August 28, 2025 • 12 mins
U.S. Senate candidate Nate Morris pushes back against Democrats chanting "It's the guns" without assigning blame to the human trigger pullers.
Mr.Morris: "(Some) people are mentally ill, and a transgender agenda has been pushed on them and it's perpetuated this behavior...the right to bear arms is part of the fabric of this country, particularly in Kentucky. We've got to provide the security to protect our kids once and for all."
Nate Morris and Terry Meiners also discuss the opposition claims that the Morris campaign is lying in a mailer that states his campaign is "Trump endorsed."
Mr. Morris also weighs in on the MAHA movement led by HHS secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
Mr.Morris: "(Some) people are mentally ill, and a transgender agenda has been pushed on them and it's perpetuated this behavior...the right to bear arms is part of the fabric of this country, particularly in Kentucky. We've got to provide the security to protect our kids once and for all."
Nate Morris and Terry Meiners also discuss the opposition claims that the Morris campaign is lying in a mailer that states his campaign is "Trump endorsed."
Mr. Morris also weighs in on the MAHA movement led by HHS secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The United States Senate seat currently occupied by Mitch McConnell,
of course, is going to be vacated at the end
of this current cycle. There are three primary candidates who
are up next spring. One of them is Nate Morris,
who's appeared here multiple times. Nate, welcome back, Good have
you on.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Thank you, Terry. It's great to be with you.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Obviously, we're all sick in our guts about this shooting
that we saw and heard about yesterday in Minnesota at
Annunciation Church. And I noticed that you went online and
said I'm quoting here. I saw Democrats like Chuck Schumer
immediately rushed to blame the tragic shooting in Minnesota on
our right to bear arms. And I want to directly respond, well,
(00:41):
I'm not going to read this whole thing, Nate, but
I want you to give some of the points on this,
because I saw that Donald Trump Junior actually quote tweeted
you and said every single word of this is correct.
You wrote a long piece stating you say, whenever there's
a school shooting, the Democrat and media response is always
to blame the Second Amendment. Why is that? So I'm
(01:05):
handing it over to you to tell me why is that.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
What's so sickening is that every time there's a national
tragedy like this, Democrats immediately rush and try to blame
the Second Amendment on things that are clearly obvious and
related to mental illness. This person with mentally ill hard
stop and there were warning signs, there were people around
this person that could have taken action and prevented this
(01:28):
from happen. They didn't do that. And people asked a
lot of time, Terry, what is the solution? And I
think it starts by we got to get really tough
on criminals, and we have to fortify our schools. We've
got to provide the security necessary in our school systems
so these kind of things don't happen, and we're not
giving an open paths to people to come in where
(01:50):
our children are not protected. I think the second thing is, Terry,
We've got to get away from the political correctness around
this issue. I mean, we have got to acknowledge and
be honest about the fact of the transgender movement and
what's being pushed on our kids, and how it's poisoning
a generation of children and it's perpetuating mental illness in
(02:15):
this country. This has got to stop. And this is
not the first time, Harry, we've seen this. I mean,
look at all the shootings where the shooter is a
transgender person, and that needs to tell us something as
a society that this is not working and we've got
to get really, really tough and put political correctness and
hurting people's feelings aside because children are getting hurt and
(02:38):
dying because of this.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Oh, go ahead, give you a third point.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I think the last point, Terry really quickly is the
Democrats have got to stop perpetuating this violence against President Trump.
They seem to pass it off that it's just something
inside conversation. When people are constantly threatening the president. They've
got to tamp down this rhetoric. I mean, Terry, you know,
(03:04):
our president was nearly assassinated twice last year and Democrats
still perpetuate this culture of saying it's okay to threaten
violence against the president.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
First off, I want to make note of the fact
that many people will will hear us talking on this
subject and say this is too soon. These children haven't
been buried, there are people in the hospital. It's too
soon to talk on this. We should wait a respectful
amount of time. How do you respond to that.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Look, we cannot waste a single second or single moment.
We see the same systemic patterns that are currying over
and over and over again in these school shootings, and
we have to be honest. We have to put the
political correctness aside and tell it like it is. And
the fact is is that we've got these people that
(03:52):
are mentally ill, that have this transgender agenda has been
pushed on them and perpetuated this kind of behavior, and
we got to get honest about it. We got to
get tough about it. And we've got to stop with
this nonsense of blaming the Second Amendment. I mean, the
Second Amendment should not go anywhere. It should not be touched.
