WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.000 LEX18 presents a podcast with hot takes, hot 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:20.940 topics with your hosts, Megan Manering and Evelyn 00:00:20.940 --> 00:00:29.239 Schulz. This is Hot Mic. Hey there, everyone. 00:00:29.210 --> 00:00:32.490 and welcome to another edition of Hot Mike here 00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:35.850 at LEX 18. We say this every week, but we have 00:00:35.850 --> 00:00:39.130 really leveled up this time. We see this woman 00:00:39.130 --> 00:00:41.689 on the airwaves pretty often, but we're going 00:00:41.689 --> 00:00:43.509 to peel back the curtain a little bit today and 00:00:43.509 --> 00:00:46.130 get to know her better. Please welcome to Hot 00:00:46.130 --> 00:00:48.450 Mike, your Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman. 00:00:48.929 --> 00:00:51.130 Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. Thank 00:00:51.130 --> 00:00:52.890 you for making the time for us. We're excited 00:00:52.890 --> 00:00:55.789 to have you. It was kind of funny. It felt yesterday 00:00:55.789 --> 00:00:57.820 around the newsroom a little bit like. having 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:00.219 your relatives over for a holiday because it 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:02.439 was like, is everything clean? We got to get 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:04.780 the Christmas tree up. We got a new plant. We 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:07.920 brought in the plant. So thank you for that. 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:09.760 I really appreciate that. I think it was some 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:11.819 good incentive to get some stuff done around 00:01:11.819 --> 00:01:14.120 here. Well, thank you for being here. The mic 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.069 is hot. Um, but we promise we won't ask you anything 00:01:17.069 --> 00:01:20.450 too crazy. So to kind of get into it, Lieutenant 00:01:20.450 --> 00:01:22.849 Governor, let's start from the beginning. Where 00:01:22.849 --> 00:01:25.310 did you grow up? Paint the picture for us. Okay. 00:01:25.450 --> 00:01:28.870 So I grew up in the sprawling metropolis of Bergen, 00:01:28.890 --> 00:01:31.189 Kentucky, which is about 30 minutes south of 00:01:31.189 --> 00:01:33.650 Lexington. So, um, for those who know it's close 00:01:33.650 --> 00:01:35.450 to Danville, that's kind of like a good point, 00:01:35.810 --> 00:01:38.209 but is a tiny little town with, uh, we have about 00:01:38.209 --> 00:01:40.670 a thousand people in a four way stop. And that's 00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:42.829 it. And I was still living in Mercer County, 00:01:42.849 --> 00:01:44.450 actually, when the governor asked me to run with 00:01:44.450 --> 00:01:47.030 him. So I've been in rural central Kentucky my 00:01:47.030 --> 00:01:50.510 whole life. Graduated from Mercer County High 00:01:50.510 --> 00:01:53.810 School, went on to Center College and played 00:01:53.810 --> 00:01:56.430 basketball there. When I graduated from there, 00:01:56.430 --> 00:01:58.590 I went on to the University of Louisville to 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:00.709 get a master's degree in political science. And 00:02:00.709 --> 00:02:02.769 I also worked on the women's basketball team 00:02:02.769 --> 00:02:07.030 at UofL. And then I became a teacher and I started 00:02:07.030 --> 00:02:10.340 kind of full circle back in Bergen. was my first 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:13.000 teaching job. I was a high school social studies 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.300 teacher, girls basketball coach, and I spent 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:19.360 most of my career at East Jessamine High School, 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:21.180 which is of course right outside of Lexington. 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.080 I think it's kind of like growing into each other, 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.060 you know, in Jessamine and Fayette counties. 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.060 I became an assistant principal at Nelson County 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:34.080 High School, and that's when this guy named Andy 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.819 Beshear called and asked if I wanted to be his 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:40.659 running mate. So I spent my whole life in rural 00:02:40.659 --> 00:02:43.680 central Kentucky and in the classroom and on 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:46.599 the basketball court. When you were a child, 00:02:46.740 --> 00:02:48.139 you know, if someone had said to you as a kid 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:50.180 and when you were studying education in college, 00:02:50.219 --> 00:02:52.340 maybe, and maybe even early on as a teacher, 00:02:52.460 --> 00:02:53.979 if someone had said you're going to have a future. 00:02:55.030 --> 00:02:57.250 State politics, what would you have said? You 00:02:57.250 --> 00:03:00.469 know, so people now will tell me, Oh, I always 00:03:00.469 --> 00:03:02.530 knew that's what you were going to do. I never 00:03:02.530 --> 00:03:04.629 knew that's what I was going to do. No. So like 00:03:04.629 --> 00:03:06.469 to other people, they're not as surprised as 00:03:06.469 --> 00:03:08.490 I am, I think, which is, which is interesting. 00:03:08.909 --> 00:03:12.090 Yeah. What was it like growing up in such a small 00:03:12.090 --> 00:03:14.310 town, the four way stop that had to have been 00:03:14.310 --> 00:03:16.590 kind of a unique upbringing? It really, it really 00:03:16.590 --> 00:03:20.750 was. And it's It was just a great little town. 00:03:21.050 --> 00:03:22.889 It's one of those, it's like I was saying, small 00:03:22.889 --> 00:03:24.969 towns. You know, you know all your neighbors 00:03:24.969 --> 00:03:26.889 and your neighbors know all your business. So 00:03:26.889 --> 00:03:29.669 there is, there's give and take there. But it's 00:03:29.669 --> 00:03:33.050 a great little town and Mercer County was a great 00:03:33.050 --> 00:03:36.460 place to grow up. And then to go to college kind 00:03:36.460 --> 00:03:39.280 of in the county right next door, um, and, and 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.159 to teach then in Jessamine County, I guess I 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:44.180 got a little bit bigger as I went on, you know, 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:46.860 um, in, in the towns, but you know, you grow 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:48.580 up around friends and family and there are people 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:50.819 I still talk to and keep in touch with today. 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.780 And so I just, I'm very lucky to have been able 00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:56.199 to grow up in a place like that. When you first 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.000 got the call from governor Beshear wanting to 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:00.979 work together, how do you be his running mate? 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:03.199 What were you thinking? Okay. So this is a great 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:07.039 story. So he, so we knew each other because circles 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:09.319 are small, you know? And so he called one day 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:11.860 and said, Hey, are you coming to the Capitol? 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:13.699 Do you want to go grab a cup of coffee? And I 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:15.599 said, well, I can't today, but I'll let you know 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:17.519 when I'll be there. And that was like a normal. 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.279 thing. What was not normal was when he called 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.519 me the next day and asked the same thing. And 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:24.779 I'm like, what do you want? Like, why are you 00:04:24.779 --> 00:04:28.199 bothering me? What is going on? And so my husband 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:29.680 actually said, Jacqueline, he's going to run 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.040 for governor and he's going to ask you to run 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.240 with him. And I said, Chris, that is crazy. There 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:35.540 is no, that's not, that's not what's happening. 00:04:35.939 --> 00:04:39.500 And so the funny thing about it is, is when we, 00:04:39.899 --> 00:04:42.060 before we met, I was like, now I can only meet 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:46.110 at this time because I have bus duty. Right. 00:04:48.129 --> 00:04:51.050 I had to wait to the last bus left the parking 00:04:51.050 --> 00:04:53.009 lot before I could go would leave to go meet 00:04:53.009 --> 00:04:54.629 with him because I was the assistant principal 00:04:54.629 --> 00:04:57.110 at the time. And so I get there and he starts 00:04:57.110 --> 00:05:00.040 talking to me about it. And I I guess my eyes 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.399 kind of got big because he said that, you know, 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:04.420 the, the first decision I have to make is who 00:05:04.420 --> 00:05:06.720 I want my running mate to be. And he was like, 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:08.420 did you not think that's what we were talking 00:05:08.420 --> 00:05:10.839 about? And I said, Andy, I just left bus duty. 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.560 No, that is not the conversation I thought we 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:15.139 were going to have here, but, but that's how 00:05:15.139 --> 00:05:18.060 it started. It's got to be the only time in history 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:21.120 that. That conversation has started that way, 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:23.639 but it did. I'm sure you're relating to a lot 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:25.839 of teachers right now who've been in your shoes. