Dave McCormick X post confuses Philadelphia, Mississippi with Pennsylvania

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick’s social media account appeared to mistake a news report involving a shooting in Philadelphia, Mississippi for the City of Brotherly Love; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

McCormick’s account reposted a news clip of a Mississippi television station reporting on a shooting involving an alleged MS-13 gang member who police say shot multiple people after entering the United States illegally.

The repost included a comment criticizing McCormick’s opponent, incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Casey, and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

“MS-13 gang members are terrorizing Philadelphians because of Harris & Casey’s radical open border policies,” posted McCormick in response to the Mississippi shooting.

The post was taken down several minutes after another account pointed out the story was from Mississippi.

Maddy McDaniel, the Communications Director for Casey’s campaign, responded on X saying, “Dave, this story is from Philadelphia, Mississippi — not Philadelphia, PA” and shared a picture of a City of Philadelphia police car.

McDaniel added in a subsequent statement “Since David McCormick lives in Connecticut, it’s not surprising he can’t tell the difference between Pennsylvania and Mississippi. We can help, Dave — Pennsylvania is the state that is going to reject you in November.”

A McCormick spokesperson responded to the post saying “We made a mistake in our tweet, and that’s not nearly as bad as what Bob Casey did when he enabled illegal immigrant gang members to terrorize Americans because of his and Harris’s radical open border policies.”

McCormick has faced criticism from Democrats for his ties to Connecticut where he worked for several years at a hedge fund. McCormick has touted himself as a “7th generation Pennsylvanian” raised in Bloomsburg and was the CEO of a company “that employed hundreds in Western Pennsylvania.”

In 2022, McCormick unsuccessfully sought the Republican’s U.S. Senate nomination, losing to Mehmet Oz in the primary by less than 1,000 votes.

In 2024, McCormick won the primary with no competitive challenger after State Senator Doug Mastriano decided not to run for U.S. Senate.

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