{"id":2621793,"date":"2026-06-30T18:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccormick-shows-off-pennsylvanias-state-fair-booth-after-overruling-shapiro\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:05:01","slug":"mccormick-shows-off-pennsylvanias-state-fair-booth-after-overruling-shapiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccormick-shows-off-pennsylvanias-state-fair-booth-after-overruling-shapiro\/","title":{"rendered":"McCormick shows off Pennsylvania&#8217;s state fair booth after overruling Shapiro"},"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\">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%2Fmccormick-shows-off-pennsylvanias-state-fair-booth-after-overruling-shapiro%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=2621793&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 Dave McCormick (R-PA),along with Senator John Fetterman (D-PA),coordinated too have Pennsylvania represented at teh Great American State Fair in Washington,D.C., as part of celebrating the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-250th-birthday-will-be-a-commemoration-not-celebration-in-virginia-because-leftists-dont-think-its-worth-celebrating\/\" title=\"...s 250th Birthday Will Be A \u2018Commemoration,... Not \u2018Celebration... In Virginia Because Leftists Don...t Think It...s Worth Celebrating\">250th anniversary<\/a>.Despite Pennsylvania\u2019s past importance, Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) withdrew the state from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-upholds-indiana-university-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Upholds Indiana University Vaccine Mandate\">fair due<\/a> to a lack of interest from local sponsors, citing no companies expressing desire to participate. In contrast, McCormick and Fetterman secured private sponsors at no cost to taxpayers to set up a Pennsylvania booth highlighting the state&#8217;s role in American history, its businesses, and innovation. the booth features artifacts and representatives from organizations like the Pennsylvania Manufacturers\u2019 Association, Farm Bureau, and Chamber of Business and Industry. McCormick emphasized Pennsylvania\u2019s importance to America\u2019s story, and his chief of staff, mark Isakowitz, praised the booth as the nicest on the National Mall. The fair runs through July 10, allowing attendees to visit and learn about Pennsylvania\u2019s contributions to the nation&#8217;s history.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-mccormick\/\">Dave McCormick<\/a> (R-PA) unveiled Pennsylvania\u2019s booth at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4621338\/freedom-250-great-american-state-fair\/\">Great American State Fair <\/a>in Washington, D.C., after working with Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/John-Fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) to have the Keystone State represented there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4628488\/pennsylvania-join-great-american-state-fair-josh-shapiro-boycott\/\">bipartisan push<\/a> to include <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania<\/a> in the state fair overruled Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\">Josh Shapiro<\/a>\u2019s (D-PA) claim that there weren\u2019t any businesses from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-hobbs-office-raises-eyebrows-over-threats-to-election-officials\/\" title=\"Katie Hobbs&#039; Office Raises Eyebrows Over Threats to Election Officials\">state interested<\/a> in being featured at the festival that\u2019s highlighting all 50 states in honor of America\u2019s 250th 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data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shapiro confirmed last week that Pennsylvania would not be represented at the 16-day Great American State Fair run by Freedom 250, a private-public organization President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> created to organize festivities for the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/212317\/trump-250-gala-shapiro-states\">interview<\/a> with the <em>New Republic<\/em>, Shapiro said he pulled the state out of the fair because of a lack of interest from sponsors, adding that his aides asked companies in the state if they would like to be part of it but \u201cnone were interested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But McCormick and Fetterman secured private-industry sponsors to host Pennsylvania\u2019s booth at the fair at \u201cno cost to taxpayers.\u201d The sponsors said they decided to be part of the event due to Pennsylvania\u2019s \u201cimportant\u201d place in the nation\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPennsylvania\u2019s story is simply too important to be missing from our nation\u2019s capital during America\u2019s 250th birthday celebration,\u201d Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President and CEO Luke Bernstein said. \u201cThe Keystone State belongs front and center \u2014 and we\u2019re excited to help showcase the people, businesses, and innovation that continue to shape America\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The booth will include the Pennsylvania Manufacturers\u2019 Association, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the video McCormick <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenMcCormickPA\/status\/2072006461262082139\">posted<\/a>, these sponsors are highlighted in the booth, along with other artifacts showcasing the state\u2019s role in American history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCormick <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenMcCormickPA\">posted another video<\/a> about Pennsylvania\u2019s booth that had his chief of staff, Mark Isakowitz, praising it, saying it\u2019s the \u201cnicest booth\u201d on the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4617090\/trump-new-air-force-one-dc-flyover-july-4\/\"><strong>TRUMP REVEALS NEW AIR FORCE ONE WILL FLY OVER DC ON JULY 4<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had an army of volunteers come down here and now look, you have Pennsylvanians and people from all over the country seeing what Pennsylvania is all about,\u201d Isakowitz said. \u201cIt was a great volunteer citizens\u2019 effort to get from Saturday to where we are now. Unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees will be able to see Pennsylvania\u2019s booth for themselves at the Great American State Fair through July 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators McCormick and Fetterman secured PA\u2019s fair booth despite Shapiro&#8217;s claim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2621794,"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\/2026\/06\/pa-great-american-state-fair.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81995,21644,5836,50377,81521],"class_list":["post-2621793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fair-booth","tag-mccormick","tag-pennsylvania","tag-shapiro-2","tag-state-fair-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pa-great-american-state-fair.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621793","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\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621793"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621797,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621793\/revisions\/2621797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}