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.220 They've got a hundred things on their mind. How 00:05:28.220 --> 00:05:31.759 has being in the classroom prepared you for your 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:34.199 role as Lieutenant Governor? So a lot of people 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:36.779 think that it's that I have jumped from, from 00:05:36.779 --> 00:05:39.160 one world to another that are completely different. 00:05:39.579 --> 00:05:41.639 And I can see how like you would think that, 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:45.490 but. Honestly, when we talk about the challenges 00:05:45.490 --> 00:05:47.949 that we face in Kentucky or the things that we're 00:05:47.949 --> 00:05:50.870 trying to get done, I think about the kids in 00:05:50.870 --> 00:05:53.009 my classroom. Right. Because there's no challenge 00:05:53.009 --> 00:05:55.589 that we face in our community that you don't 00:05:55.589 --> 00:05:57.990 also face in the school because schools are like 00:05:57.990 --> 00:06:01.149 microcosms of your communities. And so it's really 00:06:01.149 --> 00:06:04.230 just it, it makes it more personal to me because 00:06:04.230 --> 00:06:07.889 I don't see, you know, a spreadsheet or a statistic. 00:06:08.269 --> 00:06:10.410 I can, if you tell me a challenge, I can tell 00:06:10.410 --> 00:06:13.310 you the kid's name and their family that I met 00:06:13.310 --> 00:06:15.930 that we're dealing with those things. And so. 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:18.160 I think it brings a little bit more of a personal 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:21.800 touch to it and it gives you a different understanding 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:25.139 than maybe people who haven't worked with kids 00:06:25.139 --> 00:06:31.120 and families before. So I've tried to use that 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.000 and to never lose that because I think that's 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.600 so important when it comes to trying to figure 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:38.319 out how you can help people. Is there something 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:40.160 that you miss about being in the classroom every 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:44.439 day? You know, teaching high school kids is not 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:48.699 for the week, but they are they really every 00:06:48.699 --> 00:06:52.259 day gave me an insight into what was going on 00:06:52.259 --> 00:06:56.240 in the world or what they were hearing. And so 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.360 I miss having that connection, you know, because 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:03.519 as you talk to kids, you know, my my goal was 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:06.329 to teach kids. how government was supposed to 00:07:06.329 --> 00:07:08.069 work and then what to do when it doesn't work 00:07:08.069 --> 00:07:11.089 for you. And so just a lot of the conversations 00:07:11.089 --> 00:07:14.769 that we had in class or their feedback always 00:07:14.769 --> 00:07:16.709 kind of gave me an insight to what was being 00:07:16.709 --> 00:07:19.769 said in their household or what they were around 00:07:19.769 --> 00:07:22.290 when they weren't in my classroom. And I miss 00:07:22.290 --> 00:07:25.550 that connection. Yeah. It's funny. I'm the product 00:07:25.550 --> 00:07:28.689 of two public school teachers and it seems like 00:07:28.689 --> 00:07:31.139 high school teachers could say they could never 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:33.120 teach elementary, elementary teachers say they 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.459 can never do middle school. Is there a grade 00:07:35.459 --> 00:07:37.300 level that you just don't think you could do? 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:39.800 Well, I was always scared of the little kids 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.699 because like they can smell fear. You know, it's 00:07:42.699 --> 00:07:45.240 like kindergarten call the big kids that I could 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:47.240 bluff them and they, you know, they were, they 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:50.180 were fine. That was kind of my niche. But, um, 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:52.980 I think now that I have a five year old, I feel 00:07:52.980 --> 00:07:55.639 like I might be able to do, um, little kids, 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.420 maybe, maybe, I don't know, but, uh, I don't 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:01.889 think I could do middle school. Well, even remembering 00:08:01.889 --> 00:08:03.790 what it's like to be a middle schooler, that's 00:08:03.790 --> 00:08:06.750 such a hard time in everyone's life, I think. 00:08:07.069 --> 00:08:08.410 Right. I don't even want to go back to middle 00:08:08.410 --> 00:08:12.449 school. But everybody has their niche and they 00:08:12.449 --> 00:08:15.329 fit it perfectly. And you can almost tell, that 00:08:15.329 --> 00:08:17.509 was my thing I always like to guess in like big 00:08:17.509 --> 00:08:19.250 teachers meetings is like, what grade do you 00:08:19.250 --> 00:08:22.129 teach? I can tell by the way that you act and 00:08:22.129 --> 00:08:23.910 talk and carry yourself and we just all have 00:08:23.910 --> 00:08:26.370 our place. If Governor Beshear were to teach 00:08:26.370 --> 00:08:27.949 a grade, where would you place him? That's a 00:08:27.949 --> 00:08:30.139 good question. What grade level is he giving? 00:08:30.339 --> 00:08:34.019 Senior calculus. I was just telling someone how 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:36.700 bad I was at calculus. Really? What makes you 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:39.480 say that? I just think he's really smart. So 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:41.580 he would be like that calculus teacher. Okay. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.600 Like the cool teacher that like during study 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:46.460 hall kids are like eating their lunch in there 00:08:46.460 --> 00:08:48.659 and hanging out. Would he be cool or would he? 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.120 I think he would definitely have his demographic. 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:55.440 Okay, we all have our little right. Yes, we all 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:57.120 have there's all there's always kids that kind 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:59.240 of migrate towards different teachers. And so 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:01.720 you end up having your own little little crew. 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:07.820 So I don't I don't think we Hey, you need all 00:09:07.820 --> 00:09:11.879 students to go to play that role in their life. 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:13.360 And you mentioned your five -year -old daughter. 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.080 I believe she and I share a name. You do. Evelyn, 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.720 too. Would you call her? Does she go have a nickname 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.480 that she goes by? Sometimes Ev or Evy. Just like 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.000 me. That's so funny. Has having a young child 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.799 like that given you a new perspective on leadership 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:34.539 and politics? Absolutely. It's interesting. I'm 00:09:34.539 --> 00:09:36.899 trying to like correct her or help her understand 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:40.840 how to teach how to treat other people. Um, I 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:42.759 just go back to like, Oh, there's some adults 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.320 that need some, you know, reminders of, of this. 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:48.440 So like, I always think like in my role, would 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:50.740 I, would I say, or do this in front of my child? 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:52.600 And if I, if I wouldn't, then I probably shouldn't 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:55.450 do it. Right. And, and I think that you could 00:09:55.450 --> 00:09:58.450 probably apply that across the board. But I think 00:09:58.450 --> 00:10:00.730 we've lost that somewhere along the way, really. 00:10:01.269 --> 00:10:05.090 But she's a good reminder of not only like, we 00:10:05.090 --> 00:10:08.389 should be examples for our kids in what we say 00:10:08.389 --> 00:10:11.129 and do, but also a reminder of like, what's really 00:10:11.129 --> 00:10:13.450 important. Yeah, kind of keeps you grounded. 00:10:14.049 --> 00:10:17.009 Yeah. Oh, oh, she will do that. Yes, she is darling. 00:10:17.250 --> 00:10:20.750 I've seen your photo. He's adorable. Her teacher 00:10:20.750 --> 00:10:23.649 sent me a picture this morning. She's the teaching 00:10:23.649 --> 00:10:26.509 assistant in class. And so she sent me a picture 00:10:26.509 --> 00:10:29.269 of her and I was like her text her teacher back 00:10:29.269 --> 00:10:31.429 and I said, I can just see the look in her eye 00:10:31.429 --> 00:10:33.789 and she has too much power right now. Like I 00:10:33.789 --> 00:10:37.210 can see it. So maybe she's got a future to lead 00:10:37.210 --> 00:10:39.830 leading the state of Kentucky young leaders. 00:10:40.830 --> 00:10:43.090 When I was doing some research, I learned you 00:10:43.090 --> 00:10:46.970 have this wonderful like blended modern family. 