{"id":1420348,"date":"2022-04-05T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420348"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:14:47","slug":"exclusive-trumps-trade-ambassador-endorses-david-mccormick-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-trumps-trade-ambassador-endorses-david-mccormick-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Trump\u2019s Trade Ambassador Endorses David McCormick in Pennsylvania"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fexclusive-trumps-trade-ambassador-endorses-david-mccormick-in-pennsylvania%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=1420348&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Former President Donald Trump\u2019s top trade policy adviser during his presidency has endorsed David McCormick for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement from Robert Lighthizer, provided exclusively to Breitbart News ahead of its public release, may be the biggest endorsement yet in the contentious U.S. Senate primary in Pennsylvania, and is a huge coup for McCormick who has been running a campaign focused on a populist nationalist vision on trade and immigration much like Trump\u2019s insurgent 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lighthizer served as Trump\u2019s United States Trade Representative (USTR) and helped the then-president negotiate out historic deals like the landmark U.S.-Canada-Mexico (USMCA) agreement that eliminated and replaced the failed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Lighthizer was also crucial to Trump\u2019s efforts to crack down on the Chinese Communist Party, using tariffs and other trade policy mechanisms leading to Trump being the first president in decades to get tough on China after presidents of both parties had been cozying up to the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the honor of a lifetime to oversee trade policy for the United States under President Trump,\u201d Lighthizer said in the statement. \u201cI know America First when I see America First and Dave McCormick is America First. From his military service to his business experience, Dave has the skill set, the devotion and the principles to take on China, take on Wall Street, take on the corrupt special interests and fight to keep our jobs and wealth at home. He will be a staunch supporter of the Trump administration\u2019s successful worker-oriented trade policies and aggressive actions to counter China, including maintaining the Trump tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10503471\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2019\/05\/lighthizer-getty.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>File\/U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on February 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony regarding U.S.- China trade. (Mark Wilson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lighthizer continued by noting that he has spent his entire life fighting to keep jobs in America\u2014and especially in Pennsylvania\u2014and that McCormick in his view is the candidate in the Pennsylvania race that understand these issues and will actually do something about it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI fought to keep American manufacturing jobs in both the Reagan and Trump administrations and I fought to keep steel jobs in Pennsylvania and America for more than 35 years in my law practice,\u201d Lighthizer said. \u201cDave understands the importance of these issues and has the backbone to take on those who get rich offshoring and outsourcing. He shares my passion for promoting American manufacturing, American supply chains, American energy and American self-sufficiency. Pennsylvania needs and deserves a Senator who will prioritize Pennsylvania workers, values and industry \u2014 and Dave is exactly that leader. He will be China\u2019s worst nightmare and Pennsylvania\u2019s greatest champion. It is my honor to formally endorse Dave for the United States Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCormick celebrated the endorsement, adding in a statement of his own to Breitbart News that he thanks Lighthizer for it and for his work protecting American jobs from hostile foreign interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a true honor to have the support of Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, someone who has worked on behalf of American workers at the highest levels of government,\u201d McCormick said. \u201cUnder President Trump, Ambassador Lighthizer went head-to-head with China in negotiations for America First trade deals that were tough on China and fair to our workers and businesses here at home. I\u2019m pleased Ambassdor Lighthizer recognizes our shared commitment to American industries and employees in Pennsylvania, combating\u00a0China\u2019s growing economic and military influence by moving\u00a0critical supply chains and manufacturing jobs back to Pennsylvania;\u00a0protecting US jobs and intellectual property;\u00a0and continuing the fair trade policies successfully negotiated and implemented by Ambassador Lighthizer and President Trump. Ambassador Lighthizer\u00a0has been crucial to countering China and I am proud to stand with him in this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20447570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/273542555_122515003646118_4231518940976482649_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20447570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/273542555_122515003646118_4231518940976482649_n.jpg\" alt=\"David McCormick\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>David McCormick: \u201cIt is a true honor to have the support of Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, someone who has worked on behalf of American workers at the highest levels of government.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This latest endorsement comes after several other major ones that have broken for McCormick in recent months. Everyone from former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) to House GOP conference chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and more have endorsed McCormick. On McCormick\u2019s campaign are several former top Trump aides like Hope Hicks and Cliff Sims, among others.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick\u2019s chief rival in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is celebrity television doctor Mehmet Oz. Oz, who has a history of liberal positions, was born in Ohio to Turkish parents and maintains dual citizenship. He served in the military\u2013of Turkey, not the U.S.\u2013in order to maintain his Turkish citizenship. Oz now claims he will if elected to the U.S. Senate renounce his Turkish citizenship, but continues to refuse to do so until after the election and says he will only do it if he wins\u2014a promise which only came after Oz was repeatedly criticized including by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) among many others for what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/02\/16\/doctor-oz-close-ties-to-turkey-raise-concern-about-senate-candidacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Washington Post said<\/a> would be an unprecedented arrangement if elected.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Oz has a history of leftist positions on everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/04\/mehmet-oz-2018-pushed-amnesty-illegal-alien-youths-i-think-the-dreamers-being-used-political-points\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/29\/busted-mehmet-ozs-claims-did-not-write-gun-control-columns-disintegrate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Amendment<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/13\/politics\/dr-oz-health-care-policy-mandates-obamacare\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthcare<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/29\/report-mehmet-oz-co-authored-book-touting-controversial-medicine-with-ccp-backed-academic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/01\/dr-ozs-pro-life-campaign-branding-at-odds-with-past-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/25\/report-dr-oz-on-trans-swimmer-we-have-to-have-compassion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgenderism<\/a> and has come under major scrutiny during this primary. Oz\u2019s history of being friendly with people like Oprah Winfrey and other top Hollywood liberals continues to be a centerpiece of criticism against him as well. Oz has responded by lashing out repeatedly, including most recently falsely claiming this publication gets paid for news stories about him and McCormick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, Breitbart, as you know, is having a lot of internal issues, financial issues,\u201d Oz said in an interview this week. \u201cThey basically sell the articles now. So, I didn\u2019t want to do that. I don\u2019t want to buy articles.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Oz on Breitbart&#8217;s coverage of the McCormick campaign in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAsen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAsen<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, Breitbart, as you know, is having a lot of internal issues, financial issues. They basically sell the articles now. So, I didn&#8217;t want to do that. I don&#8217;t want to buy articles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Lahut (@JakeLahut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeLahut\/status\/1511088122918014978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oz\u2019s claim, of course, is false. But the fact he is saying it would seem to be a sign his campaign is reeling from increased news exposure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoa. Gun-grabbing Hollywood liberal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrOz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrOz<\/a> accuses <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BreitbartNews<\/a> of selling stories because they\u2019ve called out his liberal track record. <\/p>\n<p>I wonder who Republican primary voters trust more: Breitbart or the Hollywood liberal that they&#8217;re exposing? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0jz2PNSfE\">pic.twitter.com\/S0jz2PNSfE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArthurSchwartz\/status\/1511102597788229637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While McCormick keeps racking up actual quality endorsements and focusing on core policy solutions on issues like trade and immigration\u2014he recently visited the border where the National Border Patrol Council backed him, just like the union of Border Patrol agents did with Trump in 2016\u2014Oz only has Fox News host Sean Hannity on his side. Hannity keeps telling Pennsylvanians to trust him about Oz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s top trade policy adviser during his presidency has endorsed David McCormick for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. 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