One of the individuals looking to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) actually has ties to former President Barack Obama.

The individual, according to the Daily Caller, is Nate Morris.

He is running for the seat as a Republican. In fact, he is even trying to claim that he is a Trump loyalist.

Morris's background, however, is raising some serious questions.

The details

In case you missed it, Morris announced his candidacy just recently. Take a look:

The most important question in the Kentucky Senate race: Are we going to elect another Mitch McConnell puppet who will betray President Trump? Or are we going to elect an America First outsider who will break McConnell's control of this seat?

It's time to take out the trash. pic.twitter.com/svXnXIeK9J

— Nate Morris (@NateMorris) February 20, 2025

He certainly is saying the right things. However, there may be more going on than initially meets the eye.

Obama, Haley, and more

Reporters have already found some serious dirt on Morris.

The Daily Caller reports:

Morris also financially supported former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley in June 2021. He donated $5,000 to Haley’s political action committee (PAC), Stand for America, three months after she said Trump likely had no future in the GOP . . . Morris did not back Trump until two months after Haley ended her unsuccessful bid to be the GOP presidential nominee in March 2024.

In other words, Morris only jumped on the Trump bandwagon relatively recently. But, there is more.

The outlet adds:

In 2015, Morris hired David Plouffe, who served as the campaign manager to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, to join Rubicon’s board. While serving on the board, Plouffe said that Trump must be “destroyed thoroughly” in a now-deleted 2016 tweet.

McConnell's out

While many questions remain about Morris, we do now know that McConnell is leaving the U.S. Senate in 2026. He has decided to retire rather than seeking reelection.

McConnell, in part, said:

I’m not going anywhere anytime soon. I will complete the job my colleagues have given me until we select a new leader in November and they take the help next January. I will finish the job the people of Kentucky hired me to do.

Apparently this job includes opposing Trump, at times. McConnell recently received some harsh words from Trump after the senator was the only Republican who joined the Democrats in opposing some of Trump's nominations. Trump went so far as to say that McConnell is "not equipped mentally."