Dave McCormick, the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, records a video along the U.S. - Mexico border after receiving a briefing from officials, in Yuma, Arizona on May 18, 2024. (Dave McCormick Senate campaign )
A spokesperson for Casey emphasized the importance of quality visits over the quantity of visits and said not all of these campaign stops are posted online. His Senate office tracks the first and last visit to each county every year. For instance, in 2023, Casey visited Lehigh County for the first time on Jan. 6, 2023, and his last visit was on Dec. 21, 2023. And that’s not to say he didn’t visit Lehigh County several times in between. McCormick isn’t convinced.
"He said that he visits every county every year," McCormick told Fox News on Friday. "So, you know, he can show you the evidence. We don't see any evidence that he visits every county every year."
To McCormick, the county controversy goes beyond hearsay. He says it’s about showing up for Pennsylvanians all across the commonwealth.
"It's a number of cases where Bob Casey says one thing and does another," McCormick told Fox News on Friday. "He stands up and says his and Biden's policies are going to reduce inflation. And then in a room, he gets caught on tape saying, hey, listen, there's nothing we can do to lower prices. Or he says he's for policies that ensure that we source from American industries, and then he votes and waives exceptions on them because he and Biden's policies on EVs aren't adequately supported by U.S. industry. So time and again, Bob Casey says one thing and does another, and so I don't think he's been forthright with the people of Pennsylvania."
McCormick, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, consistently ties Casey to President Biden. A day after accepting the Republican nomination, McCormick released an ad slamming Casey for voting with Biden "98 percent" of the time.
"Bob Casey's lack of visiting these counties, his lie on this is also representative of why he's out of step with most Pennsylvanians, and that's why most Pennsylvanians can't name a single thing that Bob Casey's accomplished," McCormick continued last Friday. "They can't believe that he's voted 98% of the time with Joe Biden. So the connection I'm making is the lie on the county visits with his positions being increasingly liberal, increasingly bowing to the progressive left and increasingly out of step with Pennsylvania. That's the connection."
Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick launches a campaign bus tour, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 10, 2024 (Dave McCormick campaign)
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Meanwhile, Casey’s campaign is trying to flip the script on McCormick.
"Senator Casey is known for his integrity and what he’s delivered for the Commonwealth, meanwhile Connecticut mega-millionaire David McCormick has been lying about everything from where he lives, to the details of his upbringing, to his record of investing millions in Chinese military companies," Kate Smart, a spokesperson for Casey for Senate, shared with Fox News on Friday.
With five months until the general election, there’s no sign of the mudslinging (or the campaign bus) slowing down for these Pennsylvania candidates.
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