00:10:46.970 --> 00:10:49.169 Tell us about that. Oh, yes, we are about as 00:10:49.169 --> 00:10:52.909 blended as we can be. So My husband, Chris, and 00:10:52.909 --> 00:10:55.509 I met because we were both teachers and basketball 00:10:55.509 --> 00:10:57.929 coaches. So he was coaching the boys team at 00:10:57.929 --> 00:10:59.509 East Jessamine High School, and I was coaching 00:10:59.509 --> 00:11:02.549 the girls team. And people always think that's 00:11:02.549 --> 00:11:04.690 cute and it's not. Because all it means is that 00:11:04.690 --> 00:11:08.070 you fight over gym time, right? And so when we 00:11:08.070 --> 00:11:12.669 got married, he was a package deal. I got Will 00:11:12.669 --> 00:11:15.970 and Nate with him. And so I have two bonus sons. 00:11:16.110 --> 00:11:19.210 And then not long after that, actually one of 00:11:19.210 --> 00:11:22.309 my basketball players became a part of our family 00:11:22.309 --> 00:11:26.350 and we adopted Emma. And so we had those three 00:11:26.350 --> 00:11:31.570 for a while until then I had Evelyn. And so the 00:11:31.570 --> 00:11:36.899 age range though is wild. So Emma is 28. And 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:38.500 when I tell people I have a 28 year old, they 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:40.200 kind of look at me sideways and I'm like, no, 00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:44.720 I didn't have her. I acquired her. And then Will 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:48.240 and Nate are 24 and 22 and then Evelyn's five. 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.840 So there's a huge gap there, but it's, you know, 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:55.840 adopted, you know, I call the boys my bonus sons 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.600 and then biological and we're all just one big 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.070 family. How fun to have all those different perspectives 00:12:01.070 --> 00:12:04.250 in your family. That's really cool. It's almost 00:12:04.250 --> 00:12:08.250 like Evelyn has like five parents. That's pretty 00:12:08.250 --> 00:12:12.029 cool. How has adoption changed your life? Oh 00:12:12.029 --> 00:12:15.669 my gosh. It's one of the best things that I ever 00:12:15.669 --> 00:12:19.289 did. I always had a heart for it before, and 00:12:19.289 --> 00:12:21.029 actually Chris and I had started an adoption 00:12:21.029 --> 00:12:25.850 process when we got married. Then Emma moved 00:12:25.850 --> 00:12:28.330 in with us. And so we kind of put it on the shelf 00:12:28.330 --> 00:12:30.590 for a little bit. And then I realized, like, 00:12:30.649 --> 00:12:34.509 maybe this is our adoption, you know? And so 00:12:34.509 --> 00:12:36.769 she actually lived with us. She moved in with 00:12:36.769 --> 00:12:39.590 us when she was a freshman in high school. And 00:12:39.590 --> 00:12:43.470 we did not make the adoption official until her 00:12:43.470 --> 00:12:46.710 senior year of college. And I had just kind of 00:12:46.710 --> 00:12:50.289 always thought, like, you're a part of our family. 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:54.740 It is what it is and we don't need to do anything 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:57.700 to make it official unless you want to. And she 00:12:57.700 --> 00:13:00.779 did. And so when we did it, she actually surprised 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:02.700 me and she changed her last name. I didn't know 00:13:02.700 --> 00:13:05.460 she was going to do that. And so she's now Emma 00:13:05.460 --> 00:13:08.519 Coleman O 'Brien. Yeah. And then Evelyn is Evelyn 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:12.039 Coleman O 'Brien. And so the guys on our detail 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:14.779 have nicknamed them Echo One and Echo Two, which 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:17.799 I think is hilarious. That is funny. Yeah. What 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.549 was that like when she told you that? she was 00:13:20.549 --> 00:13:24.509 going to change her name. It was like, I mean, 00:13:24.669 --> 00:13:28.629 listen, when you've taken a 14 year old redheaded 00:13:28.629 --> 00:13:31.789 teenage girl, and you've never had, you know, 00:13:31.850 --> 00:13:33.509 a child before, and you don't know what you're 00:13:33.509 --> 00:13:36.210 doing, it was we had some hard times along the 00:13:36.210 --> 00:13:39.500 way. And so when she came, uh, came around and 00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:41.700 said she wanted to do that and change her name. 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:44.379 I was just like, Oh my gosh, it's all, it's all 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:46.340 worth it. You know, it was just, it was just 00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:48.259 very sweet of her to do that. That's really cool. 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:50.600 Yeah. I know not every educator is out there 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.379 adopting a student or a player, but I think it 00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:56.000 does go to show that our educators have such 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.000 a heart for kids and making sure that they're 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.360 in a loving home. Can you just speak to how maybe 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:03.940 teaching doesn't stop, you know, when that last 00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:06.690 bell rings, right? No. And that's the thing is 00:14:06.690 --> 00:14:09.129 like you, you, this is not a job you clock in 00:14:09.129 --> 00:14:11.490 and clock out of, right? Like you, you carry 00:14:11.490 --> 00:14:13.409 it with you. You think about it all the time. 00:14:13.789 --> 00:14:16.509 You're either wrapping up the day or you're preparing 00:14:16.509 --> 00:14:19.090 for the next one. And, you know, kids are in 00:14:19.090 --> 00:14:20.629 your room all the time. They're in there before 00:14:20.629 --> 00:14:23.529 school and after school. And, and especially 00:14:23.529 --> 00:14:25.350 when you're a coach, you have kind of like a 00:14:25.350 --> 00:14:28.029 different level of relationships with students 00:14:28.029 --> 00:14:31.549 because it's outside of school. But yeah, it's 00:14:31.549 --> 00:14:34.690 it. Being a teacher was one of the, I could tell 00:14:34.690 --> 00:14:38.429 it was something I was meant to do. And I felt 00:14:38.429 --> 00:14:44.029 every year like I could have, I always like kind 00:14:44.029 --> 00:14:47.049 of reflected on the year and thought, gosh, I 00:14:47.049 --> 00:14:49.360 wasn't really. good enough, I need to be better 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.500 next year. And then I would feel like I was doing 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:53.019 better. And then the next year, I'd be like, 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:55.139 gosh, I wasn't really good. And so it's always 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:57.620 like you're the goalpost is always moving. And 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:59.679 you never feel like you're good enough. But you're 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:03.159 always getting better is the goal. And so I would 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:04.960 say I want to go back to my first year students 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:07.179 and just say, I'm so sorry. You know, I just 00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:10.159 was new. I was trying and I wasn't as good as 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:11.860 I should have been. But I tried to be better 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:14.360 every year. And that's that's the nature of being 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:16.299 a teacher. Yeah, we're all learning as we go 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:18.370 along. That's right. Yes. Yes, we are. Well, 00:15:18.429 --> 00:15:20.070 you know, you talk about jobs that you never 00:15:20.070 --> 00:15:22.110 turn off. You're a working mom. So many working 00:15:22.110 --> 00:15:24.250 moms out there, working parents in general. What 00:15:24.250 --> 00:15:26.509 do you think the state of Kentucky can do better 00:15:26.509 --> 00:15:29.769 to support working moms? So much. There's just 00:15:29.769 --> 00:15:33.110 so many barriers out there that exist. And it's 00:15:33.110 --> 00:15:37.129 one of those things where if we keep doing what 00:15:37.129 --> 00:15:38.789 we've always done, we're just going to get what 00:15:38.789 --> 00:15:42.850 we've always gotten. And so if we want to improve 00:15:42.850 --> 00:15:46.889 workforce participation rates, if we want to 00:15:46.889 --> 00:15:51.169 improve cultures of workplaces and family life, 00:15:51.629 --> 00:15:54.830 then we've got to think differently. And so one 00:15:54.830 --> 00:15:56.629 of the things that I have pushed for since we 00:15:56.629 --> 00:16:00.049 got elected was Pre -K for All. And so we're 00:16:00.049 --> 00:16:01.809 working on that for Pre -K for All four -year 00:16:01.809 --> 00:16:05.549 -olds in Kentucky. I actually was able to push 00:16:05.549 --> 00:16:09.470 to make sure that we got paid family leave in 00:16:09.470 --> 00:16:11.690 the executive branch for the first time. And, 00:16:11.769 --> 00:16:13.129 you know, when I'm talking to the governor about 00:16:13.129 --> 00:16:15.169 these things, I'm like, listen, like if we're, 00:16:15.289 --> 00:16:18.690 if we need the private sector to do these things, 00:16:18.730 --> 00:16:20.009 then we got to put our money where our mouth 00:16:20.009 --> 00:16:24.690 is too. And so we got paid family leave. We're 00:16:24.690 --> 00:16:27.470 working on childcare for executive branch employees 00:16:27.470 --> 00:16:30.149 and are very excited about, you know, some potentials 00:16:30.149 --> 00:16:33.629 that are upcoming there. And so just making it 00:16:33.629 --> 00:16:37.659 to where people can Go to work and not worry 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:39.500 about where their