WASHINGTON — After auditioning as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, with campaign stops around the U.S., Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., was front and center as the Democratic National Convention opened Aug. 19.
Beshear's primetime address on reproductive rights was just one of a dizzying number of speaking events for him during the DNC.
He spoke at meetings of the DNC’s Labor and Rural Councils, took part in a Harris campaign press briefing and addressed the delegations of 13 states, including the battlegrounds of Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to his team.
In between, he squeezed in several national cable news hits.
“I get that we’re on day 4 and we’re all tired, but we’re going to be a lot more tired as the campaign continues,” Beshear told a Michigan crowd Thursday. “As my buddy Tim Walz says, ‘We can sleep when we’re dead.’”
Millions were watching Tuesday night, Aug. 20, as Beshear took part in the boisterous state-by-state roll call vote, ceremoniously confirming Harris as the Democrats’ nominee.
He used it to tout his administration’s partnership with the Biden-Harris administration.
“Since 2021, the Biden-Harris administration has shown up for the commonwealth of Kentucky, and today we’re showing up for Vice President Harris,” Beshear said. “With this administration, we’ve broken every record for private sector investment, exports, tourism, wages and new jobs. Together, we’re building the two largest battery plants on planet Earth.”
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