(04:13):
The right to bear arms is part of this country,
the fabric of this country, particularly to place like Kentucky.
It's part of our culture, everyday culture. And the solution
is not to attack the Second Amendment, but to say,
we got to get tough in our schools and provide
the security necessary to protect our kids once and for all.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And other people are bringing up the fact that people
who are in a transgender situation in life in their
minds are given medication, oftentimes as young kids and we
don't really know what the long term effects are on
many of these things, puberty blockers, many other things. And
that's another point of examination people are bringing up. But
again others are saying, wait, it's too soon. But we
(04:53):
addressed that point. I want you to hear a clip
from Jen Saki, who used to be a spokesperson for
President Joe Biden.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Weaponizing the shooter's identity is meant to distract from what matters.
That is what they are doing, trying to distract from
what matters. Here's what matters. Today's shooter bought the rifle, handgun,
and shotgun they used to do what they did today. Legally,
we live in a country with more guns than people,
where there are not universal background checks, they're not bands
on assault weapons, and it is far too easy to
buy a gun.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Is that correct? That's none of those last couple of
points seemed like she was stretching reality.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I think so, Terry. I think you're exactly right. And
this is the nonsense that we've consistently heard from the left,
that we shouldn't identify the shooter for their true identity
and how they've been living their life and all the
warning signs leading up to the tragedy that happens. And
I'm sure that we're going to find is all the
facts are revealed, that there were going to be numerous
(05:46):
signs and numerous signals to the outside world that this
person was sick, and this person should not be involved
in everyday society, and it particularly should not be around children.
And I think that's going to become very, very clear.
But the Left will not acknowledge that, Terry. They're so
obsessed with doing everything they can to attack our Second
(06:06):
Amendment rights. And as conservatives and people here in Kentucky,
we got to stand up to that. We've got to
fight for our Second Amendment rights at all costs. But
we also have to face the reality that this is
not the first time that a shooter with this kind
of identity has committed a tragedy like this. This is
a systemic pattern around our country and it's got to stop.
(06:28):
And we've got to be honest once and for all
and take a look in the mirror of the country
and say this is the problem, and this is the
problem that needs to be addressed.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yeah, many mental health issues all across the windshield. For sure.
We're speaking with Nate Morris. He's a candidate for United
States Senate here in Kentucky. I have seen a lot
of ads pop up on TV that are attacking you.
I don't know who exactly is paying for them, but
I'm sure you have some insight. Anyway, they call you
a liar, they use the fecal matter word in there.
It's kind of you know, it's like, wow, very costing
(07:00):
something to see on your TV screen. And in one
of them, they're showing a mailer. I saw this online
that says it was a mailer from your campaign that
says you're Trump endorsed. When you say that or whoever
wrote your mailer, are they referencing Don Junior Trump as
the endorser?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
You know, Terry, this was a situation where we had
a male vendor that made a mistake. We learned about
this about twenty minutes after the fact that happened, and
my team immediately corrected it, and that person is no
longer working with us, and we moved on from that.
(07:39):
It was a mistake, But I think what's important, Terry,
is that we're being attacked from all sides. And Terry,
I'm sure you saw this story that my two opponents
were colluding together to create a superpack to be funded
by Mitch McConnell, who attacked me because as you've seen, Terry,
and I've talked to you about this, many in Washington
(07:59):
and many in the political class, they view us as
the favorite in this race, and they view us as
the favorite among MAGA world insiders. And I think my
opponents are very very scared about this. They're very alarmed,
and particularly the establishment in Kentucky because remember Terry, the
establishment wants one of my two opponents to win. And
(08:19):
I've shared this many many times. These both these guys
are puppets for Mitch McConnell. This would be a continuation
of Mitch McConnell's tenure. And these are guys that are
not gonna stand with the president and not be America first.
And so as an outsider, I think it makes the
establishment very very nervous, and that's why they're pooning up
big bucks to throw all this nonsense and all this
garbage at me, all these lives, and We're gonna stand strong.
(08:43):
And I think they're attacking us because we're winning this debate.
