Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus is “answering the call to service” running in Tennessee’s Fifth Congressional District.
The Trump-backed candidate announced her bid to represent Middle Tennessee, including parts of Nashville, during a recent appearance on Fox & Friends.
Republicans see an opening to flip the seat after incumbent Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN) declared he won’t seek a sixth term. Under proposed redistricting plans, the seat reportedly becomes a R+15 district.
“As a U.S. Navy Reserve Officer, I am answering the call to service, and I will never back down from fighting for my country and the good people of Tennessee to stand for American greatness,” Ortagus said in an official press release.
I recently spoke to the first-time candidate about her announcement, her campaign platform, and her assessment of the Biden administration thus far.
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“I love getting in the fight because I think that we are fighting for things that really matter to my friends and neighbors here in Tennessee,” she told me.
Following President Trump’s endorsement of Ortagus, supporters of her primary opponent, Robby Starbuck, also a Nashville-area transplant, accused her of being insufficiently conservative and a carpetbagger.
I asked Morgan to respond to these accusations, to which she replied, “I think I earned President Trump’s endorsement because he knows my conservative record and he knows my record of being able to fight for him.”
“I spent years representing the America First foreign policy agenda of President Trump overseas,” the former Maverick PAC co-chair explained. “I have a long record of serving my country. And, I think— as President Trump and many people who worked for him would tell you—that I’ve always been a consistent fighter for him.”
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