Overview

• Morris’s launch video shows him riding a garbage truck and discarding cardboard cutouts of McConnell and key policy items to brand himself as a Trump-aligned outsider.
• Rivals Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron have attacked Morris’s conservative credentials by highlighting his past donations to Nikki Haley and support for diversity initiatives.
• He announced his bid on Donald Trump Jr.’s “Triggered” podcast and will join conservative leader Charlie Kirk at a campaign event south of Louisville on June 30.
• The contest for McConnell’s open seat has turned into a fight for Trump’s coveted endorsement, with candidates positioning themselves as the true America First standard-bearer.
• Morris is self-funding his campaign with personal wealth from Rubicon and has staked out hardline positions, including a moratorium on new immigration until undocumented migrants are deported.