NBC News: More Than 140 Mothers Across Pennsylvania Are Launching A “Moms Oppose McCormick” Coalition
Delco Times: Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey [Shored] Up A Significant Voting Bloc In His Reelection Campaign With The Launch Of A Moms Oppose McCormick Coalition Initiative
PENNSYLVANIA – On Thursday, in Delco, Senator Bob Casey joined a coalition of Pennsylvania mothers standing against David McCormick to launch the Moms Oppose McCormick Coalition and to highlight his record of delivering for Pennsylvania mothers and families.
More than 140 mothers across Pennsylvania are launching a “Moms Oppose McCormick” coalition, including health care workers, community leaders and educators, in support of Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s re-election campaign against businessman David McCormick.
Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean, Mary Gay Scanlon and Chrissy Houlahan are chairing the coalition.
“Senator Casey has a record of fighting to make a difference for women and families across Pennsylvania,” Casey’s campaign said in a news release, crediting Casey’s work on a variety of topics, including abortion rights and paid family leave.
Citing the issue of abortion, Dean said in a statement that “McCormick has shown time and again that he does not stand with Pennsylvania women, girls, mothers and families.”
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey turned his attention Thursday to shoring up a significant voting bloc in his reelection campaign with the launch of a Moms Oppose McCormick coalition initiative.
“In every single one of our 67 counties are families worried about their future, families that have been ripped off by corporate America, families that have been left out when we do tax policy,” Casey told several dozen supporters crowding the Al Pastor Mexican restaurant Thursday morning. “Those days are over. We’re going to win these battles, we’re going to lift up these families and it’s going to start when I beat David McCormick”
Casey was joined by Sherry Luce of grassroots female-led political organization Red Wine & Blue, and U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-5, Swarthmore, who faces her own challenge this year from Republican Alfe Goodwin.
Luce came out swinging as the first speaker, touting Casey’s steadfast support of pro-choice causes while blasting McCormick as anti-abortion and on a “crusade to rip away our reproductive rights.” “We have right-wing politicians like David McCormick — they have no business dictating what is going to happen, personal decisions, with our families and women,” said Luce. “He supports an abortion ban with zero exceptions, not even for rape or incest, and make no mistake: If he wins, he is another vote for a national abortion ban.”
“Good morning, Connecticut!” Scanlon said at the beginning of her remarks, drawing a laugh from the crowd….Turning to the race, Scanlon said it is a choice between candidates of very different character and very different backgrounds in public service.
Casey was quick to tout his own wins when he got the mic, saying that while he was working for Pennsylvania, McCormick was investing in China through his hedge fund.
Casey said the stakes in this race could not be higher for women and that there is “no common ground” with McCormick on issues like voting rights, worker’s rights and women’s rights. Casey noted McCormick said during the 2022 primary campaign that he supported only one exception for abortion and it was not rape or incest.
