Nate Morris has branded himself as the political outsider in the race to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell. And he has Republican allies in his corner.

Morris claims Vice President JD Vance prodded him into running: “He says to me ‘Nate, you know McConnell, he’s gotta go. Maybe you should look at running for that seat.’”

GOP Senate hopeful Nate Morris called Sen. Mitch McConnell “the nastiest politician in the history of America” at his first major campaign event in Shepherdsville.