kids are or what they're doing 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:41.720 They know they're safe and taken care of and 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.019 like that might seem like such a small thing 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:48.980 but You can put people's mind at ease and you 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:51.720 can improve worker productivity at the same time 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:54.879 because things are being taken care of So those 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:57.779 are all things that that I'm trying to work towards 00:16:57.779 --> 00:17:00.220 in the executive branch or that we've gotten 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:04.339 done already that we also want to then push our 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:07.289 private sector to either do it themselves or 00:17:07.289 --> 00:17:09.849 help us with it as well. So I think Pre -K for 00:17:09.849 --> 00:17:12.069 All is going to take a combination of public 00:17:12.069 --> 00:17:15.250 and private sector coming together, but it's 00:17:15.250 --> 00:17:17.210 something we've got to get done. Like I think 00:17:17.210 --> 00:17:19.589 about the kids in Evelyn's class, like she's 00:17:19.589 --> 00:17:21.670 in kindergarten and I look at her classroom and 00:17:21.670 --> 00:17:24.490 I just know by the statistics that more than 00:17:24.490 --> 00:17:26.670 half of those kids walk through the door and 00:17:26.670 --> 00:17:29.569 they're not ready. And so we've got to do something 00:17:29.569 --> 00:17:32.980 about that. On the topic of issues, is there 00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:35.640 another, maybe a different issue that Kentucky 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:39.180 faces that you think deserves more national attention? 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:43.359 So I will tell you this, I think one of the big 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:47.180 challenges that we're seeing now is there's a 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:49.720 lot of issues going on with the federal government 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.859 and internationally with tariffs and with all 00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:55.400 of those things. Most people don't realize, and 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:59.119 I grew up on a farm in Mercer County, but most 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:01.700 people don't realize how high the suicide rate 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:05.440 is for farmers. It's a demographic that is... 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:07.980 higher than normal. And when you think about 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:10.180 it, they're running a small business because 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:13.279 every farm is a small business. They probably 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:16.140 can't make ends meet with that alone. So they 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:19.019 also have a whole nother career and job that 00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:21.380 they're working on. And so one of the issues 00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:25.160 that, you know, with the tariffs, with the soybean 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:28.759 issues that we're hearing about, all of the things 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:31.839 that are happening around agriculture, I'm actually 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:33.980 really concerned about farmers' mental health. 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:36.920 And so that's something that I think we need 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:39.799 to lift up a little bit more, obviously in a 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:43.420 very agricultural dependent state, but across 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:45.359 the country as well, because these are real issues 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.420 that sometimes, you know, if you have to sell 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:52.160 your family farm or you know you're not going 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.339 to be able to make ends meet, that changes the 00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:56.960 dynamic of your family. And so it's something 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.700 I think we've got to be aware of and we've got 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:02.890 to be better at providing supports for. And we 00:19:02.890 --> 00:19:05.609 know in Kentucky, I mean, the weather alone is 00:19:05.609 --> 00:19:08.130 a massive impact on farmers and the year that 00:19:08.130 --> 00:19:11.470 we've had. Yeah. Wow, like every the pendulum 00:19:11.470 --> 00:19:15.069 of weather. Right. And just like all of the things 00:19:15.069 --> 00:19:17.970 that our agricultural community has to deal with 00:19:17.970 --> 00:19:21.430 that they can't control is hard enough. And so 00:19:21.430 --> 00:19:23.630 when you throw more and more at them, you know, 00:19:23.650 --> 00:19:26.549 it just we have an aging farming population. 00:19:26.549 --> 00:19:28.569 It's harder and harder for young people to get 00:19:28.569 --> 00:19:30.809 involved because I don't know how people afford 00:19:30.809 --> 00:19:33.609 to farm anymore, to be honest with you. And then 00:19:33.609 --> 00:19:38.130 the farmland is shrinking. And so that's a workforce 00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:40.589 issue. And and we don't always think about it 00:19:40.589 --> 00:19:42.789 like that. Because you think a lot of times when 00:19:42.789 --> 00:19:45.630 we think of workforce, we think of like, college 00:19:45.630 --> 00:19:48.809 degrees and you know, maybe manufacturing plants 00:19:48.809 --> 00:19:50.990 and things like that. But it's agriculture, too. 00:19:51.349 --> 00:19:52.910 Yeah, well, it's something probably that a lot 00:19:52.910 --> 00:19:56.730 of us I didn't grow up on a farm, but in a rural 00:19:56.730 --> 00:19:58.309 rural community. But you don't always think that's 00:19:58.309 --> 00:20:00.289 where your food comes from, right? Without farmers. 00:20:01.089 --> 00:20:04.369 Mm hmm. We're not eating. So right, right. And 00:20:04.369 --> 00:20:08.369 support them. Yeah. And we have a great programs 00:20:08.369 --> 00:20:10.670 in Kentucky's high schools and colleges and even 00:20:10.670 --> 00:20:13.990 some middle schools like FFA and 4 -H and things 00:20:13.990 --> 00:20:16.750 like that. But I actually worked with our ad 00:20:16.750 --> 00:20:19.309 commissioner, Jonathan Schell. And it's always 00:20:19.309 --> 00:20:21.430 funny when people see us together because they're 00:20:21.430 --> 00:20:25.069 like, you guys are not alike at all. And we're 00:20:25.069 --> 00:20:26.670 not. We come from two different parties. I know 00:20:26.670 --> 00:20:29.190 you've interviewed him a few times. Yeah. But 00:20:29.190 --> 00:20:32.880 when it comes to ag education, we are I mean, 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.319 on the same page about it, because we both know 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:37.380 how important it is. And so we work together 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:41.880 to create All In for Ag Education Week in Kentucky 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:44.819 to get into our elementary schools and to get 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:47.279 kids to exactly what you said. They need to know 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.920 where their food comes from. They need to understand 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.380 it a little bit better. And so just that creating 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:54.539 awareness around it. And I always say, you know, 00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:56.579 for every challenge we face, education is the 00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:59.400 solution. And that's true with ag education as 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:01.960 well. Definitely. Just curiosity, what kind of 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:05.660 farm did you grow up on? We had, so we had horses 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:08.539 and cattle and we actually leased out part of 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:11.640 it for tobacco a long time ago, too. So yeah. 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:14.220 You mentioned working closely with Commissioner 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.980 Schell. You also, of course, worked closely with 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:18.460 the governor. Is there anything that has surprised 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:21.799 you with over the past few years working with 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:25.509 him? You know, the truth is Uh, Andy is really 00:21:25.509 --> 00:21:28.009 funny. You know, he's very serious on his, you 00:21:28.009 --> 00:21:30.589 know, he, and he, and when he, he's, uh, you 00:21:30.589 --> 00:21:32.650 know, obviously a great leader and he's done 00:21:32.650 --> 00:21:34.289 a great job getting us through some really tough 00:21:34.289 --> 00:21:37.190 times. So none of those things, you know, there's 00:21:37.190 --> 00:21:40.269 no room for humor there, but, um, there are times 00:21:40.269 --> 00:21:44.349 where he just, he's so funny about things sometimes 00:21:44.349 --> 00:21:46.789 behind the scenes. And, um, I think a lot of 00:21:46.789 --> 00:21:49.309 people don't, may not see that part of him, but 00:21:49.309 --> 00:21:52.049 yeah, he's a, he's a funny guy. I have a confession 00:21:52.049 --> 00:21:55.210 about governor Beshear. This is from me and Larry, 00:21:55.390 --> 00:21:58.890 my co -anchor. So when Governor Beshear dressed 00:21:58.890 --> 00:22:02.990 up like Mr. Rogers before Halloween, his team 00:22:02.990 --> 00:22:05.309 Kentucky update that particular day was our lead 00:22:05.309 --> 00:22:07.289 story at five o 'clock and Larry and I had been 00:22:07.289 --> 00:22:10.369 running around. We didn't know that he was dressed 00:22:10.369 --> 00:22:13.089 up and we weren't even thinking that it's Halloween. 