Former State Representative Joe Carr who in 2014 ran against Senator Lamar Alexander in the Republican primary and lost and who in 2016 ran against U.S. Rep. Diane Black and lost is considering a primary challenge to Senator Bob Corker. Carr is a tea party aligned, pro-Trump Republican who has been critical of Bob Corker's criticism of President Trump.
While Corker may be venerable to a challenger to his right, I seriously doubt that Joe Carr can defeat Bob Corker. To put it mildly, Joe Carr is a fringe candidate with unorthodox views. While in the State House he introduced a bill that called for the arrest and criminal prosecution of any
Federal agent who attempts to enforce certain Federal gun control laws here in
the state of Tennessee. That would have clearly violated the supremacy clause of the Constitution. He subscribes to the discredited theory of
nullification, he believes the First Amendment does not apply to Muslims
and the Second Amendment should allow one to carry a gun onto the
private property of another regardless of the desires of the property
owner.
Carr says he will make up his mind about challenging Corker sometime after September 14th. Other people considering a challenge to Corker are Andrew Ogles, state director for the Tennessee chapter of Americans for
Prosperity, and State Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden.
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