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Exclusive – Nate Morris says assassination of his friend last week Charlie Kirk It is “intuition”.
But the Republican businessman from Kentucky, who was the last Senate candidate, recognized and joined the campaign before being shot and killed, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital: “We are picking up the mantle for Charlie.”
Morris Mickey McConnell “We will recognize him by running an incredible campaign and winning it,” Kentucky stressed.
Morris said when he was considering a Senate campaign, “I had a chance to meet Charlie and know him. And, you know, he didn’t know my Adam. He knew nothing about me except I was a businessman and I was watching the game.
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Republican Senate candidate Nate Morris of Kentucky, left, and left, together with Turning Point U.S. co-founder Charlie Kirk of the 2026 Senate campaign in 2026, 2025, in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. (Nate Morris Sports)
“I think Charlie’s superpower is his ability to listen and give people the opportunity to share their ideas,” Morris said. “He certainly did it for me and he came out to help me, which was incredible and got that support very early on.”
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Kirk, the conservative flame, activist, media superstar on the right, co-founder of the influential turning point of the American organization, allies and external adviser President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Donald Trump Little, invites Morris on the radio show.
In June, he and Morris Louisville, Kentucky.
Conservative rock star and Turning Point U.S. co-founder Charlie Kirk, right, joined Nate Morris, a businessman launched a 2026 Republican Senate Republican movement in Shepherdsville, Kentucky on June 30, 2025. (Nate Morris Sports)
“It’s the arm of our campaign. I mean, you can’t ask for something bigger,” Morris said. “When you start something like the U.S. Senate campaign, an iconic leader like Charlie, who believes in you and believes in your vision, it changes everything. It changes the way you look at the game. It gives you confidence, and I think I think few candidates are lucky to get it.”
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Morris added: “Charlie started playing the sport from the beginning, and I think that sets the tone as well and shows the conservatives what kind of sport we are going to do.
“But he spoke for me before a lot of people knew me, my beliefs and my character,” Morris said. “I was an outsider at the time. I was not a professional politician. I had never run for office before and had provided me with a margin in the sport, which changed everything for us.”
Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Nate Morris, Rep. Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron from left to right. (Jon Cherry/Konty’s Getty Image; Tom Williams/CQ-roll Phone; Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Held Radell)
Morris is in the midst of a growing field of candidates against major contender Andy Barr and former Kentucky Attorney General and 2023 gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron Republican race This is combustible.
Barr wrote in a few hours after Kirk’s murder: “Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a national shame and a wake-up call to the United States. Enough. Enough. Enough. I continue to pray for Charlie’s family in this incredible tragedy.”
Cameron said this week that at Kirk’s “honor, we will continue to represent the truth and the ideals of this country.”
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After Kirk died while shooting while talking to college students at Utah Valley University, Morris said he was more motivated than ever to win the Senate game.
“From the moment I started thinking about this game, I had a burning desire. I felt every fiber of myself felt,” he said. “Let me tell you that since it happened, this fire is like a fire that I can’t describe. We have to win, we have to respect Charlie and everything he did for us. We have no choice.”
