Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Tuesday chided Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) for “sneering” at Kentucky Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris for touting his working class and union background.

During a Kentucky industry forum on October 29, Barr attacked Morris for talking about how he comes from a working-class union background.

“There are some candidates that say they come from a union background or union family. I’m very proud to say that I’m an annual supporter of the Employee Rights Act,” Barr said.

Barr’s message did not sit well with Banks , who hails from a union factory worker background, as he described in his maiden speech touting Trump’s America First Trade policies. The Hoosier senator wrote:

As the son of a union factory worker and having grown up in a working-class family myself,

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