We're surging around the state, and we have a groundswell
of brass roots that are excited about this campaign and
finally changing the course of history that we've had for
the last forty years with Mitch McConnell. People are ready
for a change. Terry, I think every Kentucky and agrees
with that.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Well, it's nine more months until we get there, right somewhere,
eight months until we get to those primary. They're spending
a lot of money early.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Well, and I think we've had a lot of success
as a campaign, very very early. I mean, Terry, you
may recall we announced on Don Junior's podcast Triggered. It
was the first time that a candidacy has ever been
launched on the show. We've had great endorsements right out
of the gate from Charlie Kirk. We've had two of
the premier MAGA senators Jim Banks and Bernie Marino, endorse
(09:31):
us immediately, and we are sending shock waves through the establishment.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You know.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
We went up on air very very early to send
a message and to also create and establish a platform
to communicate and introduce ourselves to the rest of Kentucky.
And I think when Kentucky and see our message, they
see our campaign, they're getting very excited because they're ready
for a change. They're ready to break the forty years
of rain. Mitch McConnell's hat because Terry, he's had a
(09:59):
stranglehold on our political system here in Kentucky. And Mitch
McConnell's said some very bad things, blaming the president for
January sixth, backing up the truck for Ukraine, and Terry,
I'm going to stand with the President. I'm not going
to get us into these crazy wars. I've called for
a full moratorium on any new immigration coming into our country,
(10:20):
and so we deport every single one of these illegals
that Joe Biden has led in our country, and also
Mitch McConnell led in our country. And I think these
are the issues that people in Kentucky they care about,
they're upset about, and they know they've got to have
leadership that comes from the outside that's not a career politician.
I mean, Terry, I've never run for office before. I
(10:41):
made a great living in the garbage business, built a
garbage company from scratch, took it public, and I learned
how to fight, and I learned how to build and
create jobs. And these are the kind of people I
think Kentuckians want to send to Washington to fight for them.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
We know you're a strong supporter of President Trump. Do
you still feel strongly in support of RFK Junior.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Well, Terry, you may recall we we had a really
terrific ad talking about the Maha movement making America healthy
again and this is about clean air, clean water, and
stop pushing these hormones on our kids to become transgender.
And that was a central theme and one of our
most recent ads. So I stand with RFK Junior. I
(11:21):
think he's doing some terrific things to shake it up
and to call into questions big pharma and some of
the things that have caused Kentucky in particular a lot
of challenges and really, you know, through opioids and other things,
really put us on a dark path here in Kentucky,
generations of Kentucky. And so I think his work is very,
(11:41):
very important, and I was proud that I believe we
were the first campaign around the country to actually talk
about the MAJA movement and the way that we did,
and I think it resonates with everyday folks and I've
gotten a lot of positive feedback about our conversation in
that area.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Great again, I appreciate it. Nate, thanks so much, Thank you, Terry.
That is Nate Morris, candidate here in Kentucky for the
United States Senates.
The United States Senate seat currently occupied by Mitch McConnell,
of course, is going to be vacated at the end
of this current cycle. There are three primary candidates who
are up next spring. One of them is Nate Morris,
who's appeared here multiple times. Nate, welcome back, Good have
you on.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Thank you, Terry. It's great to be with you.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Obviously, we're all sick in our guts about this shooting
that we saw and heard about yesterday in Minnesota at
Annunciation Church. And I noticed that you went online and
said I'm quoting here. I saw Democrats like Chuck Schumer
immediately rushed to blame the tragic shooting in Minnesota on
our right to bear arms. And I want to directly respond, well,
(00:41):
I'm not going to read this whole thing, Nate, but
I want you to give some of the points on this,
because I saw that Donald Trump Junior actually quote tweeted
you and said every single word of this is correct.
You wrote a long piece stating you say, whenever there's
a school shooting, the Democrat and media response is always
to blame the Second Amendment. Why is that? So I'm
(01:05):
handing it over to you to tell me why is that.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
What's so sickening is that every time there's a national
tragedy like this, Democrats immediately rush and try to blame
the Second Amendment on things that are clearly obvious and
related to mental illness. This person with mentally ill hard
stop and there were warning signs, there were people around
this person that could have taken action and prevented this
(01:28):
from happen. They didn't do that. And people asked a
lot of time, Terry, what is the solution? And I
think it starts by we got to get really tough
on criminals, and we have to fortify our schools. We've
got to provide the security necessary in our school systems
so these kind of things don't happen, and we're not
giving an open paths to people to come in where
(01:50):
our children are not protected. I think the second thing is, Terry,
We've got to get away from the political correctness around
this issue. I mean, we have got to acknowledge and
be honest about the fact of the transgender movement and
what's being pushed on our kids, and how it's poisoning
a generation of children and it's perpetuating mental illness in
(02:15):
this country. This has got to stop. And this is
not the first time, Harry, we've seen this. I mean,
look at all the shootings where the shooter is a
transgender person, and that needs to tell us something as
a society that this is not working and we've got
to get really, really tough and put political correctness and
hurting people's feelings aside because children are getting hurt and
(02:38):
dying because of this.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Oh, go ahead, give you a third point.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I think the last point, Terry really quickly is the
Democrats have got to stop perpetuating this violence against President Trump.