00:22:13.730 --> 00:22:15.950 And so Carolina Bucheck, our political reporter, 00:22:16.289 --> 00:22:19.670 pops up and makes no mention of it, you know, 00:22:19.670 --> 00:22:21.849 because it wasn't about that. And there's Governor 00:22:21.849 --> 00:22:26.279 Beshear in this. mean just really bad red sweater 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.859 and Larry and I looked at each other and we were 00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:31.119 like oh my gosh because we're chatting while 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:33.859 the package is playing and we said who let him 00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:37.349 wear that today? We figured it out shortly after. 00:22:37.630 --> 00:22:40.289 Not his usual style. No. That is hilarious. I 00:22:40.289 --> 00:22:43.650 actually think he would be very proud that people 00:22:43.650 --> 00:22:45.569 did not know he was... He got us. Yes, he did. 00:22:45.690 --> 00:22:47.069 He did. Yeah. And then the little video that 00:22:47.069 --> 00:22:48.769 came out after the fact, we were like, okay, 00:22:48.950 --> 00:22:50.750 it all makes sense now. But yeah, Larry and I, 00:22:50.970 --> 00:22:54.170 we were on high alert. Well, whoever his stylist 00:22:54.170 --> 00:22:57.289 is, I don't know. Right. Right. You know, you 00:22:57.289 --> 00:23:00.009 mentioned, this is a little more serious, but 00:23:00.009 --> 00:23:03.029 you mentioned the challenges that you all have 00:23:03.029 --> 00:23:05.819 dealt with. natural disasters. I can't think 00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:07.859 of another state that has almost experienced 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:09.839 as many natural disasters in the time that I've 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:12.299 been here in Kentucky, five years. What is it 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:15.319 like for you all on a personal level? When obviously, 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:17.720 you know, there are people who have experienced 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:20.680 these things and it's hard to even fathom what 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.119 they're dealing with. But what is it like when 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:24.420 you go to a place that has just been devastated 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:26.740 for you all to deal with that and meet with people 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:28.460 and see people? Does that take a toll on you 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:33.019 personally? It does, but I think it has to. Because 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:36.400 our thing, and this is how we've always been 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:40.339 from the beginning, is we show up. Neither one 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:42.200 of us have ever claimed to have all the answers. 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.839 Neither one of us have ever claimed that we know 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:47.500 how to solve every problem. But what we try to 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:51.420 do is show up and listen and put yourself in 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:55.779 that person's shoes, which makes it gut -wrenching 00:23:55.779 --> 00:24:01.059 sometimes. It also is what humanizes the situation. 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:03.160 And it, again, instead of it being a statistic 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:05.960 or a spreadsheet, I can tell you that family's 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:07.819 name. I can tell you their story and what happened 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:10.819 to them. And I, you know, look at these parents, 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:13.180 especially like with kids like Evelyn's age when 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:17.180 she was, you know, maybe two when the tornadoes 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:19.980 and the floods happened. And you see those families, 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:24.279 they've lost everything and they're moving into 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:28.579 a travel trailer, which, you know, We provided 00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:31.680 those and most states don't and so everyone was 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:34.180 just happy to have somewhere to go But then you 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:37.420 think their whole like their entire home is gone 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:39.740 and they're moving into this little place and 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:42.599 they're trying to figure out like Where are there? 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:45.579 Where are the papers that they need? How do they? 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:48.700 begin to like navigate the FEMA process and what 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:51.400 do they do for work and so like all of those 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:54.740 things if you've got to put yourself in it or 00:24:55.069 --> 00:24:57.609 or you're too far removed, in my opinion. And 00:24:57.609 --> 00:25:01.410 so when we go, it's hard. It's hard to see people 00:25:01.410 --> 00:25:03.490 going through those things. I think about being 00:25:03.490 --> 00:25:08.190 in Wolf County at the shelters, but people in 00:25:08.190 --> 00:25:10.250 Wolf County didn't get hit by the floods the 00:25:10.250 --> 00:25:12.390 way that Bradford County did, but they opened 00:25:12.390 --> 00:25:15.750 all of their gyms in the school system and let 00:25:15.750 --> 00:25:17.789 people move in and stay there as like a shelter. 00:25:18.429 --> 00:25:21.849 And so I just go around and talk to people and, 00:25:21.849 --> 00:25:23.829 you know, sometimes they're like, they're almost 00:25:23.829 --> 00:25:28.009 embarrassed and, and, and I'm like, you didn't 00:25:28.009 --> 00:25:30.410 do anything wrong. You know, this is, this could 00:25:30.410 --> 00:25:33.289 have happened to anybody. And so to sit there 00:25:33.289 --> 00:25:35.529 and listen to them and some of them have their 00:25:35.529 --> 00:25:37.589 animals with them. Some of them have babies and 00:25:37.589 --> 00:25:39.269 all, you know, pet, you know, pet the animals, 00:25:39.349 --> 00:25:41.789 hold the babies, listen, give the moms a break 00:25:41.789 --> 00:25:45.529 for a minute. And that's all so important because. 00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:49.079 It really helps you to understand not just like 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:52.940 from a policy level of You know the things that 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:55.079 you need to get done but you also need to understand 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:58.119 how it makes families feel and When you personalize 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.960 it in that way I think you're you're able to 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:02.460 better serve people and even though it's hard 00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:04.480 and it would be easier just to stay away and 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:07.420 send resources in I Think there's something about 00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:09.079 it that you have to put yourself in the middle 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:12.089 of it to truly understand it. Yeah After you 00:26:12.089 --> 00:26:15.190 have those days when you're kind of on the ground 00:26:15.190 --> 00:26:17.529 meeting those families, what is the work like 00:26:17.529 --> 00:26:20.210 once you get back to the Capitol and are working 00:26:20.210 --> 00:26:22.170 on emergency funding and all of those things? 00:26:22.529 --> 00:26:23.970 Well, I'll tell you, one of the things that we 00:26:23.970 --> 00:26:25.789 actually were able to get done because of all 00:26:25.789 --> 00:26:28.910 of this. So I go to, I go to Jackson and the 00:26:28.910 --> 00:26:31.190 Lexington fire department is like command central. 00:26:31.250 --> 00:26:33.710 They're the ones that have set up and are helping, 00:26:33.710 --> 00:26:36.410 you know, in all of all of areas. And so they 00:26:36.410 --> 00:26:38.650 start pointing out to me that, okay, well here's 00:26:38.650 --> 00:26:42.250 West Virginia's team and here's Tennessee's team 00:26:42.250 --> 00:26:43.690 and here's Indiana's team. And I'm like, what 00:26:43.690 --> 00:26:45.990 are you talking about teams? And they said, well, 00:26:46.250 --> 00:26:48.410 every state around us has an urban search and 00:26:48.410 --> 00:26:50.910 rescue team. They call them USAR teams, except 00:26:50.910 --> 00:26:54.130 for us. And I'm like, well, why don't we have 00:26:54.130 --> 00:26:56.609 one? You know, and they're like, well, come sit 00:26:56.609 --> 00:26:58.089 down and we'll tell you all about it. They had 00:26:58.089 --> 00:27:01.450 been trying to get a USAR team passed in Kentucky 00:27:01.450 --> 00:27:04.869 since after the tornado in West Liberty in 2011. 