NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With less than three weeks to go before the Tennessee primary election, the top Republican candidates vying for the state’s open Senate seat have notably stepped up their attacks against each other.
Bill Hagerty, a former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, released a new television ad Tuesday accusing trauma surgeon Manny Sethi of being “too liberal” for Tennessee. The ad follows Sethi’s constant bashing that Hagerty is a Washington establishment candidate.
The back and forth between the two Republicans comes as early voting has opened for the Aug. 6 primary. The two are hoping to replace outgoing GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander, who is retiring from the position at the end of his term. Here is a look at the latest attacks in the race:
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In Hagerty’s television ad released Tuesday, a narrator claims “Trump conservatives can’t trust Manny Sethi” and argues Sethi once defended “Obamacare” by showing footage of Sethi giving a health care presentation in 2012 to high school students.