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PENNSYLVANIA – Connecticut mega-millionaire David McCormick is lying about living in Pennsylvania and out of touch with Pennsylvania’s working families.
McCormick is a Connecticut Mega-Millionaire Who is Lying About Where He Lives and Who He is:
- Associated Press: David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Connecticut
- “‘I live in Pennsylvania,’ McCormick said” […] “In reality, he’s living in a $16 million mansion in Westport on Connecticut’s “Gold Coast.” [Associated Press, 8/14/23]
- McCormick did not vote in Pennsylvania for 15 years before he decided to run for Senate in Pennsylvania.
- Fox 43: Claims of gap in Senate candidate Dave McCormick’s Allegheny county voting record are true | VERIFY
- McCormick has been chartering private planes to fly to Pennsylvania for events from his multi-million dollar mansion in his home state of Connecticut.
- McCormick flew back to his home state of Connecticut the same night he launched a bus tour where he said he would “live on the bus” through November.
- McCormick “explicitly said” that he grew up on a farm, when he actually grew up in a “sprawling hilltop residence.”
- David McCormick: “And finally, as a farmer that’s got a big farm in Columbia County […]” [Heartland Signal, 2/16/24]
McCormick is in the Pocket of Billionaires:
- McCormick said he wanted to roll back the law that capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month.
- McCormick: “What happened under Biden with these huge, enormous pieces of legislation – the Inflation Reduction Act […] We got to roll that back.” [John Fredericks Radio Show, 10/3/23]
- McCormick is backed by billionaires who support his crusade to eliminate Social Security and Medicare benefits and spike costs for hardworking Pennsylvanians while pushing tax giveaways for the ultra-wealthy.
- Bloomberg: Wall Street Billionaires Shower McCormick With Cash for Pennsylvania Senate
- McCormick backs the disastrous 2017 corporate tax giveaway that raised taxes for over 375,000 Pennsylvania families.
- McCormick has supported putting Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block.
McCormick is Out of Touch With Pennsylvania:
- McCormick responded to a Pennsylvania veteran concerned with gas prices by saying his wife is “on the board of Exxon.”
- “Sipping coffee with veterans in Palmerton, a former Marine brought up the high cost of gas. ‘Dina’s on the board of Exxon,’ McCormick noted, gesturing to his wife.” [Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/6/24]
- After his time away in Connecticut, McCormick can’t stop messing up Pennsylvania icons.
- Washington Post: Senate GOP candidate in Pennsylvania mistakes Philadelphia, Pa., for Mississippi city
- McCormick was fact checked by Pennsylvania’s beloved Hersheypark for his false claims about their ticket prices.
- McCormick caught heat for mispronouncing Yuengling, the iconic Pennsylvania beer, as “Yangling.”
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