00:27:05.250 --> 00:27:07.450 And they were like, we can't even get the bill 00:27:07.450 --> 00:27:10.089 heard. Like no one will even hear it to even 00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:13.059 voted up or down. And I'm like, we're going to 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:15.720 fix this because we were just coming off of the 00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:18.799 tornadoes and now the flood. And we have a great 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:22.279 guard, KSP, first responders. They're amazing, 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:26.200 but they were kind of operating in their own 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:28.980 little places and doing the best they could without 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:31.700 any kind of coordination, support, resources. 00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:34.420 that every other state around us had. We were 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:36.680 like one of seven states that didn't have a USAR 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:39.140 team. And I'm like, okay, now is the time, you 00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:42.859 know? And so I worked with the first responders 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:46.220 here in Lexington. They handled some of the legislative 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:48.799 side, and I worked with Kentucky Emergency Management, 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:51.819 the governor's office. And we got that bill passed 00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:55.880 in both chambers unanimously, and the governor 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.500 signed it into law. So something that they'd 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.759 been trying to get done for over a decade and 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:02.150 couldn't even get a vote on it. passed unanimously 00:28:02.150 --> 00:28:04.029 in both chambers and was signed into law. So 00:28:04.029 --> 00:28:08.710 now we have an organized response that is faster, 00:28:08.869 --> 00:28:11.710 more efficient, better resource than it was before. 00:28:12.130 --> 00:28:15.109 So when the next, you know, natural disaster 00:28:15.109 --> 00:28:17.069 hits, we're going to be a little bit better than 00:28:17.069 --> 00:28:18.589 we were the last time and a little bit better 00:28:18.589 --> 00:28:20.190 than we were the last time. And so those are 00:28:20.190 --> 00:28:22.390 the kind of things that when you learn about 00:28:22.390 --> 00:28:25.539 like, well, Why does Kentucky not have this and 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.660 everyone else does? You wouldn't even realize 00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:30.119 that it doesn't have that. No. And so I just 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.480 decided like, okay, we're going to do something 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.640 about that. And so we were able to get it done. 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:38.180 Yeah. Going back to other issues and kind of 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:40.640 your to -do list, do you feel like you still 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:43.190 have unfinished business in Frankfurt? Oh, yeah. 00:28:43.329 --> 00:28:45.509 I mean, I don't know that you ever ever really 00:28:45.509 --> 00:28:47.430 feel like you get the things done that you want 00:28:47.430 --> 00:28:50.849 to get done. But I want to I want to see the 00:28:50.849 --> 00:28:53.650 the child care through for our state employees. 00:28:54.269 --> 00:28:57.950 And we're working on that. Pre -K for all four 00:28:57.950 --> 00:29:00.789 year olds is huge. And it would change the trajectory 00:29:00.789 --> 00:29:05.509 of a generation of kids and their and their futures. 00:29:05.609 --> 00:29:08.930 But it also would provide so much relief to working 00:29:08.930 --> 00:29:12.680 moms and, you know. and businesses who need workers 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:16.359 right now. So those two things I think are really 00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:19.319 important to make sure that we get those done. 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:22.680 We also have a lot of economic development announcements 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:25.319 and jobs and all of those things that we want 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:27.319 to make sure that we put a bow on all of it before 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:31.099 we leave and get it done so that there's no hold 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:34.039 up once we leave office. We want to make sure 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:36.160 we finish what we started is what I like to say. 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:39.240 I saw a very interesting headline this week. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:42.420 It said starting in 2026, 14 states will have 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:44.359 female governors. You might've seen that same 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:47.299 headline from NBC. What would it take for you 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:50.759 to consider running for governor? Well, I am. 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:53.839 I'm giving it some serious consideration here 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:57.680 in Kentucky. It's interesting that I know Abigail 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:59.940 Spanberger in Virginia and Mikey Sherrill in 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:03.180 New Jersey. I've had the privilege of getting 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:05.779 to know them and calling them friends. And so 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:08.339 watching their move from Congress to the governor's 00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:12.160 office was a really cool thing to see. And in 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:14.359 the same week that our country elected a record 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:16.579 number of female governors on both sides of the 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:20.839 aisle, Kentucky laid to rest our only female 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:22.740 governor so far with Martha Lynn Collins, who 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:27.079 was also a teacher. And so it was almost like 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:30.799 a full circle moment. while I thought, you know, 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:33.920 this is a hero that blaze trails and this is 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.059 a well -deserved rest for her. I just keep thinking 00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:39.099 there's a whole lot more work to be done. And 00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:42.259 so I'm going to, I'm going to keep thinking about 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:44.200 it, talking to folks about it. I've had a lot 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:46.519 of conversations with people across Kentucky 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:49.099 about it, just looking for, you know, what, what 00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:50.920 are, what do we need in a leader? What do we 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:53.819 need to keep the good things going and, and where 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:55.720 we're not hitting all of our marks, what do we 00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:58.559 need to do differently? And I think that legacy 00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:01.589 is important. What are some of the things that 00:31:01.589 --> 00:31:03.250 people are telling you that they want to see 00:31:03.250 --> 00:31:05.049 in a leader or some of the things they would 00:31:05.049 --> 00:31:07.230 want to see you tackle if you were in that role? 00:31:07.509 --> 00:31:10.130 Yeah, well, everybody wants to make sure that 00:31:10.130 --> 00:31:12.910 their school is the best, right, and gets better 00:31:12.910 --> 00:31:16.730 at every turn. And I always say the future of 00:31:16.730 --> 00:31:18.829 Kentucky's economy is in our classrooms today. 00:31:19.230 --> 00:31:21.009 And so even if you don't think about it from 00:31:21.009 --> 00:31:22.849 an education perspective, you got to think about 00:31:22.849 --> 00:31:25.490 it from an economic one because that's our driver. 00:31:26.390 --> 00:31:28.410 I hear from people all the time that they want 00:31:28.410 --> 00:31:32.069 to keep the good economic development and job 00:31:32.069 --> 00:31:35.470 creation going. And they also want to keep, you 00:31:35.470 --> 00:31:38.930 know, Andy and I have really made a conscious 00:31:38.930 --> 00:31:42.460 effort. to keep Washington DC out of Kentucky, 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:45.000 you know, in terms of like the rhetoric and the 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.839 culture war stuff that you hear on the news all 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:50.579 the time that it might be, you know, great to 00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:54.839 talk about on TV, but in reality, normal people 00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:57.099 aren't thinking about those things or worried 00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:59.539 about those things. They're thinking about, you 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:03.640 know, their kids' schools and the roads and their 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:07.559 safety and things like that. And so making sure 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:10.269 that we keep it to where Kentucky is focused 00:32:10.269 --> 00:32:12.430 on Kentucky and we don't let all of the other 00:32:12.430 --> 00:32:15.150 stuff that goes on elsewhere distract us. It's 00:32:15.150 --> 00:32:17.049 something that people actually have really liked 00:32:17.049 --> 00:32:20.670 because it's exhausting. You know, that other 00:32:20.670 --> 00:32:23.829 stuff is just exhausting to constantly have to 00:32:23.829 --> 00:32:26.430 worry about whatever culture war of the day is 00:32:26.430 --> 00:32:28.829 on cable news. And so I've heard from a lot of 00:32:28.829 --> 00:32:30.609 people, I really like that you guys don't get 00:32:30.609 --> 00:32:33.509 involved in that. So that's fine with me because 00:32:33.509 --> 00:32:35.509 I think it's exhausting and I have a I think 00:32:35.509 --> 00:32:37.509 it's the teacher and the coach in me that I just 00:32:37.509 --> 00:32:40.109 don't have time for the nonsense Sure, like we 00:32:40.109 --> 00:32:43.359 have a job to get done. So that's how I focus 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:46.000 on it too. What do you hope your legacy is that 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:48.279 part of what you hope your legacy is in Frankfurt? 