McCormick Mixed Up Philadelphia, Mississippi With Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
McCormick Got Fact-Checked By Pennsylvania’s Beloved Hersheypark as He Attempted to Smear Senator Casey
PENNSYLVANIA — Yesterday, Connecticut hedge fund executive and mega-millionaire David McCormick took heat for making two huge gaffes in the span of a few hours.
He started the day getting fact-checked by Pennsylvania’s beloved Hersheypark while trying to smear Senator Casey and finished it by confusing Philadelphia, Mississippi with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What Pennsylvanians Are Reading:
The Hill: McCormick confuses Philadelphia, Mississippi with Pennsylvania in X post
ABC27: Dave McCormick X post confuses Philadelphia, Mississippi with Pennsylvania
Washington Post: Senate GOP candidate in Pennsylvania mistakes Philadelphia, Pa., for Mississippi city
Philadelphia Magazine: Dave McCormick needs to hire himself some fact-checkers
MSNBC: Pennsylvania Senate candidate made a pretty bad geographical mistake
PhillyVoice: Dave McCormick mistakes Mississippi city for Philly in social media post
PennLive: McCormick Senate campaign, trying to score points, picks the wrong Philadelphia
Raw Story: ‘This story is from Mississippi’: PA Democrats pounce as rival mixes up Philadelphias
Politics PA: McCormick touts ‘bobflation’; Hershey Park offers rebuttal
What Pennsylvanians Are Watching:
- Reporter: PA Senate PA Senate candidate Dave McCormick is facing backlash tonight after posting on X about a shooting in Philadelphia, Mississippi mistaking it for Pennsylvania. The Republican posted a news story from a Mississippi TV station about a reported shooting with a MS-13 gang member saying Senator Bob Casey and Kamala Harris are to blame for the violence in Pennsylvania. Bob Casey’s team responded on X simply saying “This story is from Mississippi not Pennsylvania.” McCormick has since deleted that tweet.
What They Are Saying:
Senator John Fetterman:
Nick Field, Decision Desk:
Tommy Vietor, Pod Save America:
Jessica Tarlov, Fox News:
Bryan Metzger, Business Insider:
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Sean Kitchen, Keystone Newsroom:
David Dayen, The American Prospect:
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Nick Kurtz, CBS News:
Daniel Pearson, Philadelphia Inquirer:
Matthew Yglesias, Bloomberg:
State Representative Mike Schlossberg:
State Representative Joshua Siegel:
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