Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick made several posts online Thursday targeting New York Times reporters ahead of the publication of an article detailing his background.
His post on social platform mccormick said.
“It might be funny if it wasn’t so humiliating for my parents’ lifelong teaching careers and the college town I was so proud of growing up in,” he continued.
article, Published on Friday, he emphasized the candidate’s claim that he grew up in rural Pennsylvania, southwest of Scranton, and “had nothing.” The article details that as the son of “the president of a well-respected university” now known as Bloomsburg University, McCormick “was raised largely in the president’s sprawling mansion atop a hill.” .
His post preemptively targeted Glueck, posting a thread before the article was published on Friday.
“I can’t believe this New York Times reporter @katieglueck somehow thinks my father is ‘politically connected’ in this article,” he posted. “Does she know that I’m running against a career politician who’s been riding on her father’s political backing for 30 years?”
Former President Trump last week endorsed McCormick in his race against incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania). Mr. McCormick previously ran to unseat Mr. Casey, but failed to win Mr. Trump’s support and the Republican nomination.
Pennsylvania’s Senate primary election will be held on Tuesday.
“I knew going into this race that things could get messy, but the extent to which one of our nation’s oldest newspapers of record is pushing the Democratic Party’s fresh-faced narrative,” McCormick said. , it’s sad to see us this far down.”
McCormick said in his post that he lives on Bloomsburg State University’s campus and that his parents own a farm 10 minutes down the road. His father began his career “teaching history, economics, and democracy at Punxsutawney High School.” His mother taught elementary school near Pittsburgh.
“I’m so proud that my dad was elected president of @BloomsburgU at just 34 years old,” McCormick said.
He later said he was “very proud” of his parents’ teaching careers and growing up in Bloomsburg. He said he “wrestled and played football” there and was later recommended to West Point Military Academy. After serving in the Gulf War, he returned home for the parade, McCormick said.
“It’s a shame that this reporter in New York City doesn’t want to talk about it,” he said. “I think it’s a pretty great piece of work.”
The Hill has reached out to both McCormick’s campaign and the New York Times for comment.
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