{"id":2212802,"date":"2024-04-04T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccormick-stops-at-genos-in-philadelphia\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T08:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:19:44","slug":"mccormick-stops-at-genos-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccormick-stops-at-genos-in-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"McCormick visits Geno&#8217;s in Philly"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fmccormick-stops-at-genos-in-philadelphia%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=2212802&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>In South Philadelphia, Dave\u2062 McCormick\u200b made a quick stop at Geno\u2019s for cheesesteaks,\u200c engaging with\u2064 supporters and making a few sandwiches himself. \u2063Despite trailing in polls against Sen. Bob Casey, McCormick discussed key issues like abortion and emphasized the need for common ground. \u2064He highlighted his moderate \u200cstance in contrast to Casey&#8217;s perceived extremism. Based on \u200cthe provided search results, here is\u2064 the information \u200crelated to Dave McCormick and Sen. Bob Casey:<\/p>\n<p>Dave McCormick:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u200cDave McCormick visited Geno\u2019s in South Philadelphia, engaged with supporters, and made \u2064cheesesteaks himself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Despite trailing in polls against Sen. Bob Casey, McCormick discussed key issues like abortion and emphasized finding common ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; McCormick highlighted his moderate \u2062stance in \u200bcontrast\u200c to Casey&#8217;s perceived extremism.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bob Casey:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sen. Bob Casey has represented \u200dPennsylvania in the U.S. Senate since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He is likely to \u200bface Republican Dave McCormick in the upcoming November election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casey and McCormick will be the only\u2063 names on the\u2064 Pennsylvania Senate ballots in April.<\/p>\n<p>These details capture \u2064the recent activities\u200d and political\u200b positions of\u200d both Dave McCormick and\u200b Sen. Bob Casey as\u2064 per the search results provided.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2014 On a cold, windy, wet Wednesday in South Philadelphia, Dave McCormick stopped at Geno\u2019s to grab four \u201cwhiz wit\u201d cheesesteaks.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican nominee for U.S. Senate met a few dozen supporters and campaign staffers at the well-known cheesesteak spot \u2013 walking the last block after his tour bus ran into trouble on 10th Street, the narrow lane and cramped parking making a wide turn tricky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was awesome, I ate everything,\u201d McCormick said of the cheesesteak.<\/p>\n<p>Donning an apron, he then jumped on the line to make a few cheesesteaks along with National Republican Senate Committee Chairman Steve Daines of Montana. Former U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey shadowed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow\u2019s business?\u201d the trio asked Geno\u2019s Manager Anthony Rossi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not as great as it could be,\u201d Rossi answered. \u201cA lot of tourists who come into the city, they\u2019re still coming, but it could be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though it\u2019s early, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/senate\/2024\/pennsylvania\/\">most polls<\/a><\/strong> show McCormick behind incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. The latest from mid-March gives Casey a 52-48 lead over his challenger. That gap, however, is better for McCormick than a February poll that had him down 49-39.<\/p>\n<p>After his time as line cook passed, the candidate took questions on national issues like abortion, where a Florida court ruling <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2947258\/florida-supreme-court-allows-abortion-rights-amendment-to-appear-on-ballot\/\">upheld the constitutionality<\/a><\/strong> of a six-week ban. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an issue that\u2019s very polarizing and we need to find common ground in Pennsylvania,\u201d McCormick said. \u201cOur Pennsylvania legislature has put in place a law that Pennsylvanians support and my view is that we need to find common ground around contraception, broad support for adoption services, and restrictions on late-term abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He positioned himself as a moderate against Casey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a case where Senator Casey is on the extreme,\u201d McCormick said. \u201cHe signed a bill that essentially calls for abortion up until the due date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He declined to \u201cput a specific line\u201d for where he\u2019d limit abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPennsylvanians have to decide. They decided with their legislation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also encouraged Republicans to support mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ought to embrace mail-in ballots across Pennsylvania,\u201d McCormick said, urging Republicans to close the gap between their mail-in rates and the higher mail-in votes of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>For Republican candidates in November, he talked up former President Donald Trump\u2019s name on the ballot as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the ticket, President Trump\u2019s gonna get those folks out in Republican counties,\u201d McCormick said. \u201cThe two of us are very aligned and I think his campaign can help mine and mine can help his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toomey was more optimistic about McCormick\u2019s appeal to Pennsylvania voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s likely that Dave runs ahead of Donald Trump,\u201d Toomey said. \u201cI think Dave\u2019s got a very good shot at winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toomey, who announced in 2020 that he would retire and not run for re-election, has been <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witf.org\/2022\/11\/14\/pat-toomey-donald-trump-disqualified-president\/\">publicly critical<\/a><\/strong> of Trump and vowed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/decision-2022\/toomey-calls-trump-badly-flawed-says-he-wont-vote-for-him-again\/3437892\/\">not to vote for him<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy personal views of the former president have not changed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Back at Geno\u2019s, the perennial problems of urban life remain front-of-mind. Pre-pandemic crowds haven\u2019t yet returned, with concerns about crime being a deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still low compared to COVID,\u201d Rossi said. \u201cWhen the city\u2019s doing good, steaks is doing good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More time, he said, is needed before crowds fully return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the perception (of crime) is a lot worse than the reality, but still people perceive it to be bad \u2026 it takes a while,\u201d Rossi said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In chilly South Philly, Dave McCormick made a pit stop at Geno\u2019s for four &#8220;whiz wit&#8221; cheesesteaks. 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