LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Longtime thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans on Wednesday entered the Kentucky campaign to succeed Republican Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate, portraying himself as an independent Democrat willing to cut through “partisan nonsense” and tackle trade, health care and immigration.

Romans criticized President Donald Trump’s tactics in his immigration crackdown and pointed to his decades of work alongside immigrant laborers who toil for long hours cleaning stalls and performing other labor-intensive tasks tending to horses at racetracks.

“I’ve traveled around the world, but I also saw the plight of the immigrant workforce we needed back here,” Romans said in an introductory campaign video. “The ones that are here working, doing jobs that are necessary in this country. W

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