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Andy Beshear

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“No idea who you are. They might not. They would just be Mr. Beast and then dad at home. I did make a Mr. Beast video once, though.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think you've got to pay attention more to media than ever before. I think you've, though, got to be yourself in different ways. If you watch the videos we put out, yes, there are videos on all the different issues. And then there's a bunch of me being a goofy dad. And part of that is because I'm a goofy dad. You know, I love my kids and I love my family. And I think things that people can relate to. But there's no question you've got to show yourself in new and interesting ways. And that's, again, why CrookedCon, I think, is so important. First, re-energizing everybody that's out there, but then engaging across all platforms. You know, my kids are 16 and 15. Thanks. If we weren't doing podcasts, if we weren't doing YouTube, if we weren't working with these content creators, they wouldn't watch different media.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yes, and it's because the most important emotion for people to feel about any campaign is hope, is hope for a better country, is hope for a better life, is hope that we won't be arguing with our neighbors four years from now. Every campaign ought to be about how we're going to do better and how we're going to better the lives of the American people. And I think when a campaign gets it right, people feel that hope. I will tell you before Tuesday, what I was trying to do traveling the country is give Democrats and people who are feeling despondent and scared and worried hope. The idea that we got to get off the mat that this country is worth fighting for, that we've got to get out there and make sure that we win the next election, that we elect people everywhere from school board all the way up to make sure that we're delivering for the American people. And guess what? Tuesday gave us all a whole lot of hope”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So, if you look at 2024 versus 2025, 2024, I think that the strategy near the end for Democrats was we've got to do 84% with this group and 76% with this group and 65% with that group. And the Trump campaign said, let's do 3% better with everyone. And what we saw through that is regardless of what”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“The cabinet secretaries that are no longer there with the experience, it's ahead of each of these agencies. And governors are people who aren't just leaders. They have leaders in their states in some of these same areas. And I get to talk to my colleagues all the time. They love this country. They're ready to do everything they can to build a better country. And so, you know, I'm also the incoming chair of the Democratic Governors Association.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I mean, but what we have to do is we have to get results. We have to be common sense, common ground, and then we have to deliver for our people. And I think it's important that the next president, who must be a Democrat, is somebody that can not only bring our country back together, get us past this us versus them, which I believe is one of the biggest threats, but also has to restore faith in the American dream. And that's the second biggest threat to our country. Right now, so many people believe if they work hard and play by the rules, they still can't get ahead. And we've got to make sure that we have a president that can not only build back the federal government in a way that is more efficient, that's quicker, and that gets better results, but ultimately has to make sure that our people are doing better and has to be focused on that every day. I think that means you're going to have a cabinet that's going to have a lot of governors because it's not just”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And I say that because I got a lot of great colleagues. We've got such a deep bench of incredible Democratic governors from your Gretchen Whitmers to your Josh Shapiros to your Josh Steinz to Katie Hobbs, who's going to have a tough race but is going to win. Westmore is a great friend of mine.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Administration. We saw them take far too long to be implemented. If we believe in internet for all, if we believe this is something basic that everybody around the country needs, it can't take two and a half years and we still have no fiber in the ground. And so we've got to be a party of results of the right levels of rules and regulations to protect the environment and protect our people. But we need to make sure we don't overdo it so that we can create that better life as fast as we can for our people.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think when you look at the governor's races, they each carried their own message. And that's really exciting. I mean, we as a party have to be more than just against someone. We've got to be for something. And yes, being anti-Trump creates energy, but energy needs direction. With the American people crying out for a better life, that's what we need to be talking about. Now the two are really closely aligned because Donald Trump's tariff policy is making everyday harder and everything costs more. And the Democrats can come with that alternative, that we're going to try to lower the price of housing, that we're going to increase the supply of housing. Now, we do, as we move forward, have to not just win, we've got to get results. And I think that means we've got to be a little introspective too. Maybe even a little self-critical. I mean, when we look back, we saw some amazing bills pass during the last”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Way because they might have one different opinion on a culture war issue or a conviction. They're voting a different way because they believe that's the only thing we're focused on. Maybe at the expense of them being able to pay that next bill or being safe in their community.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And while the other side may have demonized a three-letter acronym, claiming it's a four-letter word, diversity is always going to be a strength and always has been. I mean, you get to a better solution if you have people from different backgrounds offering their experiences knowing that we're all shaped by how we've grown up and the different things that we've experienced. I mean, how can we lift all of our people up if we're not listening to all of our people? I vetoed every anti-LGBTQ bill that's come to my desk. I vetoed four anti-choice bills that have come to my desk. So I think I've shown that you can stand up for your convictions and still win. But I'm going to go back. 80% of our time on things that matter to 100% of the American people. See, I believe that if we are viewed as distracted, that's when people vote the other way. They're not voting the other way.