Democratic governor acknowledges likelihood of economic recession, says 'bring it on'

Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly acknowledged a possible recession, telling a group of supporters, "bring it on," and suggested her state could weather an economic downturn.

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"We have managed the budget so well that we now have done all of these things: We have paid down billions of dollars in debt, and we have still left in our ending balance a $1.5 billion surplus. And that doesn't count the now up to $950 billion rainy day fund," Kelly said of her administration's budget.

"We just finished out the revenue year, and by statute, we've got to put 50% of whatever we outdid estimates by. And so we took another – I don't know if you know that – $219 million more on top of the $750 [million] that was already there. So we are in really good shape," said Kelly, who is running for re-election in November.