Before the attacks, senate candidates try to define themselves in Kentucky

Calvert City, Ky. – Three Republicans who compete to follow the old senator Mitch McConnell tried to define themselves before the political attacks that could come on Saturday when they share the spotlight on the Fancy Farm Picnic, a discouraging transition ritual for candidates looking for office in Kentucky.

“You’re going to hear some hooks tomorrow, but what I want to concentrate on is my vision for serving in the Senate of the United States,” Daniel Cameron, one of the candidates, told a Gop -Moderte on Friday evening.

Camerons Rivals in the Senate Primary of next year – American Rep. Andy Barr and businessman Nate Morris – used their speeches during the event to introduce themselves to Republican voters in West -Kennucky.

All three were able to shift during the Fancy Farm Picnic – the most important political event of the Bluegrass State on Saturday afternoon. Politicians compete to land the sharpest – and sometimes most bizarre – barbses, and have to shout and endure the supporters of their rivals. The picnic could become a Republican skirmish, because democratic politicians usually skip the event.

McConnell, the longest serving senate speech leader in American history, revealed in February, on his 83rd birthday, that He won’t look for another term In Kentucky and will retire when his current term ends. His pending retirement has set up fierce competition for his chair.

Warming up for their appearance that will be broadcast on the entire state of TV at Fancy Farm, keep the three Gop rivals on one script that they have all shared – praise over Republican President Donald Trump.

Barr portrayed his conference experience as an advantage that distinguishes him. He represents a district that extends from the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky to the foothills of Appalachian.

“I am an ‘America First’ hunter in the Congress of the United States,” Barr said Friday evening. “Other people like to talk about being a Trump man or being with Trump. I have been to President Trump from the first day. I am not just talking about supporting President Trump. I did it. I will continue to do it.”

Giving Barr a look at his political philosophy, said: “I am a man who was raised in the era of Ronald Reagan. I believe in a limited government, free undertaking and a strong national defense.”

Morris, a tech entrepreneur, depicted himself as a populist and a political outsider while trying to attach himself to Trump’s popularity in Kentucky.

“What we have seen with this president is that he has emphasized the American employee,” said Morris on Friday evening. “And the people who have been to Washington all the time – the elites – they have sold out the American employee.”

Morris also praised his hardline position in relation to immigration. He said he supports a moratorium about immigration to the United States until every immigrant currently illegal is deported.

Cameron, who is black, used his speech to trace against diversity, fairness and inclusion efforts.

“We don’t need … an America built on Dei,” Cameron said. “We need a country that was built on May – merit, excellence and intelligence.”

Cameron entered the senate campaign with one clear advantage – a higher name recognition for the entire state than its rivals. Cameron served one term as an attorney general and lost to Democrat Andy Beshear in the race of the Governor of 2023.

“You have been to us in the past,” Cameron told the Gop group on Friday evening. “I hope you’ll be with us this time. We’re going to get it done because we know what’s happening in this chair will have a reverb in this country.”