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.460 I mean, that would be nice if people could look 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:53.380 back and say, you know, the Beshear Coleman administration 00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:55.740 went to work every day, they showed up for people. 00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.759 They they focus on the things that we're worried 00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:01.960 about. And they didn't drag us through, you know, 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.359 the national mud. That would be that would be 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:07.579 fine with me if that's if that's the legacy that 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:10.200 we leave behind. Yeah. Is there something that 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:12.119 people would be surprised to learn about you 00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:20.339 outside of politics? Oh, I am a little obsessed 00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:25.279 with Christmas. Well, you know how to segue. 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:32.900 So I really didn't get into it a lot, like growing 00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:37.029 up, but When I got my own house and my own family, 00:33:37.230 --> 00:33:42.009 I was like, we're gonna do this big. So I may 00:33:42.009 --> 00:33:45.329 or may not have four Christmas trees. And then 00:33:45.329 --> 00:33:47.329 I decorate the one in our office. I won't let 00:33:47.329 --> 00:33:49.589 anyone else do it. It's like those clips where 00:33:49.589 --> 00:33:51.910 the mom is like, why is no one helping me? And 00:33:51.910 --> 00:33:53.650 then someone tries to put an ornament on and 00:33:53.650 --> 00:33:57.069 you're like, wrong place. That's not my vision. 00:33:57.349 --> 00:34:01.150 I know, I know. So the governor's mansion staff 00:34:01.150 --> 00:34:03.329 will come in sometimes to our offices and so 00:34:03.329 --> 00:34:04.980 they saw the tree. And they're like, who did 00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:08.559 this? And my office folks were like the lieutenant 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.239 governor and they were like, can she come help 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:12.079 us decorate the mansion? I was like, I don't 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.539 think you know how much I would love to do that. 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:17.940 So we have all those things. And I just love, 00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:20.380 I just love making it feel like Christmas. And 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:23.679 I used to be a very hardcore wait till the day 00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:26.440 after Thanksgiving. And then I realized it just, 00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:28.539 it makes me happy. And so I'm just doing it. 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.719 So I do it at the beginning of November. Hey, 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:33.159 yeah, no rules. I love that. I respect that. 00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:35.380 Yeah. Having a five year old, what's that like 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:37.659 around the holidays? Well, she's so into it. 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:41.119 Like, we have an elf. Is that the elf on the 00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:45.139 shelf? Oh, yeah. Yep. Yep. Not my not my decision. 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:48.900 And also not my responsibility. Sure. I was like, 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:51.679 I do everything else. Chris can move the elf. 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:56.809 So We have, she gets into that and she talks 00:34:56.809 --> 00:34:58.710 about Christmas all year long. Like she'll listen 00:34:58.710 --> 00:35:01.289 to Christmas music in the summer. And so Chris 00:35:01.289 --> 00:35:03.590 is like, you have created a little Christmas 00:35:03.590 --> 00:35:06.030 monster. And I'm like, I really have. So now 00:35:06.030 --> 00:35:08.210 she's into like timelines. So she's trying to 00:35:08.210 --> 00:35:10.989 figure out like how many days until this, how 00:35:10.989 --> 00:35:13.510 many weeks until this. And I have totally thrown 00:35:13.510 --> 00:35:16.269 her off by decorating, you know, early because 00:35:16.269 --> 00:35:18.230 she thinks Christmas is like next week. And I'm 00:35:18.230 --> 00:35:20.170 like, no, that's Thanksgiving. She's like, well, 00:35:20.230 --> 00:35:21.969 when's Christmas? And I'm like, it's coming. 00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:25.849 It's coming. Keeping her on her toes. Never know 00:35:25.849 --> 00:35:27.650 when Christmas is going to be here. Do you have 00:35:27.650 --> 00:35:33.409 a favorite Kentucky Christmas tradition? I really 00:35:33.409 --> 00:35:39.949 like going to see the Southern Lights at the 00:35:39.949 --> 00:35:44.510 horse park. We like to do that. Sometimes there's 00:35:44.510 --> 00:35:47.809 houses that are in our neighborhood. The neighborhood 00:35:47.809 --> 00:35:51.559 we live in now, they have a competition. And 00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:54.380 they're serious about it. So like so many of 00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:58.380 the houses in our neighborhood decorate and every 00:35:58.380 --> 00:36:01.579 since Evelyn could like tell us what she wanted 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:05.980 to do every night in like from Thanksgiving to 00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:09.019 Christmas, we go drive the neighborhood. And 00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:12.369 you know, so she knows even in like the summer, 00:36:12.389 --> 00:36:14.369 she'll say, well, that's the house with the Grinch 00:36:14.369 --> 00:36:17.150 and that's the house with with Mickey Mouse and 00:36:17.150 --> 00:36:19.869 that's the house with Elsa or whatever. And so 00:36:19.869 --> 00:36:21.969 we drive the neighborhood every single night. 00:36:22.630 --> 00:36:26.610 And she we look at as the lights go up and as 00:36:26.610 --> 00:36:28.710 people start to decorate and she remembers them 00:36:28.710 --> 00:36:30.789 all year long. So that's what we do literally 00:36:30.789 --> 00:36:33.469 every night. I love that. I have to start doing 00:36:33.469 --> 00:36:36.409 some good houses in Lexington. Yeah, since you 00:36:36.409 --> 00:36:39.380 do have kids of all different ages. What is Christmas 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:42.539 morning look like for you guys? I mean, is your 00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:45.699 five year old waking up at 5am or the older kids 00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:48.219 sleeping in? Like what's it like? Yes, and yes. 00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:51.619 So Evelyn, we have to make sure that she doesn't 00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:54.119 go downstairs without us, obviously, but we actually 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:57.280 send her to wake up all the big kids. And I'm 00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.480 like, you can't go downstairs until everybody's 00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:02.139 awake. So she's just jumping on them and you 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:05.980 know, like, get up. And they actually really 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:08.030 like I mean, like they probably wouldn't get 00:37:08.030 --> 00:37:10.869 up early if it weren't for her. So they love 00:37:10.869 --> 00:37:13.070 to come down and watch her just get so excited 00:37:13.070 --> 00:37:15.730 about everything too. So it's so fun being with 00:37:15.730 --> 00:37:18.670 kids around the holidays. It is it really adds 00:37:18.670 --> 00:37:20.690 an element of chaos that I think is kind of needed. 00:37:20.769 --> 00:37:23.489 That's a great way to say that. Yeah, it is the 00:37:23.489 --> 00:37:25.309 holiday season. This episode will be coming out 00:37:25.309 --> 00:37:27.150 right at the start of December. But it's you 00:37:27.150 --> 00:37:28.530 know, a time when people are thinking of what 00:37:28.530 --> 00:37:31.369 they have what they're grateful for. What does 00:37:31.369 --> 00:37:36.590 that mean for you? I I'm really grateful. for 00:37:36.590 --> 00:37:39.750 honestly the the the goodness that I get to see 00:37:39.750 --> 00:37:42.610 every day from the people in Kentucky. You know, 00:37:42.610 --> 00:37:45.849 we just did our Salvation Army Red Kettle kickoff. 00:37:46.789 --> 00:37:49.869 And in the angel tree, we have one of those at 00:37:49.869 --> 00:37:51.969 our church and, and I actually was able to thank 00:37:51.969 --> 00:37:54.530 the Salvation Army for giving us an opportunity 00:37:54.530 --> 00:37:58.110 to help because sometimes people will say like, 00:37:58.289 --> 00:38:00.130 I just want to help, but I don't know how, right. 