David Mccormick’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year Since He Launched His Campaign

PENNSYLVANIA — It has been one year since Connecticut hedge fund CEO and mega-millionaire David McCormick has launched his second campaign for U.S. Senate. 

In that time, McCormick’s disastrous record of lying about where he lives and where he grew up, prioritizing investments with China over Pennsylvania families, and his support for an anti-choice agenda have been exposed.

A Look Back on McCormick’s Year:

• McCormick has been lying about where he lives and where he grew up.
  • Associated Press: David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Connecticut
  • Vanity Fair: David McCormick says he lives in Pennsylvania. Flight records appear to tell a different story
  • McCormick flew back home to Connecticut hours after telling supporters gathered at his campaign bus tour launch that he was going to “live on the bus” through November.
  • New York Times: This G.O.P. Senate candidate says he grew up on a family farm. Not exactly.

• McCormick’s record of supporting a national abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest has continued to dog his campaign.
  • HuffPost: “McCormick does not support exceptions in an abortion laws for rape or incest”
  • Heartland Signal: David McCormick’s campaign won’t say he would support Duckworth’s bill to protect IVF
  • Heartland Signal: David McCormick agrees with radio host that abortion is a ‘money laundering operation’
  • David McCormick repeatedly praised the leaked Supreme Court opinion draft overturning Roe v. Wade as a “great” and “huge victory,” as well as a “great step forward.”
  • McCormick said he would be “very, very happy” about Roe being overturned.

• McCormick’s record of investing millions of dollars in China’s military and our foreign adversaries has remained in the spotlight
  • He increased investments in China by 108,000% as CEO of Bridgewater, including companies blacklisted by the U.S. government.
  • McCormick invested millions in blacklisted Chinese military companies, helping to prop up the Chinese military with advanced weapons and equipment, including fighter jets and aircraft carriers.
  • He has deep ties to the Saudi government’s sovereign wealth fund and even pressured his hedge fund to demonstrate “loyalty” to the Saudis after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

• McCormick has shown that he is out of touch and has a record of prioritizing his own bottom line over Pennsylvanians.
  • Pennsylvania Independent: GOP Senate nominee McCormick said to have told victims of sexual harassment to keep quiet
  • ABC27: Dave McCormick X post confuses Philadelphia, Mississippi with Pennsylvania
  • McCormick responded to a Pennsylvania veteran concerned with gas prices by saying his wife is “on the board of Exxon.”

• McCormick’s record of killing and outsourcing hundreds of Pennsylvanian jobs has been exposed.
  • WHYY: David McCormick claims he created ‘hundreds of jobs’ in Pennsylvania. Records suggest otherwise
  • Heartland Signal: Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate David McCormick invested in companies that outsourced Pennsylvania jobs
  • Keystone Newsroom: Dave McCormick’s hedge fund made bets against American steel companies
  • HuffPost: Dave McCormick-led hedge fund shed hundreds of jobs after pocketing state money
  • He admitted to – and even bragged about – his record of shipping American jobs overseas.

 See What Pennsylvanians Have Had to Say About McCormick’s Record:

• Montgomery County Sheriff Sean Kilkenny: “By prioritizing his profits over hundreds of police officers, David McCormick has shown us exactly who he is willing to fight for – himself and his own bottom line.”

• United Steelworkers District 10 Director Bernie Hall: “Working men and women can’t trust someone who puts their bottom line ahead of Pennsylvania workers.”

• State Representative Jennifer O’Mara: “David McCormick’s record of supporting an abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest and praising the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade as a ‘huge victory’ is appalling.”

• Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer George Piasecki: “Not only did David McCormick lay off workers in Pennsylvania before announcing new jobs overseas, he also taught other companies how to outsource.”