A GOP congressman gets a key endorsement from President Trump as he tries to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell. VERBATIM: President Donald Trump entered the fray of another Republican primary Friday by endorsing Kentucky congressman Andy Barr for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former longtime Senate GOP leader. Barr […]
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Trump Endorses Kentucky Senate Candidate
A GOP congressman gets a key endorsement from President Trump as he tries to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell.
VERBATIM:
President Donald Trump entered the fray of another Republican primary Friday by endorsing Kentucky congressman Andy Barr for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former longtime Senate GOP leader.
Barr is facing former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the May 19 Republican primary, and would have faced entrepreneur Nate Morris. In a Truth Social post just before his endorsement of Barr, Mr. Trump announced that he’d asked Morris to “step aside” from the race to join his administration as an ambassador.
Bernie Bennett, Washington.