Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on March 24 launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate, looking to replace retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). The 45-year-old attorney general announced his intention to run on Fox News two days after former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican, announced his bid for the same seat. “Washington DC needs more fighters. Fighters who want to save America. That’s why I’m running for the United States Senate,” Schmitt, also a Republican, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “Increasingly, it feels like our culture and our country [are] slipping away and all the levers of power right now in Washington, D.C. are tilted towards the Democrats,” Schmitt told Fox and Friends. “As the attorney general, I’ve spent my time defending President Donald Trump and the America First agenda and all the prosperity that came with that: secure borders, energy independence, more opportunities for more Americans,” Schmitt continued. …