Musician Kid Rock endorsed Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James, praising him as an “American badass.”
“Hey, Michigan, it’s Kid Rock, and you have a chance to put a real-life American badass in the U.S. Senate instead of a career politician, and that badass is John James,” Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, said in a campaign ad.
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“John is a West Point graduate, combat veteran in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and a job creator. John James was successful before he got into politics rather than use politics to be successful. He wants to help others create jobs and put Michigan to work. He understands Michigan,” the Michigan native continued.
“We’ve worked to make our family stronger, get our communities more involved, and help our neighbors first,” he added. “John is the leader we need in the U.S. Senate. It’s the war fighter versus the gaslighter. The combat veteran versus the career politician.”
War fighter versus Gaslighter. Combat veteran versus career politician. Job creator versus government regulator.
Michigan, are we citizens or subjects?
The choice is yours… pic.twitter.com/Ul6Ui03gZO
— John James (@JohnJamesMI) October 29, 2020
James is up against incumbent Sen. Gary Peters, who has a 5-point lead, 47% to 42%, over James, according to a Free Press poll released Sunday. The poll has a 4-point margin of error.
James is running as a pro-Trump candidate who is “committed to defending the American dream and expanding access to it.”
“In 2020, we have a choice: to stand up and use our voices and our votes to defend our constitutional republic or to concede quietly to a leftist willing to tear it down piece by piece,” James said during the Republican National Convention in August.
Kid Rock is an outspoken supporter of President Trump and has hit the campaign trail for him.
“I want to see everybody do well in the country, everybody, but I don’t believe you make the poor rich by making the rich poor,” Kid Rock said at a Trump campaign rally in metro Detroit in September.
