At a time when Democrats need not only strong voices, but effective ones to reach Americans who may have given up on Democrats, Beshear provides a powerful example of successful governance and strategically smart rhetoric. We at The Contrarian believe that such courage is contagious.

At a time when Democrats need not only strong voices, but effective ones to reach Americans who may have given up on Democrats, Beshear provides a powerful example of successful governance and strategically smart rhetoric. We at The Contrarian believe that such courage is contagious.

There are few better spokesmen than he, for example, when it comes to explaining the hardship the USAID freeze imposed on farmers or the damaging impact of tariffs and rolling back green energy investment. “I would hope a president that said we’re going to make more cars in America would do things that helped us make more cars in America,” Beshear said recently. “We’ve announced about 10,000 EV jobs in Kentucky, and (Trump) won Kentucky by 30 points. And so, if you do the math, if he causes us to lose these EV jobs, he is eliminating jobs from the very people who voted for him.” Beshear continued: “His plans and approach right now risks tanking that economy in a way that will hurt people.” He added, “The amount that gas will cost more will be the ‘Trump tax.’” Reminding voters that Trump promised to lower prices, he pointed out that “in Kentucky, we get hit the hardest, or at least close to the hardest."

“I’ve been outspoken on the need for FEMA…. We have suffered loss, and we have suffered damage at a scale I’m not sure a single generation of Kentuckians have ever seen.” He acknowledged that the agency was not perfect, but emphasized that “how they surge resources in the search-and-rescue phase is critically important.”

At a time when Democrats need not only strong voices, but effective ones to reach Americans who may have given up on Democrats, Beshear provides a powerful example of successful governance and strategically smart rhetoric.