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think if you have a conviction, you ought to stand for your convictions. That's part of who you are authentically, and I don't think we should run from that. We should stand up against discrimination. I mean, I vetoed every anti-DEI bill that's come to my desk as governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“If you didn't fit every litmus test, that you couldn't be a part of it. Elections are about math. You've got to be a big tent party to win. And I think we as Democrats... But look at what we have in the White House right now. You know, the most important thing we have to do is win. And we've got to win with people that are going to lead well. We've got to recognize that some people who win won't share every single value that we may have, but we'll share a lot of them. And if the focus is on bettering people's lives, if the focus is recognizing that everyone will do better and will have less division if they can pay their electric bill, if they can send their kids to the after-school program they need, if they can afford the therapy for a special needs child. And if we as a party put all of that first, then we can not only be a big tent party, we can be one that gets results.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I gave an update every day, every day for a year and a half. I read the death list every day for a year and a half because I didn't want anybody else to have to do it. Hardest thing I've ever done. But when you do that and when you have to go out and say things they told you you shouldn't say in politics like I don't know or I was wrong or I'm sorry because of X. You tear away any facade that might be there. You tear back all the rules and people actually see you. And so it's about then that people stopped calling me governor and started calling me Andy in Kentucky. And I love it, right? It's a real relationship with our people where we can disagree on things, but also care about each other and want to do the best for everybody. And so I think everyone has to find their why it comes from different places. But it's got to be real. And people have to be vulnerable enough to express it.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You do it in a way that's real and authentic to you. We have a lot of great creators that are here with us. And thank goodness that Democrats have now recognized what content creators can do. And they are here with us helping to spread the message in their own way. We need to make sure we show them the respect that their large audiences have earned them and recognize how important that communication is. But I think each and every one of them would say that their audience in part is there because they are themselves. They are real. I mean, I don't know how to be anybody else. And certainly I came in as governor and the pandemic hit three months later. That is not cause and effect.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“But can I add one more thing to that? The next day, I am opening a factory. You always have to be. And there's a guy in a trucker hat that makes a beeline towards me, and I thought, Oh my goodness, I know it's coming. And I've been on the other end of that. But he sticks out his hand and he says, Governor, I'm not sure I agree with what you did yesterday, but I know you're doing what you think is right. And he patted me on the back and said, I support you. Well, when we have the respect for people who always vote for us or never vote for us to explain our why, we at least create the opportunity for a little bit of grace and a little bit of space for people to think a little differently or to have some differences of opinion, but understand this is the party with the candidates that believe in them and are trying to make their life better.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I also explained my why. Now I said I'm driven by my faith with teaches me that all children are children of God. And so I don't want people picking on those kids. So if the legislature is going to show them hate, I'm going to show them love. If the legislature is going to show them judgment, I'm going to show them acceptance. If this legislature is going to attack them, I'm going to be a governor that stands up for them. I didn't lose a single point. I won by more in re-election by far than in my actual initial election.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I think it's primarily two things. Number one, I stand up for every conviction that I believe in, but I still spend 80% of my time on things that matter to 100% of the American people. And so I'll stand up for my conviction, but I'll be open in a factory the next day. I'll stand up for everybody's rights and I'll always stand against discrimination. But I'll make sure we're opening a road that week where people save 20 minutes each way. But the other thing I do is I explain my why. Democrats are very good at the what. We're really deep into the policy. Policy.2, subpoint three, bullet point four, I. But how often do we talk about our why? What drives us? And so I'm running for re-election. And my legislature passes the nastiest piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation we had ever seen. They have $10 million of ads ready to go. And you know what I do? I veto that bill because it's the right thing to do.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And so you might think that people get caught up in the politics, but that was a better life for everyone there. I ended up winning Henderson by 1,500 votes the second time, three times more.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“But when you have one of these wins, it helps everybody. So I was telling you a little bit about this. I still remember there's a town and a county in Kentucky called Henderson. And Henderson is a former coal mining county. It had been blue in the past, and it was trending red in 2019. I won it by about 500 votes. I thought that would be the last time. And about three months before my re-election, we opened the cleanest, greenest recycle paper mill in the country in Henderson. And I'll never forget at the groundbreaking, the owner, who's an Australian, comes on the big screen. It had to have been 2 a.m. or something there. And he says, we're bringing 350. And then he said the phrase, green jobs. Henderson, Kentucky. And you know what everybody did? They gave him a standing ovation because they paid $40 an hour.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“First of all, even with all that, I'm really proud of what we've done in Kentucky. And I think it shows that when Democrats win, we do something that Republicans can't. We govern well. But with that said, it's that idea that most things that matter to people aren't partisan. And it's like we've tried to make everything political, and it's part of the division that has swept this country. And one of the most important reasons that”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I believe that Democrats have to force a vote on extending these subsidies. And I am worried because open enrollment has started. Sadly, the damage might already be done. You look at premiums going up for everybody on the exchange, but also everybody else. Going to see their premiums go up. And when you think about that rural hospital, take away that Medicaid funding and they're struggling, but then take away the extra people who were covered that the hospital gets reimbursed at a higher rate. And suddenly there are fewer of those because they can't afford it on the exchange. You get hit twice. And so all those hits to healthcare and all those hits to the economy get even worse.