Lucas Kunce, the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Senate, held a rally in Barnett, Missouri yesterday evening. Approximately 200 individuals from the area and neighboring counties attended.

Lucas Kunce (D).

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Lucas Kunce (D): “…And somebody is getting a little scared about it. [laughter] So, uh, so craziest thing happened the other day. Uh, I should give you some background first. So, a year ago I went out to the Missouri State Fair. Go every year, take the family. And, uh, and lo and behold Josh Hawley was at the state fair. And I thought, well gosh, you know, I never met the guy before. Maybe I should go up and say hi to him. [laughter] Can anybody guess what happened? [laughter] I’m telling you people it was January 6th all over again [laughter] Brrrrr, quick as he could, ran away. But, I will give the man some credit, in the intervening year it seems he’s spent a lot of time re-reading his book on manhood, [laughter] uh, because he came to play this year.

Yeah, if you don’t know, Josh Hawley literally wrote a book and titled it Manhood. Like I’m not, I’m not kidding you. It’s, uh, world’s greatest self-help book. You can get it for two dollars on Amazon. [laughter] The, uh, the secrets of masculinity from the coward of January 6th himself. It’s the craziest thing you ever heard. But, um. But, first of all, shame on y’all for laughing. [laughter]

And the reason I say that comes from a very dark place. You see, my campaign manager made me read the thing. I’m never gonna get those hours back and it was a brutal experience. However, and y’all aren’t gonna like this, I wish that we could make that book required reading for everyone who votes in November. I know, you don’t want to read it. But, I’m telling you just think about it, just suffering through that is a small sacrifice for us winning 98 to 2. Because, I swear to God, if everybody had to read it that is how much we would win by. Like, it’s absolutely crazy….”

The “debate on debates” – Governer’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 15, 2024

Lucas Kunce (D): “…Honestly, I think they can see what a creep the guy is anyway.

And, uh, I actually discovered this personally myself, this was where I was going earlier, at the state year this year. So, if you didn’t see, the wildest thing happened. Again, he came motivated this year. And so, I’m talking to this farmer named [….] in the pavilion, and, uh, we’re just hanging out, he’s talking about beef checkoff programs, you know, all that sort of stuff. Big Ag destroying his livelihood. Sadly, the truth here in Missouri for a lot of folks. And, um, and we’re talking and we just hear this ruckus coming from the background. And, uh, and it starts to get clearer after a little bit. And it’s like, we hear, Kunce! Where’s Kunce? Has anybody seen Kunce? Is Kunce out of his basement yet? [laughter] And we’re like, what on earth is that? And sure enough our sitting U.S. Senator has gone WWE smackdown, I don’t know if everybody watches their Friday night television, the guy’s been watching too much of it. I mean, full on smackdown, running through the hall, yelling as loud as he can for me, and, uh, completely mic’d up, camera crew trailing him, pushing people out of the way to try to find me. [pause] Cutest little western outfit you have ever seen. [laughter] I’m not gonna lie, I’m willing to complement the man when he does something right. I’m telling you, it was beautiful. Pearl snaps. The shirt was a few sizes too small, but, hey man, the rest of it, he really killed it. And, uh [laughter], I get, did anybody see that Barbie movie? [voices: “Yeah.”] I’m telling you right now, midwestern Ken. It was incredible [laughter]. Hair blown out, like, amazing thing, amazing thing.

And so, and so, I’m there and I’m just like, this man is just standing right here, like, just right here next to me just yapping up at me non-stop about who knows what. And, uh, and I’m thinking to myself, again, like, why would a sitting U.S. Senator do something like this? It’s crazy, right? It is fear. It’s fear. He’s seen the same numbers we’ve seen. They’re getting public now and, uh, the man is in trouble and it’s gotten him scared…”

“Josh Hawley is a Fraud and a Coward”

“…Sorry about Josh Hawley…”

“Labor for Lucas”

Lucas Kunce (D): “….I’m gonna tell you right now that’s not the Missouri that I grew up in. It’s just not. But it is Josh Hawley’s Missouri. That is the Missouri that Josh Hawley is bringing to every single one of us. I’m gonna tell you right now, it’s coming for every single corner of our state unless we fight back and take power back right now. [applause]

That’s why I’m here tonight. That’s why I’m doing this campaign. Because we have to fundamentally change who has power in this country. We have to change who has power in this country ’cause they’re just gonna take, take, take, extract our wealth, destroy our communities for themselves, right? That’s what it’s all about. [applause]….”

Lucas Kunce (D): “….I can’t believe I even gotta bring this up. But, uh, I want to acknowledge the biggest investment that we make in our paychecks every single month. Our money, our investment in Social Security and Medicare [voice: “Right.”][applause] These guys want to privatize it. They want to cut it. They want to hand the keys over to Goldman-Sachs. I don’t know if you’ve seen what happened with several pension funds that those guys got their hands on, but they disappeared, and we had to be bailed out by the federal government, right? Never, never, never, never on my watch. I’m gonna tell you right now, I will always protect those programs. [applause]….”

Previously:

A debate about debates – Josh Hawley (r) and Lucas Kunce (D) at the Missouri State Fair Governor’s Ham Breakfast – August 15, 2024 (August 15, 2024)

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 15, 2024 (August 16, 2024)