McCormick has had allies come forward to defend him as well. McCormick has spent $4.6 million to date on ads in the race, though today’s new ad is the first to directly address attacks on his ties with China. In today’s ad, a narrator ends with the tagline, “Fight China, save America. The group has spent over $1 million to date running ads in the Pennsylvania Senate primary contest and Oz’s campaign has spent over $5.5 million running ads boosting himself and attacking McCormick. … McCormick: China’s friend, not ours.”Īn outside group supporting Oz, American Leadership Action, also ran two separate ads in January with the tagline, “David McCormick: Wall Street and China win, Pennsylvania loses.” In one Oz campaign ad that started airing on January 29, the narrator says, “First, China sent us Covid, then David McCormick’s hedge fund gave Chinese companies billions. overseas when he was CEO of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. The move comes after weeks of ads from Oz (a physician best known for the syndicated television show he hosted) that have alleged McCormick gave money to Chinese companies and sent jobs from the U.S. "We all know China created Covid, now let’s make them pay for it.” “When Mehmet Oz questions my patriotism, he’s crossed the line," McCormick says in a response to his primary opponent's attacks.
2d ago / 6:32 PM UTC Back-and-forth over China dominates Pennsylvania’s airwavesĪfter weeks of accusations from campaign opponents that he’s too friendly with China, Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick is taking to the airwaves to fight back, launching a new ad highlighting his military service and tough-on-China stances.
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