They seem to pass it off that it's just something
inside conversation. When people are constantly threatening the president. They've
got to tamp down this rhetoric. I mean, Terry, you know,
(03:04):
our president was nearly assassinated twice last year and Democrats
still perpetuate this culture of saying it's okay to threaten
violence against the president.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
First off, I want to make note of the fact
that many people will will hear us talking on this
subject and say this is too soon. These children haven't
been buried, there are people in the hospital. It's too
soon to talk on this. We should wait a respectful
amount of time. How do you respond to that.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Look, we cannot waste a single second or single moment.
We see the same systemic patterns that are currying over
and over and over again in these school shootings, and
we have to be honest. We have to put the
political correctness aside and tell it like it is. And
the fact is is that we've got these people that
(03:52):
are mentally ill, that have this transgender agenda has been
pushed on them and perpetuated this kind of behavior, and
we got to get honest about it. We got to
get tough about it. And we've got to stop with
this nonsense of blaming the Second Amendment. I mean, the
Second Amendment should not go anywhere. It should not be touched.
(04:13):
The right to bear arms is part of this country,
the fabric of this country, particularly to place like Kentucky.
It's part of our culture, everyday culture. And the solution
is not to attack the Second Amendment, but to say,
we got to get tough in our schools and provide
the security necessary to protect our kids once and for all.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And other people are bringing up the fact that people
who are in a transgender situation in life in their
minds are given medication, oftentimes as young kids and we
don't really know what the long term effects are on
many of these things, puberty blockers, many other things. And
that's another point of examination people are bringing up. But
again others are saying, wait, it's too soon. But we
(04:53):
addressed that point. I want you to hear a clip
from Jen Saki, who used to be a spokesperson for
President Joe Biden.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Weaponizing the shooter's identity is meant to distract from what matters.
That is what they are doing, trying to distract from
what matters. Here's what matters. Today's shooter bought the rifle, handgun,
and shotgun they used to do what they did today. Legally,
we live in a country with more guns than people,
where there are not universal background checks, they're not bands
on assault weapons, and it is far too easy to
buy a gun.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Is that correct? That's none of those last couple of
points seemed like she was stretching reality.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I think so, Terry. I think you're exactly right. And
this is the nonsense that we've consistently heard from the left,
that we shouldn't identify the shooter for their true identity
and how they've been living their life and all the
warning signs leading up to the tragedy that happens. And
I'm sure that we're going to find is all the
facts are revealed, that there were going to be numerous
(05:46):
signs and numerous signals to the outside world that this
person was sick, and this person should not be involved
in everyday society, and it particularly should not be around children.
And I think that's going to become very, very clear.
But the Left will not acknowledge that, Terry. They're so
obsessed with doing everything they can to attack our Second
(06:06):
Amendment rights. And as conservatives and people here in Kentucky,
we got to stand up to that. We've got to
fight for our Second Amendment rights at all costs. But
we also have to face the reality that this is
not the first time that a shooter with this kind
of identity has committed a tragedy like this. This is
a systemic pattern around our country and it's got to stop.
(06:28):
And we've got to be honest once and for all
and take a look in the mirror of the country
and say this is the problem, and this is the
problem that needs to be addressed.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yeah, many mental health issues all across the windshield. For sure.
We're speaking with Nate Morris. He's a candidate for United
States Senate here in Kentucky. I have seen a lot
of ads pop up on TV that are attacking you.
I don't know who exactly is paying for them, but
I'm sure you have some insight. Anyway, they call you
a liar, they use the fecal matter word in there.
