Kentucky Senate candidate Nate Morris and commentator Benny Johnson criticized longtime Senator Mitch McConnell during a recent exchange, focusing on his decades in office and his opposition to the SAVE Act.

Johnson began by pointing to McConnell’s lengthy tenure.

“Here’s very frail, very feeble, Mitch McConnell, who’s, I think, been in office for more than 30 years, approximately, right? More like more…” Johnson said.

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“Over 40 years, Benny,” Morris replied.

“Over 40 years. Goodness gracious,” Johnson said. “Okay, so he’s been in office longer than I’ve been alive.”

Johnson then referenced McConnell’s position on the SAVE Act.

“And here he is. He’s saying he’s a no on the SAVE act. He says he’s a no,” Johnson said.

“I haven’t actually seen this clip, but he mumbles out that he won’t vote for the SAVE Act, as he needs, you know, physical assistance to even just move. What does it say about our ruling class here?”

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Morris said the situation reflects a broader problem in Washington.

“Benny, it’s it’s a really sad state of affairs,” Morris said. “And that’s why I’ve been so clear about my campaign.”

“I said I’m going to serve two terms and be done and give it to the next generation,” he continued. “We need term limits in this country. We don’t need people making their career in politics.”

Morris emphasized his outsider status.

“I’m not a politician. I’ve never run for office before,” he said. “If I don’t get in as a business guy and an outsider and disruptor, we’re going to get 40 more years of Mitch McConnell.”

“These guys need the job that are running. These guys need the paycheck,” Morris said. “We need people that are going to come in and serve and shake it up and stand with the people and do their job and go home.”

He argued McConnell is not representing Kentucky voters.

“Trump carried Kentucky by over 30 points,” Morris said. “And when he’s voting against all his picks, and he’s voting against things like the Save act, he’s actively thwarting the will of the people of Kentucky.”

“I think that’s what’s so disgusting,” he added. “That’s why we got to have a clean break come May here in this primary.”

Johnson warned of broader political consequences.

“The system can’t continue like this. The system can’t continue because it’ll break,” Johnson said. “People will just totally crash out.”

“They’ll turn to communism. They’ll turn to socialism,” he said. “They’ll get desperate if they keep voting for something in a democracy and they’re not getting the majority doesn’t get what they’re voting for… completely crash out.”

Morris said Kentucky voters have made their political preferences clear.

“The people of Kentucky have made it clear where they are,” he said. “This is Trump country.”

“He’s been in there before the internet was created,” Morris said of McConnell. “What do you possibly know about the challenges of working Kentuckians, working families?”

“They’re trying to put food on the table, trying to pay the light bill, trying to go to the grocery store,” he said. “He hasn’t been in the real world in over 40 years.”

Morris said the race represents a turning point.

“This race is so important,” he said. “I think it’s going to send shockwaves when we win that this is a new Republican Party.”

“This is the party of the future,” Morris added. “This is Donald Trump’s Republican Party right here in Kentucky.”

Johnson also criticized what he described as McConnell’s network in Washington.

“They have the most grotesque, uh, lobbying operation,” Johnson said. “His entire office was just like a cesspool of parasites.”

“I saw it firsthand. It is grotesque,” he said. “That like 20 headed hybrid, 20 headed Hydra needs to have, needs to be cut off.”

Johnson reiterated his support for Morris.

“This is why we endorse Nate Morse,” he said. “I will come to Kentucky. I love Kentucky. Let’s go do that Kentucky.”

Morris embraced the idea of a campaign stunt.

“I’ll fire up the garbage truck,” he said. “We will drive all around the Commonwealth.”

“And we got a lot of trash to pick up, and there’s a lot of trash.”

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