{"id":2367019,"date":"2024-11-10T22:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T03:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccormick-plans-to-attend-senate-orientation-without-schumer-invite-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T22:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T03:38:43","slug":"mccormick-plans-to-attend-senate-orientation-without-schumer-invite-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccormick-plans-to-attend-senate-orientation-without-schumer-invite-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"McCormick plans to attend Senate orientation without Schumer invite &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fmccormick-plans-to-attend-senate-orientation-without-schumer-invite-washington-examiner%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=2367019&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>Senator-elect Dave McCormick is set to \u2062attend the Senate freshman\u200c orientation despite not\u200c receiving an invitation from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer has stated\u2062 that McCormick won&#8217;t be recognized as Pennsylvania&#8217;s next senator until the counting of approximately 100,000 remaining ballots from his race concludes. Schumer noted \u200dthat once\u200b the votes are tallied, the\u200d winner will\u200d be invited. \u200dNevertheless, \u200bsome Republican senators plan to \u2064escort McCormick into the \u200borientation, challenging Schumer&#8217;s decision. \u2063Meanwhile, Democrats remain\u200b hopeful that their\u200d candidate, Senator Bob Casey, may find a path\u2064 to\u200c victory as \u2062he trails McCormick by around 40,000 votes. The exclusion of McCormick from orientation\u2064 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/certifiable-narcissist-jim-acostas-vaccine-t-shirt-sparks-mockery\/\" title=\"\u2018Certifiable Narcissist\u2019: Jim Acosta\u2019s Vaccine T-Shirt Sparks Mockery\">sparked criticism<\/a> among Senate \u2063Republicans, who argue \u2062it is\u2064 an\u200c unjust action.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Dave McCormick plans to attend Senate orientation without Schumer invite<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1877271\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen.-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-mccormick\/\">Dave McCormick<\/a> will travel to Washington, D.C., for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gender-ideology-is-killing-womens-colleges-like-my-alma-mater\/\" title=\"Gender Ideology Is Killing Women\u2019s Colleges Like My Alma Mater\">freshman orientation<\/a> on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, even as Democrats refuse to recognize him as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pennsylvania&rsquo;s<\/a> next senator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) has not invited McCormick to the meetings, convened for all new members of the Senate, noting that around 100,000 ballots must still be counted in his Senate race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As is custom, we will invite the winner once the votes are counted,&rdquo; Schumer said in a statement on Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet three GOP senators &mdash; Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Mike Lee (R-UT) &mdash; plan to grant him entry to the building anyway so he can be escorted to orientation. It is not clear how Schumer would handle his arrival in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220757\/what-happens-donald-trump-president-elect\/\"><strong>HOW BIDEN IS TRYING TO SHAPE HIS LEGACY WITH JUST MONTHS LEFT IN OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats are holding out hope that their incumbent, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), still has a narrow path to victory once tens of thousands of provisional ballots are counted.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, he trails McCormick by almost 40,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>But the decision to exclude McCormick caused an uproar among Senate Republicans, who say he is being unfairly excluded. The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race for McCormick three days ago in one of the biggest upsets of the 2024 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dave McCormick is the new senator for Pennsylvania. The idea that Schumer would not allow him to participate in Senate orientation is beyond unacceptable,&rdquo; Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenJohnThune\/status\/1855686573355860266?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Reading, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Chris Szagola)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Casey campaign maintains that outstanding ballots are in favorable enough counties to swing the outcome of the race despite the McCormick camp insisting that Casey has no mathematical path to winning.<\/p>\n<p>The fight has played out, in part, in the courts, with McCormick suing to disqualify certain provisional ballots. If less than half a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">percentage point continues<\/a> to separate McCormick and Casey, the race could head to a recount. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220757\/what-happens-donald-trump-president-elect\/\"><strong>WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT TRUMP IS PRESIDENT-ELECT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schumer&rsquo;s decision to exclude McCormick from orientation stands in contrast to House custom, in which both candidates attend if the race has not been decided. Schumer has apparently not invited Ruben Gallego, the Democrat leading in Arizona&rsquo;s uncalled Senate race, either.<\/p>\n<p>The House will conduct its own freshman orientation next week despite a handful of races remaining too close to call. Republicans are expected to retain the House, while McCormick would give Republicans a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-if-republicans-miss-their-best-shot-to-retake-the-senate-majority-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What if Republicans miss their best shot to retake the Senate majority - Washington Examiner\">53-seat majority<\/a> in the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1877271\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1877271\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave McCormick will attend Senate orientation despite not being invited by Schumer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2367020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dave-mccormick-senate-orientation-1024x592.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21644,5894,4411,44752,32076],"class_list":["post-2367019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mccormick","tag-politics","tag-schumer","tag-senate-orientation","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dave-mccormick-senate-orientation-1024x592.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367019","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=2367019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367023,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367019\/revisions\/2367023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}