kentucky. Than a conversation with the founder of architects and engineers for 9 11 troops. That, a discussion about conspiracy theories and their impact on National Security. American artifacts on American History tv. The weekend, or visit National Security archives at George Washington university reveals the classified documents about the gulf of tonkin in vietnam. 50 years ago this week, C
We are glad its over. I think i know why. There are so many voters in our primary. One, the people of tennessee to the governor how proud they are of his hard work, and i want to congratulate him. [applause] secondly, those who voted in the republican primary wanted to send a different redge, that were not happy, that were disappointed with the direction of our country, and were hopeful of having a new republican majority in the nited states senate. There was another message in this primary tonight. In a large primary, in one of the most conservative states in the country, tennessee voters nominated a get it done republican governor and a get it done republican senator. Let me tell you what i mean by that. What i mean is that both governor haslem and i are conservative republicans. Both of us know when we finish our speech, were not done. In fact, we ought to just be starting to Work Together with others and try to solve the problems that face our country. Thats how tennessee has led t