This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly.
Posted on AllSides April 19th, 2024
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David McCormick’s origin story goes something like this: He grew up in rural Pennsylvania, southwest of Scranton. He baled hay, trimmed Christmas trees and otherwise worked on his family’s farm. And from those humble beginnings, he rose to achieve the American dream.
“I spent most of my life in Pennsylvania, growing up in Bloomsburg on my family’s farm,” Mr. McCormick, now a Republican candidate for Senate, told Pittsburgh Quarterly in 2022.
“I’ve truly lived the American dream,” he wrote in a fund-raising appeal in October. “My life’s journey — from...
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