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US Senate primary in Tennessee pits Trump's candidate against conservative insurgency
CNN ^ | July 25 | By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju

Posted on 07/24/2020 7:25:04 PM PDT by RandFan

(CNN) President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate in the US Senate race in Tennessee has suddenly found himself in an increasingly competitive primary fight that has divided top Republicans and prompted anger over one GOP senator's tactics.

Bill Hagerty was expected to coast to his party's nomination after the President endorsed him a year ago. But with less than two weeks to go before the Republican primary election, Trump's former US ambassador to Japan is facing a fierce challenge marked by a late infusion of ad spending, high-profile endorsements and rallies crisscrossing the state.

Dr. Manny Sethi and Hagerty traded attacks in separate phone interviews on Thursday, directly aiming their messages at the Republicans who will decide the August 6 primary.

Hagerty depicted Sethi, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as a "phony conservative" who supported Trump only when it was "convenient." Sethi fired back that Hagerty, who founded a private equity firm, is a "Washington insider" and a "Mitt Romney Republican."

Sethi's campaign has been bolstered by the support of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who appears in an ad for the Protect Freedom PAC, which has dropped more than $800,000 in the race -- more than any other outside group, according to Kantar's Campaign Media Analysis Group.

"The race was a bit of a sleeper," said Paul, who went to medical school with Sethi's medical partner and believes the candidate will "stand up when leadership wants to spend too much money."

"Really in the last couple of weeks, things have really sprung his direction," Paul added.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: hagerty; rand; sethi; tn
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To: Paladin2

PS cruz now backing


41 posted on 07/25/2020 8:17:26 AM PDT by GailA (I'm a Trump Girl)
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To: ripnbang

RU curious why Rand, Scott Walker, Mitch, Joni Earnst plus a dozen others beg me for money?


42 posted on 07/25/2020 12:57:51 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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To: Lumper20

No, I was curious about your comment about 1st generation Asians running for office. Not judging, just wanted to know your thoughts. We have many different cultures coming into the country and we will be seeing more of this, Im sure. I’m trying to view it from an historical perspective.


43 posted on 07/25/2020 1:06:23 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: ripnbang

Ted Kennedy’s Immigration Reform Act along with Bush SR and Obama have trashed America.


44 posted on 07/25/2020 1:21:11 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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To: RandFan

I’m voting for Manny


45 posted on 07/25/2020 1:36:30 PM PDT by Fledermaus (ONLY A MORON THINKS 6 FEET IS A MAGIC NUMBER!)
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To: Paladin2

Then vote Sehti, HAGERTY is a Romney/Lamar RINO.

https://www.facebook.com/9416002/videos/10108673366775345/?t=3

BABIES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ja43GLXyM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0LqjlDeNRrpqn5UAqNBSi4QOKaVGDPY_U8na9hIVLrjrL5NjmGEpBxhxI

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1252374444850286

Hagerty is running ads nearly every commercial slot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8nfXU9nns&fbclid=IwAR11HU2HpyEYFIwj-vEw1pAK1Kz9hPkdLAJVI0RGF7AN-OjiSwG7vEJN_TA

PART 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMylZa87BuY

part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3h9aJLxqyg&t=62s

doesn’t believe in abortion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN-ykW4c6CE&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR07LH2EXiP2oWflyaXJhoFuF1jA3vDptwQ6vFZIxi-cVTkwcdzaKXsd46c


46 posted on 07/26/2020 7:52:37 AM PDT by GailA (I'm a Trump Girl)
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