EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Andy Barr is endorsing former President Trump, telling Fox Information Digital that Individuals “must rally behind” him to make sure “strong leadership both at home and abroad.”
Barr, R-Ky., advised Fox Information Digital on Monday about his endorsement.
“I can not sit idly by while Joe Biden and his disastrous policies continue to erode what makes America the greatest country in the world,” Barr stated. “Since Biden took office, we have seen record-high illegal immigration at the Southern Border, 40-year high inflation, and threateningly weak foreign policy that has invited aggression from our adversaries.”
Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr speaks at a press convention on the Govt in Want of Scrutiny Act on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)
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Nonetheless, Barr stated, “regardless of all of this, Democrats and the ‘mainstream media’ are doing everything they can to ensure Joe Biden remains president.”
“Donald Trump is the only candidate who can defeat Joe Biden and reinstate an America First agenda,” he said.
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Barr, reflecting on the Trump administration, said Americans “paid less at the pump and the grocery store.”
“American families’ incomes rose, and their small companies flourished,” he stated, including that none of these developments have been “coincidences.”
Former President Trump gestures on stage in the course of the Alabama Republican Celebration’s 2023 Summer time assembly on the Renaissance Montgomery Lodge on Aug. 4, 2023, in Montgomery, Alabama. (Julie Bennett/Getty Photographs)
“They were a direct product of Trump’s low-tax, pro-economic growth policies,” he advised Fox Information Digital, saying Biden’s insurance policies have “resulted in the opposite.”
“As Kentuckians and Americans, we must rally behind a leader who understands the importance of strong leadership, both at home and abroad,” he stated. “That is why, to protect our country and ensure prosperity, I am endorsing Donald J. Trump for President of the United States.”
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Trump is dominating the 2024 Republican main discipline. A brand new Fox Information ballot launched over the weekend additionally confirmed that if the election have been held at present, Trump would beat President Biden by 4 factors in a head-to-head match-up.
In the meantime, a supply near Barr advised Fox Information Digital that ought to a Senate seat develop into open for 2026, the congressman might be “a serious contender.”
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“Barr is a prolific fundraiser and a skilled legislator who would be a formidable ally for the America First agenda in the Senate,” the supply advised Fox Information Digital.
That supply stated Barr’s early endorsement of Trump “could preview a closer working relationship” between Barr and Trump within the coming years.
