“All it really highlighted was how ill-served Pennsylvania would be with Dave McCormick representing it in the Senate”
PENNSYLVANIA — The York Dispatch editorial board gave David McCormick a “thumbs down” for his “sad and juvenile” commercial which ran in Pittsburgh during the super bowl:
Thumbs down to Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick for the sad and juvenile commercial his campaign ran during Sunday night’s Super Bowl.
Hoping to distinguish himself in a crowded GOP field (incumbent Pat Toomey is stepping down), McCormick aired a 30-second spot that superimposed headlines unflattering to President Joe Biden over the sound of a crowd chanting “Let’s go, Brandon.”
That expression is, of course, the widely used conservative stand-in for a four-letter insult aimed at President Joe Biden. Snicker, snicker, Dave.
This is what the Republican Party has come to: trash-talking, insults and no hint of an agenda in sight.
What’s that? You watched the Super Bowl and didn’t see the ad? That’s because you don’t live in Pittsburgh; evidently the only market in which it actually aired. But the reliable conservative media machine was sure to broadcast word of the clip far and wide, complete with plenty of free interview time for the candidate.
It’s a sad reflection of a party that is in a sad state. While McCormick told a Fox interviewer the commercial was intended to highlight self-inflicted problems caused by “Joe Biden and the extreme policies of the left,” all it really highlighted was how ill-served Pennsylvania would be with Dave McCormick representing it in the Senate.
Pennsylvania Democratic party spokesperson Jack Doyle issued the following statement:
“This ad highlights just how desperate McCormick is to suck up to Donald Trump while hoping people forget about his ties to China and record of outsourcing Pennsylvania jobs.”
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