McCormick on February 13: “As a Farmer That’s Got a Big Farm in Columbia County…”
PENNSYLVANIA — Connecticut hedge fund mega-millionaire David McCormick is catching heat for pretending to be a Pennsylvania farmer, yet another one of the lies that have plagued his campaign.
ICYMI: Heartland Signal: Multi-millionaire business David McCormick labels himself a farmer despite saying he isn’t one a month ago
- During a roundtable discussion in Clarks Summit, Penn. on Tuesday, Republican Senate candidate David McCormick designated himself a farmer despite his history as a white-collar hedge fund CEO.
- While laying out his anti-China plan, which includes economic decoupling and banning China from the World Health Organization, McCormick floated barring the nation from purchasing U.S. farmland. He implied his expertise on the subject because he owns “a big farm.”
- “And finally, as a farmer that’s got a big farm in Columbia County, stop the strategic purchase of farmland by China across the United States,” McCormick said at a Building America’s Future PAC event.
- According to an AP News report from 2022, McCormick boasts an estimated net worth somewhere between $116 million and $289 million. The assets that contribute to this net worth include McCormick’s aforementioned Pennsylvania farm, in addition to a $2.8 million home in Pittsburgh, a $4.1 million Dallas condo, a ranch in Colorado worth at least $5 million and a $16 million mansion in Connecticut he rents.
###