It's kind of you know, it's like, wow, very costing
(07:00):
something to see on your TV screen. And in one
of them, they're showing a mailer. I saw this online
that says it was a mailer from your campaign that
says you're Trump endorsed. When you say that or whoever
wrote your mailer, are they referencing Don Junior Trump as
the endorser?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
You know, Terry, this was a situation where we had
a male vendor that made a mistake. We learned about
this about twenty minutes after the fact that happened, and
my team immediately corrected it, and that person is no
longer working with us, and we moved on from that.
(07:39):
It was a mistake, But I think what's important, Terry,
is that we're being attacked from all sides. And Terry,
I'm sure you saw this story that my two opponents
were colluding together to create a superpack to be funded
by Mitch McConnell, who attacked me because as you've seen, Terry,
and I've talked to you about this, many in Washington
(07:59):
and many in the political class, they view us as
the favorite in this race, and they view us as
the favorite among MAGA world insiders. And I think my
opponents are very very scared about this. They're very alarmed,
and particularly the establishment in Kentucky because remember Terry, the
establishment wants one of my two opponents to win. And
(08:19):
I've shared this many many times. These both these guys
are puppets for Mitch McConnell. This would be a continuation
of Mitch McConnell's tenure. And these are guys that are
not gonna stand with the president and not be America first.
And so as an outsider, I think it makes the
establishment very very nervous, and that's why they're pooning up
big bucks to throw all this nonsense and all this
garbage at me, all these lives, and We're gonna stand strong.
(08:43):
And I think they're attacking us because we're winning this debate.
We're surging around the state, and we have a groundswell
of brass roots that are excited about this campaign and
finally changing the course of history that we've had for
the last forty years with Mitch McConnell. People are ready
for a change. Terry, I think every Kentucky and agrees
with that.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Well, it's nine more months until we get there, right somewhere,
eight months until we get to those primary. They're spending
a lot of money early.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Well, and I think we've had a lot of success
as a campaign, very very early. I mean, Terry, you
may recall we announced on Don Junior's podcast Triggered. It
was the first time that a candidacy has ever been
launched on the show. We've had great endorsements right out
of the gate from Charlie Kirk. We've had two of
the premier MAGA senators Jim Banks and Bernie Marino, endorse
(09:31):
us immediately, and we are sending shock waves through the establishment.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You know.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
We went up on air very very early to send
a message and to also create and establish a platform
to communicate and introduce ourselves to the rest of Kentucky.
And I think when Kentucky and see our message, they
see our campaign, they're getting very excited because they're ready
for a change. They're ready to break the forty years
of rain. Mitch McConnell's hat because Terry, he's had a
(09:59):
stranglehold on our political system here in Kentucky. And Mitch
McConnell's said some very bad things, blaming the president for
January sixth, backing up the truck for Ukraine, and Terry,
I'm going to stand with the President. I'm not going
to get us into these crazy wars. I've called for
a full moratorium on any new immigration coming into our country,
(10:20):
and so we deport every single one of these illegals
that Joe Biden has led in our country, and also
Mitch McConnell led in our country. And I think these
are the issues that people in Kentucky they care about,
they're upset about, and they know they've got to have
leadership that comes from the outside that's not a career politician.
I mean, Terry, I've never run for office before. I
(10:41):
made a great living in the garbage business, built a
garbage company from scratch, took it public, and I learned
how to fight, and I learned how to build and
create jobs. And these are the kind of people I
think Kentuckians want to send to Washington to fight for them.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
We know you're a strong supporter of President Trump. Do
you still feel strongly in support of RFK Junior.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Well, Terry, you may recall we we had a really
terrific ad talking about the Maha movement making America healthy
again and this is about clean air, clean water, and
stop pushing these hormones on our kids to become transgender.
And that was a central theme and one of our
most recent ads. So I stand with RFK Junior. I
(11:21):
think he's doing some terrific things to shake it up
and to call into questions big pharma and some of
the things that have caused Kentucky in particular a lot
of challenges and really, you know, through opioids and other things,
really put us on a dark path here in Kentucky,
generations of Kentucky. And so I think his work is very,
(11:41):
very important, and I was proud that I believe we
were the first campaign around the country to actually talk
about the MAJA movement and the way that we did,
and I think it resonates with everyday folks and I've
gotten a lot of positive feedback about our conversation in
that area.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Great again, I appreciate it. Nate, thanks so much, Thank you, Terry.
That is Nate Morris, candidate here in Kentucky for the
United States Senates.
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