Florida’s DeSantis jabs back at Beshear while in KY to push balanced budget amendment

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 946

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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FRANKFORT — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a Wednesday visit to the Kentucky capital pushed back at recent comments by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear about him on national TV.

DeSantis, a Republican, said he did not “really know much about” Beshear, a Democrat, but someone had shown him a clip of Beshear’s appearance on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart last week. Stewart asked Beshear to name the worst governor, or who comes …

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