GOP Senate Candidate Daniel Cameron Called ‘Black Servant’ In Largest Kentucky Newspaper

A local Kentucky newspaper published an opinion article accusing Republican Senate candidate Daniel Cameron, who is black, of being a race traitor.

The Louisville-based newspaper, the Courier Journal, published a piece by contributor Ricky L. Jones titled “Daniel Cameron is KY’s saddest Republican Senate candidate,” which included a subheadline calling him “the polished corporate spokesman for anti-Black backlash politics.”

Jones alleged Cameron’s campaign message is, “Don’t worry, I’ll protect the White status quo in Kentucky and beyond.”

Opinion: Daniel Cameron is KY’s saddest Republican Senate candidate | Opinion https://t.co/qKcltpUwah

— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) February 11, 2026

Jones calls Cameron the “most shameful” and “saddest” of the Republican candidates, whom he describes as a “wretched band.” He further characterizes Cameron as a “frequent MAGA darling” and suggests that whites are uncomfortable at the idea of “the mounting Black menace.”

Jones is currently a professor and the chair of the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville, according to the university’s website.

The piece accuses Cameron — Kentucky’s first Black statewide elected official — of racial betrayal, claiming he “functions with a level of sneering anti-Black racial venom and self-hate that would make Samuel L. Jackson’s Stephen proud.”

Jackson’s character in “Django Unchained,” Stephen, was a house slave who was loyal to his white master and served as the film’s secondary antagonist.

Jones goes on to compare the GOP Senate candidate and former state attorney general to a “Black servant who betrayed his brothers,” citing Cameron’s opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and his support for President Donald Trump.

The piece further states that Cameron is “the type of lost whitewashed soul that Harriet Tubman left behind because he has no desire to be free. He is a Black man who hates Black people and takes every opportunity to prove it to his masters. He should be ashamed, but doesn’t have sufficient conscience, self-awareness or self-love to feel so.”

Cameron responded to the opinion piece in a statement to the Daily Caller, accusing the left of hating black Republicans.

“There is a special type of hatred the radical left has for Republicans that look like me, and here you have it on full display. I don’t fit in their neat little box of oppression and so for years, they’ve called me every name in the book — tried to define me, shame me, and silence me — all because I support President Trump and conservative values,” Cameron told the Caller. (RELATED: Voters Not Won Over By Any Candidates In Wide Open Senate Race, Poll Shows)

I’m proud to support President Trump. He’s endorsed me twice, and not once has he ever cared about the color of my skin.

The White House made clear this was an accident. You didn’t hear anything from the media when the left ran these about me. What the White House did was… pic.twitter.com/qfJ2ebZjpJ

— Daniel Cameron (@DanielCameronKY) February 6, 2026

“The reality is simple. My mind is my own, and I don’t need permission from anyone to speak freely or think for myself,” Cameron added. “I will never apologize for not sharing the belief set of radical Marxists just because of how I look.”

In response to Jones’ opinion piece published Tuesday in the Courier Journal, a University of Louisville spokesperson told the Daily Caller that “his comments do not represent the university’s views,” adding that the school does not monitor what he says “as a private citizen.”

“Dr. Jones is not a spokesman for the University of Louisville, and his comments do not represent the university’s views. UofL does not censor the opinions of its faculty, staff or students and does not monitor what Dr. Jones says in his capacity as a private citizen,” the spokesperson said.

The Courier Journal has the highest recorded circulation of any newspaper in Kentucky.

The Caller reached out to the Courier Journal for comment but did not receive a response prior to publication.