{"id":1213802,"date":"2022-01-13T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1213802"},"modified":"2022-01-13T10:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:34:30","slug":"former-hedge-fund-ceo-david-mccormick-enters-crowded-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-hedge-fund-ceo-david-mccormick-enters-crowded-senate-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Hedge Fund CEO David McCormick Enters Crowded Senate Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-hedge-fund-ceo-david-mccormick-enters-crowded-senate-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1213802&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Former Bridgewater Associates Chief Executive Officer and Bush administration official David McCormick formally entered the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary Thursday, after months of deliberation.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick filed <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00800623\/1555696\">paperwork<\/a> with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) Wednesday before releasing a launch video to YouTube on Thursday morning. His campaign will be <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/MichaelRWarren\/status\/1481415267699806211\">staffed <\/a>by Trump administration veterans Stephen Miller, Hope Hicks and Cliff Sims. McCormick\u2019s wife, Dina Powell McCormick, served as President Donald Trump\u2019s Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategy and held multiple roles in the Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been fighting my whole life,\u201d McCormick declared in his launch video, \u201cand now I\u2019m running for the U.S. Senate, to fight the woke mob hijacking America\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video here:<\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Shortly after McCormick\u2019s announcement, fellow candidate and television host Dr. Mehmet Oz\u2019s campaign accused him of being weak on China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeijing\u2019s favorite candidate David McCormick\u2019s deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party aren\u2019t just problematic, they are dangerous. A senator for Pennsylvania should not have a sterling record of enriching the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d campaign manager Casey Contres <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/mattholt33\/status\/1481624956182183938\">said<\/a> in a statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/29\/key-senate-races-2022-pennsylvania-wisconsin-ron-johnson\/\"><strong>(RELATED: These Are The Most Important Senate Races In 2022)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bridgewater Chief Investment Officer Ray Dalio was roundly criticized in December after <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/ray-dalio-bridgewater-associates-chinese-communist-party-strict-parent\/\">comparing<\/a> the Chinese government to a \u201cstrict parent,\u201d while claiming that the Chinese people view their government \u201cas an extension of the family.\u201d He later <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/ray-dalio-china-war-xi-ccp\/\">claimed<\/a> that he made the comments because he was \u201cdeeply concerned about war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to head off those criticisms, McCormick contributed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/americas-leaders-chinas-communist-party-dave-mccormick\">op-ed<\/a> Thursday to Fox Business in which he argued that the U.S. government should \u201cmove medical, pharmaceutical, and other critical supply chains out of China and bringing manufacturing jobs back home to the Commonwealth,\u201d while \u201cblocking Chinese acquisition of U.S. technology, and countering Chinese propaganda, especially on Big Tech platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican primary to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey is considered wide open, following the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/22\/sean-parnell-loses-child-custody-battle\/\">decision<\/a> by Army veteran and Fox News contributor Sean Parnell to suspend his campaign in the wake of a divorce. Trump endorsed Parnell, and is not expected to make another endorsement until after the primary. Other Republican candidates include businessman Jeff Bartos and former Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/malcolm-kenyatta-poll-senate-pennsylvania-20211220.html\">several<\/a> polls have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicspa.com\/poll-fetterman-leads-dem-senate-race-gop-field-split\/98955\/\">shown<\/a> Lt. Gov. John Fetterman with a commanding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PollTrackerUSA\/status\/1458140595734540293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">lead<\/a> over Rep. Conor Lamb and state Rep. 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