**Local Resident Eric Thompson** Didn’t Mince Words in a Fiery Facebook Post That’s Already Racked Up 1,200 Shares in the "Muhlenberg County Common Sense" Group.

Local resident Eric Thompson didn’t mince words in a fiery Facebook post that’s already racked up 1,200 shares in the “Muhlenberg County Common Sense” group.

“Pete Hegseth in Kentucky to campaign? Last I checked, the guy can’t even win a debate at a VFW hall without needing a teleprompter and three handlers,” Thompson wrote. “Meanwhile, our own veterans are sleeping under the I-65 overpass. Common sense says you fix the potholes in your own driveway before you go borrowing a neighbor’s rake.”

The post goes on to call the visit a “photo-op parade” and urges locals to “ask him one real question: where’s the beef for coal country?” The thread has exploded, with locals chiming in about “big city consultants telling us what’s good for Kentucky” – a sentiment that’s crossed party lines faster than a speeding truck on the Western Kentucky Parkway.