Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bill Hagerty on Tuesday touted his staunch support of President Donald Trump, defending him from Democrats’ impeachment efforts while heaping praise on the president for his handling of the economy and the killing of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Hagerty spoke at a regional meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. The former U.S. ambassador to Japan is seeking the GOP nomination in the race to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, who is not seeking another term.
Trump has endorsed Hagerty, a businessman and former Tennessee economic development chief who has never been elected to public office.