Posted on 05/08/2022 2:19:14 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump chastised Pennsylvania Republican Senate contender David McCormick over his ties to China and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday.
Standing in the rain at a rally in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to bolster TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is locked in a tight race with McCormick, the former president panned McCormick for not being "MAGA" enough.
WATCH LIVE: TRUMP AND JD VANCE SPEAK AT CAMPAIGN RALLY FOR DR. OZ IN PENNSYLVANIA
"David is totally controlled. This is the opponent backed by Mitch McConnell, the old crow, the old broken-down crow. Mitch McConnell is the least popular politician in the country," Trump said. "David came out very strongly against me on numerous occasions. This was before he was going to run, and then all of a sudden he said, 'Boy, I like this guy a lot.'"
McCormick served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs during the Bush administration and turned down an offer from Trump to serve as the U.S. deputy secretary of defense when he was CEO of Bridgewater Associates, which has investments in China. Behind the scenes, McCormick told friends he sought Trump's support in his bid for Senate but would draw a line at parroting Trump's 2020 election fraud claims, the Bulwark reported.
Trimps’s attack on McCormick from the stage was savage, and came down to one thing ultimately - McCormick didn’t side with Trump’s claims about winning the election, so Trump equated him to McConnell and Cheney.— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 7, 2022
Oz has insisted that the party "cannot move on" from the 2020 election. Trump hailed Oz as a true believer in the "Make America Great Again" movement and touted his "enormously successful" career during the rally.
"He’s on that screen. He’s in the bedrooms of all those women telling them good and bad, and they love him. He came into a place where there were a lot of women sitting there for something unrelated. They started going crazy: 'Is that Dr. Oz?'" Trump crowed.
Earlier in the event, portions of the crowd booed when organizers praised Oz. Trump's endorsement of the TV celebrity has been controversial in the MAGA world. Even Trump appeared to draw some boos at one point in the rally when he mentioned Oz.
But Trump was steadfast in his support of Oz during the rally, arguing that he was much more of a fighter than McCormick.
"[McCormick] will quickly fold to the fake news, and he's going to fold immediately to the radical left Democrats. That's the way he is, and that's the way he will be. Oz will never do that. He will fight till the end, and he will always have your back," Trump declared.
Trump also ripped McCormick's connections to China.
"I do know that he was with a company that managed money for Communist China. And he is absolutely the candidate of special interests and globalists and the Washington establishment," he said. "We can always count on Dr. Oz to stand up for the United States and against Communist China. And if you don't mind, I'd like to have Dr. Oz come up and say a few words."
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The primary election in the race is set to take place May 17. Standing near Trump at the event was J.D. Vance, who won the Republican primary Senate seat in Ohio earlier this week. Vance had been lagging behind in the polls until Trump issued his widely coveted endorsement, catapulting him to the forefront.
With his endorsement of Oz, Trump hopes to maintain his undefeated endorsement record in the 2022 Republican primary season. Trump has gone 55-0 so far in 2022 — something he touted during the rally.
Vote Barnette.
Just my gut feeling, which matters naught since I do not live in Pa. Both my parents were from Pa. though. 🙂
They both suck balls n will lose
Gale, Barnette, Bartos and Bochetto are also running.
Know anything about them?
Pennsylvania Ping!
Please ping me with articles of interest.
FReepmail me to be added to the list.
After all, I did take a real chance with candidate Donald J. Trump, and I never regretted it. If you are in Pa. vote for her, otherwise, neither of our opinions really matter do they? 🙂 I doubt anyone reading our comments will pay much attention to our opinion, nor should they. They need to make their own choice.
As Kathy Barnette said why hold your nose and vote why not vote with your with a clear conscience
“That’s great but it didn’t make him right about Dr. Fauci and it doesn’t make him right about Oz.”
I’ve seen this nonsense posted by numerous people. It’s a complete and total lie.
President Trump did not pick Fauci. Fauci has been in that department for DECADES. He was there when President Reagan was president. He rose to prominence during the AIDS epidemic and became the AIDS Czar. Which led to him eventually leading the department.
He has led that department for many years. President Trump inherited that guy.
Barnette is running close behind McCormick and Oz but to listen to the MSM (and too many FReepers) it is only a two person race.
She is a true conservative AMERICAN (not Turk!) without the carpetbagger baggage.
He is not, imho...but he may be more electible in PA.
What happens if he get elected is another matter.
We shall see, I mean the people in Pa. voted in Toomey didn't they?
If enough people do, then she will become the candidate to run against the Democrat, and I will be rooting for her, as I’m sure Trump will be also. In addition, I’m also positive that Trump will embrace her and campaign for her as well. So it will all be good, unless she does fail to beat the Democrat opponent.
Please..
Currently it’s one week from the primary and oZ and McCormick combined have about the same amount of support as the undecideds in the race.. they are Terrible, both of them.
1 week abs still around 40% undecided!!!
Don’t feed me that crap… Oz and McCormick have each spent 10s of millions each for last 4-6 months and both are at around 20%…
They are terrible….
Good to know.
I’ll check her out.
Know anything about Gale?
Thanks for your internet, arm-chair General post-event opinion
So helpful! 🙄
You’re welcome. And I don’t apologize to you fanboys. Trump’s a man and he makes mistakes. I don’t have to approve of them.
Like I said, I will as long as she has a chance.
Oz will tow the McConnell line if he wins. Mitch wins unless Barnette gets the seat.
Trump’s 2019 pandemic Executive order picked his pandemic team. He chose Collins. Collins did not want to be the public face and delegated the job to fauci. He was Fauci’s boss, still in control behind the scenes. Covid videos with Collins and Fauci - they were lock step.
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