Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dave McCormick released a new ad for his Pennsylvania election that declares Vice President Kamala Harris, Governor Tim Walz, and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) are “dangerously soft on criminals” and highlighted their response to the 2020 riots that followed the death of George Floyd.
“Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and Bob Casey are dangerously soft on criminals,” wrote McCormick in a post to the social media platform X.
McCormick’s ad combines clips of interviews with Harris, Walz, and McCormick with footage of the riots and protests that occurred in major American cities following Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“They’re not going to stop before Election Day in November, and they’re not going to stop after,” said Harris in one clip used by the McCormick campaign. “They’re not going to let up, and they should not.”
In 2020, Harris endorsed the Minnesota Freedom Fund on the social media platform X, which was then known as Twitter, which the ad notes sought to pay the bail of those accused of crimes during the riots that occurred in Minneapolis and other cities after Floyd’s death.
Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and Bob Casey are dangerously soft on criminals. pic.twitter.com/XFcjcRVcZH
— Dave McCormick (@DaveMcCormickPA) August 8, 2024
McCormick’s ad included audio from a news report that claimed the Minnesota Freedom Fund saw its donations increase by nearly 18,000 percent after Harris’ endorsement.
“Walz allowed rioters to burn cities,” the ad accused, alluding to Walz’s controversial delay in calling the National Guard to respond to lawlessness in Minneapolis after Floyd’s death.
Casey, the McCormick campaign ad claims, “marched with BLM radicals.”
The ad also references the Black Lives Matter demonstration Casey attended in June 2020. When protests and riots gripped the country, the Democrat symbolically knelt with “protest leaders” in Lancaster.
Though Casey has claimed he does not support defunding the police, the Democrat is an enthusiastic supporter of Black Lives Matter, which The Washignton Free Beacon noted supports “anti-police initiatives.”
The outlet also noted Casey introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, which would have increased prosecutors’ ability to target police officers and restricted “use of certain policing practices” nationwide.
“I’ve had privileges, white privilege if you want to call it that,” said Casey in one clip included in McCormick’s ad. “There’s no question there’s systemic racism,” Casey stated in another, adding, “certainly in policing.”
McCormick previously received national attention for his viral ad that condemned Casey for endorsing the “most liberal presidential nominee” in American history, which was released shortly after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Harris to succeed him.
The Republican previously noted the purportedly close relationship between Biden and Casey and, after the 81-year-old president dropped out, argued that the Democrat was “lying to Pennsylvanians” about Biden’s mental fitness.
McCormick has argued the president’s cabinet, including Harris, should invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Biden from office.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Bob Casey” by Bob Casey. Photo “Dave McCormick” by Dave McCormick. Photo “Tim Walz” by Tim Walz.
