The Art of the MAGA Makeover
Posted on AllSides February 24th, 2022
From The Left
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, via Associated Press
By any conventional measure, David McCormick’s pedigree is impressive.
Champion wrestler. West Point graduate. Army Ranger. Ph.D. from Princeton. Tech executive. Treasury official in the George W. Bush administration.
One credential the candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania hasn’t quite secured: MAGA champion.
Like Republican candidates across the country, McCormick has been studiously trying to cast himself as a Trump-style contender, hoping that he can win over enough of the former president’s supporters to win the nomination in a crowded primary.
But this MAGA makeover hasn’t been easy. McCormick says he’s...
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