00:38:00.550 --> 00:38:02.530 So I thank them for giving us an opportunity 00:38:02.530 --> 00:38:04.989 to help but also to give us the opportunity to 00:38:04.989 --> 00:38:07.510 teach our kids how to help. So trying to explain 00:38:07.510 --> 00:38:09.909 to Evelyn like why that person is ringing the 00:38:09.909 --> 00:38:12.449 bell when we go to Kroger and explaining to her 00:38:12.449 --> 00:38:15.329 why we got an angel off the tree at church and 00:38:15.329 --> 00:38:17.570 helping her to understand like some kids don't 00:38:17.570 --> 00:38:20.250 have a lot of things for Christmas. And so we're 00:38:20.250 --> 00:38:22.150 going to help them. We're going to help get some 00:38:22.150 --> 00:38:25.030 presents for some kids and for her to get excited 00:38:25.030 --> 00:38:26.989 about getting things for other people and for 00:38:26.989 --> 00:38:31.250 helping someone that she'll never meet. one of 00:38:31.250 --> 00:38:35.730 my favorite things to do now. But the opportunities 00:38:35.730 --> 00:38:39.130 that we've been given to get to know people in 00:38:39.130 --> 00:38:41.409 Kentucky, the things I've learned from them, 00:38:42.670 --> 00:38:46.530 it's just been something that I honestly, I think 00:38:46.530 --> 00:38:48.469 about how lucky I am every day that I get to 00:38:48.469 --> 00:38:51.590 do it. And it's never left me. And I don't think 00:38:51.590 --> 00:38:54.070 it ever will because it's just something I really 00:38:54.070 --> 00:38:57.420 enjoy. Well, that puts a nice Christmas bow on 00:38:57.420 --> 00:39:01.219 our conversation. Before we let you go, we know 00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:03.480 you're very busy. We want to do a few quick hot 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:06.800 takes for you. Quick questions. They're not too 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:10.980 crazy, so don't worry. First one, underrated 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:14.699 Kentucky town. Oh, underrated Kentucky town. 00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:21.199 This is a hard one, I think. It is, you know? 00:39:21.469 --> 00:39:25.250 I just went to Millersburg in Bourbon County. 00:39:25.489 --> 00:39:28.210 They're very festive there. Very festive. And 00:39:28.210 --> 00:39:30.469 they have a whole Main Street program they're 00:39:30.469 --> 00:39:32.889 trying to because they had that fire not a while 00:39:32.889 --> 00:39:36.730 ago. And so they're really trying to get everything 00:39:36.730 --> 00:39:40.090 back up and going. And it is a cute little town 00:39:40.090 --> 00:39:43.159 and they I can tell like They are working really 00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:45.360 hard to get it back to where they want it to 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:47.719 be. And so like, it's it, that's a good one. 00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:50.039 And that's one that I actually had not been to 00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.940 before. Like Paris and Bourbon County, but not 00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:58.599 Millersburg. Who would play you in a movie about 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:02.920 your life in politics? Oh, and Eddie has already 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:05.820 answered this question for you yesterday. So 00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:08.099 maybe after you say yours, I'll say what I said. 00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:11.340 Okay. So I hear just from like, looking like 00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:13.860 me. There are two actresses that people always 00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:16.079 tell me look like me. One is the woman on the 00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:18.860 blacklist. I don't know who's that. I can't think 00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.559 of her name. But if you watch the black woman, 00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:23.320 okay. And the other one is Olivia Wilde. Oh, 00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:28.659 that's that. Yeah, yeah, that. But from Yeah, 00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:30.460 I would say I guess one of those two just because 00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:35.880 they look like me but from a maybe from an attitude 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:38.260 perspective, it would be like a, I don't know, 00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:41.019 like a maybe like a Sandra Bullock. That's a 00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:43.800 good one too. I said Julia Roberts. That's who 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:46.820 I thought maybe. Wow. This was discussion in 00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:48.780 the newsroom. Who would play you in a movie? 00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:52.860 All right. Couple more holiday questions. Hallmark 00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:56.510 movies or no? No. Really, I don't do Hallmark 00:40:56.510 --> 00:40:59.630 movies. Mm -hmm. I do like I have a favorite 00:40:59.630 --> 00:41:02.090 though. We watch it every year It's called four 00:41:02.090 --> 00:41:04.889 Christmases. Oh, so good. I don't think I've 00:41:04.889 --> 00:41:07.369 seen that one. Oh, you got to it's like Vince 00:41:07.369 --> 00:41:10.610 Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon Oh, okay. Yeah, 00:41:10.610 --> 00:41:12.929 it's very cute. Both of their families. Both 00:41:12.929 --> 00:41:15.230 of their parents are divorced And so that's what 00:41:15.230 --> 00:41:18.030 the four Christmases, but it's so it's it's a 00:41:18.030 --> 00:41:21.300 funny it especially like anytime you have like 00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:24.000 dysfunction in the family, you see it in that 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.960 movie and you're like, okay, so I'm not the only 00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:28.480 one. Right. You're not alone. Right. Okay. This 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:30.059 is, we already asked you Christmas tradition, 00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:31.780 but what's your favorite Kentucky tradition in 00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:35.000 general? Oh gosh. My favorite. Well, it would 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:37.760 have to be the Derby because Chris and I got 00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:41.440 engaged on Derby day at Keeneland and then we 00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:44.679 got married the next Derby day. Um, and we timed 00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:47.539 it so that our reception would be a Derby party. 00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:49.780 So we watched the Derby. We got married. We had 00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:51.380 a horse barn and that's where we got, that's 00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:53.519 where we got married. Um, and had our reception. 00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:57.679 And so my dad to this day will say something 00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:00.559 very sarcastic on Derby day, like, Oh, well there's 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:02.340 nothing else to do in Kentucky on Derby day. 00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:05.940 So let's get married. You know, but it was the 00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:10.599 best. It was a very Kentucky. Like. experience. 00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:12.900 And so I'm glad that we did it that way. Yeah, 00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:15.340 very cool. Yeah, that is very Kentucky. Yeah. 00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:17.619 Lieutenant Governor, any final thoughts or any 00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:19.239 message to the folks who are going to listen 00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:22.900 or watch this? Well, I would just say, if you're 00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:25.159 out there listening and you're and you're able, 00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:29.960 you know, go go to your local Kroger or maybe 00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:32.579 I think they have angel trees at the mall and 00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:34.280 it you know, in churches and things like that 00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:37.760 and just If you could help one person, get a 00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:41.340 meal for them at Kroger or buy some gifts for 00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:44.000 some kids that need it, take a little time to 00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:48.500 do that because it may feel like the need is 00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:50.059 so big that you don't know where to start. But 00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:52.340 if everybody did just a little something, it 00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:55.000 would have a huge impact. And so I hope as folks 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:58.659 are listening, they remember to help some other 00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:02.139 folks during the holiday season, especially. 00:43:03.610 --> 00:43:06.030 Thank you so much for being here. We enjoyed 00:43:06.030 --> 00:43:08.610 it. This is awesome. We leveled up on Hot Mic. 00:43:09.570 --> 00:43:11.429 I can't wait to recap this. It's going to be 00:43:11.429 --> 00:43:13.250 good. Lieutenant Governor, thank you so much 00:43:13.250 --> 00:43:15.150 for taking the time. It was so nice to get to 00:43:15.150 --> 00:43:17.789 know you a little better and more about who Jacqueline 00:43:17.789 --> 00:43:20.030 Coleman is. Thank you. Thank you for coming on. 00:43:20.230 --> 00:43:22.769 To our listeners and our viewers, thank you so 00:43:22.769 --> 00:43:25.110 much and we will see you on next week's episode 00:43:25.110 --> 00:43:26.250 of Hot Mic.