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Posted on 11/03/2025 5:57:14 PM PST by conservative98
LEXINGTON — Candidates for U.S. Senate in Kentucky talked on Wednesday about national economic and trade policies before a gathering focused on manufacturing and innovation.
Answering questions in front of the Kentucky Industry Conference held in Lexington this week, top Republican candidates — former Attorney General Daniel Cameron, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and businessman Nate Morris — reiterated their support for President Donald Trump’s agenda. Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, the only Democratic candidate to address the forum, offered a different view and said “what we’re seeing from this administration right now is dangerous and not normal.”
The candidates are hoping to succeed longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell after he announced he would not seek reelection earlier this year.
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The Republican candidates were supportive of Trump’s tariffs and trade policies when they took to the conference stage. Cameron pointed to a recent $2.5 billion investment by Apple to expand glass manufacturing in Kentucky with Corning.
“That’s because of President Trump’s economic agenda,” Cameron said. “And I think we need to admit that there are successes that we are seeing, and what President Trump is trying to do right now is restore some balance when it comes to those trade agreements.”
Asked about Trump’s trade policies, Barr said he supports the president’s positions because “I believe in free trade.” Barr added that he recognizes there is some “turbulence in the short term,” but said he backs policies that decrease national dependence on foreign sources and builds up a domestic manufacturing base.
“Think of it in terms of opening up export markets in the long run,” Barr said. “That’s good for American manufacturing.”
Morris pointed to Kentucky repeatedly voting for Trump in presidential elections since 2016 as a sign that voters in the state back the president’s agenda, including tariff and trade policies.
“It’s shameful that President Trump carried Kentucky by 30 points, and we’ve got a delegation that doesn’t support him, and he needs a delegation that supports his agenda. Because that’s what Kentucky voted for,” Morris said. “And people can go back and forth, this or that, but the bottom line is, that’s what the people wanted. That’s what the people voted for, and we need a senator who’s going to go and stand with President Trump, especially on these issues.”
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Both of Kentucky’s senators, McConnell and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, voted with a handful of Republicans to repeal the Brazil tariffs this week. Paul and another Republican in Kentucky’s congressional delegation, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, have drawn ire from the president for voting against some of his policies, including the GOP megabill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Trump has gone so far as to endorse a Republican challenger, Ed Gallrein, against Massie in the 4th Congressional District primary in May.
The most urgent thing that Trump did...was to close the damn border...he did it efficiently and got the wall on the move again. Biden said it couldn’t be done...
Dear God,
Make the USSC see the necessity of the Executive branch having the authority to establish tariffs and international trade negotiations. The House is too fractured and ineffectual for the job.
Oh good grief...we're going to have to suffer through another campaign of hers...again.
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