Kunce is spending the waning days of the campaign reminding voters of his roots in a working-class family. Valentine said in a statement to the AP that she believes “transgender children should be able to access gender-affirming care in line with the recommendations of medical experts like the American Academy of Pediatrics.” The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association support allowing kids to seek transgender medical treatment, but they don’t offer age-specific guidance. “This is going after the most vulnerable people in our society, the ones who need protection the most.” “These are Republican talking points,” Kunce told The Associated Press. Her leading opponent, Marine veteran Lucas Kunce, called Valentine’s comments “callous and dangerous.” So I’m really looking, trying to look deeper and harder so that doesn’t happen.”
“They say the right things and know the language, and then they betray us. “In the past, especially with Republicans, we’ve been betrayed many times,” Parrish said. Among them is Dione Parrish, 53, who plans to vote in the GOP primary and attended Schmitt’s rally in Columbia. The candidates are spending the final days making their closing arguments in a race in which many voters are still undecided. Hawley has endorsed Hartzler, who was among 147 House Republicans who voted against certification. 6, 2021, and was the first Republican senator to announce he would object to certification of the 2020 election. One possible replacement she mentioned: Josh Hawley, who raised a fist to salute protesters ahead of the Capitol riot on Jan. “We need true conservatives who are going to fight for our values and stop this train wreck, stop President Biden, stop (Senate Majority Leader Chuck) Schumer, stop (Speaker of the House Nancy) Pelosi and save our country.” “I’m not going to support him,” Hartzler told The Associated Press during a campaign stop Thursday in Pevely. Schmitt, speaking Wednesday in Columbia, said McConnell hasn’t endorsed him, “and I don’t endorse him for leadership,” KOMU-TV reported. Greitens, who resigned amid scandal in 2018, has said throughout the campaign that he wants McConnell ousted. Trump remains popular in Missouri but has not endorsed anyone in the primary. The Missouri candidates are among conservative Senate hopefuls who have fallen in line behind former President Donald Trump, who has attacked McConnell and advocated for new Senate leadership if Republicans win back the chamber in November. Vicky Hartzler believed to be the leading contenders. Eric Greitens, Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Twenty-one Republicans are on the ballot Tuesday, with former Gov. Senate primary campaign nears its end in Missouri, all three leading Republican candidates are making it clear that if elected, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t have their support.