As Kentucky's gubernatorial race heats up, the drug crisis plaguing the state has taken center stage in the campaigns of each of the candidates hoping to unseat Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear.
has also been a sharp critic of how the drug crisis has been handled at the state and federal levels. Speaking with Fox on Friday, he touted efforts he said he had made to combat the crisis, and he vowed he wouldn't stop for as long as he would be in office.
"Fentanyl is killing more and more Kentuckians each day and is the second leading cause of death for African American men between the ages of 18 and 45. And Beshear refuses to stand up to his liberal friends in D.C. to help Kentuckians fight this epidemic. That will not be the case when I'm governor," he said.
Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks to the press on July 31, 2022, in Whitesburg, Kentucky.
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