Former President Donald Trump supports US Senate candidate david mccormick Speaking in Pennsylvania on Saturday, he called on his supporters there to “go out and vote for him” in the year's most competitive Senate race.
Trump's endorsement comes two years after he successfully defeated McCormick in Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary, sparking a recession. awkward dynamic between two people who will be splitting the ticket in a state crucial to the White House and control of the Senate.
“He's a good guy. He wants to run a good ship,” Trump said at a rally in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Schnecksville. “He's a smart guy. He's been a very successful guy. He's given up a lot to do this.”
McCormick — who spend time in connecticutAlthough he has a house, he did not attend meetings. A campaign spokesperson said he was attending his parents' weekend with his daughter.
McCormick responded on social media, writing on the X Platform: “Thank you, President Trump!” Together, we will deliver big victories for Pennsylvania and America in November. ”
McCormick, the former CEO of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, is seeking to unseat the Democratic senator. Bob Caseyhe is seeking a fourth term and is perhaps Pennsylvania's most famous politician.
There are many Republican candidates for the Senate. battlefield They endorsed Trump early in the Republican presidential primary, campaigned for him or otherwise sought his endorsement.
Mr. McCormick did not do so, and only later endorsed Mr. Trump. nikki haley After suspending his presidential campaign following his defeat on Super Tuesday, Trump became the last major candidate in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination.
In 2022, McCormick, like other candidates in the seven-way Republican primary to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, sought Trump's support.
According to McCormick, during a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, Florida mansion, Trump told McCormick that in order to win the primary, McCormick would have to say the 2020 election was stolen. He is said to have said that there is.
McCormick said he refused. Three days later, Mr. Trump endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz, and then repeatedly lambasted Mr. McCormick on the campaign trail.
In one scene, at a rally in western Pennsylvania days before the 2022 primary, President Trump used an acronym for his campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” and said that McCormick was “not MAGA.” '' he told the audience.
He then mocked Mr. McCormick for being part of a company — a hedge fund — that “managed money from Communist China,” and in the next breath called Mr. McCormick a “candidate of special interests and globalists and the Washington establishment.” He described it as.
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