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And I'll tell you, people are starting. There is a business in western Kentucky, a small business, that gets its materials from different places and then uses U.S. labor to assemble their product. And they were growing. But guess what? The tariffs have increased prices so much they can't pass them on to the consumer. And so this small business is having to lay people off. And when you do that in a small business, in a small town, you go to church with these people. Your kids play soccer together and he is telling every single one of them that the reason they're being laid off is because of Donald Trump and he's right.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So, Justin, Kentucky, a Trump plus 30 state. We're going to get harder than anywhere else. We've got 35 rural hospitals that may close, 20,000 Kentucky health care workers who helped us through the pandemic, who walked into COVID wings when they didn't have enough PPE to protect themselves or their families are going to lose their job. Hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians are going to lose their health care coverage. And that's just the health care side. Each of these rural hospitals is the biggest payroll in their community. They're the second biggest employer behind the public schools. They close or they downsize. You lose the local restaurant, the local coffee shop, the local bank. What this does is it punches rural America in the face over and over in the pain that people are going to feel. We've got to make sure they know where it came from.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think people are starting to see it, but when you're hungry. You're not necessarily even looking for blame, you're just looking for help. And so what I've tried to do is surge those dollars to our food banks. I'm not worried at the moment about who somebody voted for or whether they're going to change their mind. I'm worried about their kids having enough to eat tomorrow. And listen, we've got to be that party that doesn't just support Democrats. We've got to be that party that believes in the American dream, that believes that with a hand up, not a hand out, that families can do better, that believes that there is a better life waiting for people. And this is just the basic for me. I mean, I'm a guy that's driven by my faith. And in my faith, the miracle, the fishes and the loaves is in every book of the gospel, which means it's pretty darn important. And in a country where we grow enough food for everybody, no one should starve. And that shouldn't be a democratic principle. That should be a basic part of our humanity.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“What I think is rich is a president that will do anything he wants, that is sending billions of dollars to Argentina during a shutdown, says he can't feed people because his lawyers tell him he can't. The USDA had up on their website that you can do this, and now we have two court orders saying they could do it. What's very clear is this president was willing to use starving people as leverage for a fight in Washington, D.C., it's wrong, and we deserve better.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“The way I was proud to be one of the governors and a bunch of AGs. We stood up to this president. We went to court. We got the ruling that at least partial payments could come out. And then some of my Kentucky employees, when we got the first word at 9 p.m. at night, went in, worked to 3 a.m. We became the first state to put benefits on people's cards because of their great work.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, the Democrats have been very clear that this is the issue and that they have been very, very focused in ensuring that everyone is carrying the message that is the reality, that things are already too expensive. Families are already struggling to put food on the table even before the president refused to pay snap benefits when every other president and every other shutdown has. If people go hungry during this shutdown, it's because Donald Trump decided they should go hungry and not for any other reason.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Tariffs are making everything more expensive, that new home, those groceries, his big, ugly bill is going to gut rural healthcare and make it so hard to see that doctor. So when you look at that flip of Trump voters, it's both that our candidates were more focused on where people are right now, on trying to make their lives a little bit easier and a little bit better. And Donald Trump has betrayed them with the way he's governed this last year.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“But same reason. Here's my hot take. I actually believe that not only did Mandami win for a lot of the same reasons that Spanberger and Cheryl won, I think they also won for a lot of the reasons that Donald Trump won in 2024. I mean, where the American people are right now is desperate. I mean, that next bill coming due could put them under one car repair. Could be the difference between making it or not. And I get that people care about a lot of issues. But if you're worried about the cost of your child's next prescription,”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“In both races were challenging going in. I mean, winning a governor's race when you have a still popular Republican governor, and then in New Jersey we hadn't had three straight terms of Democratic governors in 60 years. So not only did they win what should have been tough races, they ran away with both of them. Really impressive”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I do. Let me start by saying as the incoming chair of the Democratic Governors Association. I am so proud of Abigail Spanberger and Mikey Cheryl. And while I do have a theory that I believe is a reality, that shouldn't take away from either of those candidates who worked hard, who took days and weeks and nights away from their family, and who are going to govern really well. They're going to both be great governors in their states. I think both won, and we won a lot of other races because we've now recognized that people aren't as political as we think they are. When they wake up in the morning, We may be thinking about the next election, but they're not. What they're thinking about is their job and whether they can support their family. They're thinking about their next doctor's appointment for themselves or their parents or their kids. They're thinking about the roads and bridges they drive, the school they drop their kids off at, and whether they feel safe in their community. When we spend 80% of our time on those issues that matter to 100% of the American people, we gain extra votes, we win tough elections, and I think I'm living proof.”
2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
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2025-11-16 · Pod Save America · What Is the Polling Telling Us About 2026? + Gov. Andy Beshear (Crooked Con) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source