Daniel Cameron, Republican Nominee for Governor, speaks to Glasgow residents at George J's on June 28. Photo by Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Stickers and signs reading “Daniel Cameron for Governor” were handed to the numerous people who came to George J’s on the Square in downtown Glasgow to listen to the Republican nominee for governor, Daniel Cameron.
The noon event Wednesday was attended by many notable public figures such as Kentucky State Rep. Steve Riley, U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky State Sen. Mike Wilson, Barren County Judge-Executive Jamie Byrd and Glasgow Mayor Henry Royse.
It was the first campaign stop in the area after he secured the Republican nomination with 47.7 percent of the vote against Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles and former UN ambassador Kelly Craft, a Glasgow native. Cameron’s other scheduled campaign stops were in Scottsville and Russellville.
Cameron launched his bid for the governorship on May 11 of 2022. He continues to serve as the 51st attorney general of the commonwealth, which he said, “has been an honor”
In November he will face incumbent Andy Beshear in the general election. Currently, polls have Cameron and Beshear even at 47 percent. As November draws nearer, the campaign plans to increase stops and highlight the differences between Cameron and Beshear.
It was in pursuit of this effort that he stopped at George J’s to speak to potential voters about his ideological and political differences.
“We have a tremendous opportunity this November to put an end to the Beshear-Biden pro-socialist, woke, anti-Christian agenda,” said Richard McClard, a Republican Party of Kentucky Second Congressional District Member-at-Large. “And to restore something that has been missing for the last three years from the governor’s mansion: honesty, integrity and character.”
Rep. Guthrie introduced the “next governor.”
Speaking for roughly 12 minutes, Cameron highlighted his differences with Beshear, including his position on abortion, the handling of the pandemic, “gender ideology curriculum” in public schools, the workforce, crime and the “open hostility” he showed toward teachers.
“His vision is one where crime, and violent crime, is high and the workforce participation rate is low,” Cameron said. “Since he has taken the oath of office, there are 27,000 fewer Kentuckians working in our commonwealth, and it’s a vision in which at the end of the day your values are not reflected.”
“This is about your vision for the commonwealth,” Cameron added.
In concluding his remarks he vowed to show Beshear he was “nonessential,” an allusion to the shutdown Beshear organized during the pandemic.
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