{"id":2239768,"date":"2024-05-08T04:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-casey-gop-challenger-heaps-praise-on-fetterman-for-israel-moral-clarity\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T04:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:27:07","slug":"bob-casey-gop-challenger-heaps-praise-on-fetterman-for-israel-moral-clarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-casey-gop-challenger-heaps-praise-on-fetterman-for-israel-moral-clarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican challenger Bob Casey praises Fetterman for his clear stance on Israel"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbob-casey-gop-challenger-heaps-praise-on-fetterman-for-israel-moral-clarity%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=2239768&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>Dave McCormick, a Republican Senate candidate,\u200b praised Senator John Fetterman for\u200c his strong support of Israel. This commendation also subtly criticized Senator Bob Casey. McCormick, a West\u200b Point graduate, will compete against Casey in\u2064 the upcoming election and\u2064 has made support for Israel a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-faces-backlash-after-posting-twerk-video-celebrating-mlk\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Faces Backlash After Posting Twerk Video Celebrating MLK\">focal point<\/a> of his campaign. Fetterman&#8217;s unwavering \u2064stance on Israel has garnered praise for \u200bits clarity and consistency.  <\/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>Republican Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-mccormick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dave McCormick<\/a> applauded Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) for his outspoken defense of Israel, a compliment that doubled as a critique of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-haley-super-pac-pans-desantis-debate-performance-as-forgettable\/\" title=\"Haley-supporting super PAC criticizes DeSantis debate as 'unmemorable'\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-flags-at-half-mast-for-fallen-capitol-officers\/\" title=\"Trump Orders Flags at Half-Mast for Fallen Capitol Officers\">home state<\/a> colleague<\/a>, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-casey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bob Casey<\/a> (D-PA).<\/p>\n<p>McCormick, a West Point graduate and former Bush administration official, will compete against Casey in the fall and has made support for Israel a litmus test in the race. The two have positioned themselves as allies of Israel, but McCormick has run to Casey\u2019s right on the issue, highlighting the senator\u2019s support for the Iran nuclear deal and endorsement of Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), a \u201cSquad\u201d Democrat who is critical of the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has left no question as to where he stands on the topic, loudly rebuffing progressive calls for a ceasefire as Israel wages a casualty-heavy war in Gaza. More recently, he called the Biden administration\u2019s decision to pause ammunition shipments to Israel a \u201cmistake\u201d and has denounced the antisemitism on display at campus protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf John Fetterman and I went out for a cup of coffee right now, we\u2019d probably disagree on 90% of everything. But on Israel, man, he\u2019s been a voice of clarity,\u201d McCormick told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a Tuesday interview.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick struck a note of bipartisanship, calling support for Israel \u201cbigger than Republicans and Democrats\u201d before laying into his opponent\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>Casey has resisted Democratic calls to place conditions on aid to Israel and has received almost $600,000 in donations from the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC. But the McCormick camp has accused Casey of pressuring Israel to \u201cabandon course and accept defeat\u201d after he said the country could \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2923761\/bob-casey-says-israel-can-do-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>do more<\/a>\u201d to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>On Lee, Casey supported her 2024 run for Congress but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">recently told reporters<\/a> he doesn\u2019t agree with her \u201con every issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contrast with Bob Casey is extremely notable because that\u2019s what moral clarity looks like. You never wonder where John Fetterman stands,\u201d McCormick said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick speaks outside a student encampment at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fetterman rejected the praise with a tongue-in-cheek reference to Connecticut, where McCormick spent years as a hedge fund manager. McCormick was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and bought a house in Pennsylvania to run for Senate in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I went to graduate school in his home state, so I can only have good things to say about him, too,\u201d Fetterman said of his Master of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. \u201cWe have a special bond over Connecticut.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>McCormick fell less than a thousand votes short of facing Fetterman last cycle, losing to Trump-endorsed Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary. Fetterman went on to win that race by 5 points, while Casey leads McCormick in polling by a similar margin.<\/p>\n<p>The McCormick campaign has leaned into the same themes that Republicans believe will hand them a majority in the Senate next year, among them Israel but also immigration and the economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a challenger, McCormick is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2884952\/dave-mccormick-well-positioned-defeat-bob-casey-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>betting<\/a> he can defeat Casey on the strength of his anti-Washington messaging as well.\u00a0Casey, the son of political heavyweight and former Pennsylvania Gov. Bob Casey Sr., has served three terms in the Senate and before that as a statewide elected official.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2976430\/casey-mccormick-seal-victories-pennsylvania-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>predicted<\/a> that no \u201creputable\u201d poll would find McCormick within 3 points of Casey. Casey\u2019s campaign declined to comment on McCormick\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP Senate hopeful Dave McCormick praised Sen. Fetterman for backing Israel, subtly criticizing Sen. Casey. The West Point alumnus and ex-Bush official will face Casey in the upcoming election, emphasizing his strong support for Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2239769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125636538603-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125636538603-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}