PENNSYLVANIA — New reporting from The Bulwark highlights Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick’s daunting vulnerabilities in this primary: How does a “globalist” with ties to China and a record of outsourcing Pennsylvania jobs sell himself as the MAGA purist this race demands?
The article outlines McCormick’s issues as such:
On paper, McCormick appears to be the anti-MAGA. During the Bush administration he was the “Bailout Czar’s” boss—this during the financial crisis that populist high priests such as Steve Bannon identify as the origin story of the MAGA movement.
After that, he worked side by side with China apologist Ray Dalio leading a company that serves the world’s most “sophisticated (((global investors))).”
In 2013, McCormick joined hands with 131 of the GOP’s biggest RINO squishes, such as Steve Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace, and Ana Navarro, to call for legalized gay marriage.
He’s been a trustee of the Aspen Institute and chairman of the prestigious Atlantic Council International Advisory Board alongside the Madeleine Albrights of the world.
And his campaign kickoff was a salon crawl of exclusive members-only clubs in New York that was attended by such Never Trumpers as Dan Senor, the candidate’s fellow Jeb Bush donors, and assorted other Masters of the Universe.
Republican opponents were attacking McCormick for his ties to China and history of outsourcing Pennsylvania jobs as soon as he entered the race. In one of the country’s nastiest, and most expensive, primaries, this issue is not going anywhere. As voters across Pennsylvania become more and more aware of McCormick’s record, he’s going to have a lot of explaining to do.
Click here for The Bulwark’s full article.
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