Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidates Exchange Jabs at Historic Fancy Farm Picnic
Held the first weekend every August, the Fancy Farm Picnic is a tradition that is billed as the world’s largest one-day barbeque and a political spectacle where candidates and elected officials exchange zingers and jabs before raucous crowds who respond with cascades of boos and taunts.
In this Aug. 3, 2019, file photo, Kentucky republican candidate for Attorney General Daniel Cameron, addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. Cameron was elected Nov. 5, 2019,l as Kentucky attorney general, first African American to win the office. Timothy D. Easley, File/AP Photo
FANCY FARM, Ky.—Once a year, it’s polite to talk politics with company over dinner in this usually sleepy village of around 500 in western Kentucky,
Held the first weekend every August, the Fancy Farm Picnic is a tradition that is billed as the world’s largest one-day barbeque and a political spectacle where candidates and elected officials exchange zingers and jabs before raucous crowds who respond with cascades of boos and taunts.
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Jeff Louderback covers major news and politics, including the Make America Healthy Again movement and regenerative farming. Since joining The Epoch Times in 2022, he has covered national elections, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, the East Palestine train derailment, and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Jeff has 30-plus years of professional experience as a reporter, editor, and author.
