Ad Watch: Fact-checking ad claiming Republican US Senate candidate Dave McCormick paid for attacks on Donald Trump
SENATE RACE. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HEAV ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON CAMPAIGN ADS IN THE RACE FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S OPEN SENATE SEAT. MOSTLY BETWEEN THE CAMPAIGNS OF DR. MEHMET, OZ AND DAVE MCCORMICK AND THE GROUPS THAT SUPPORT THEM. THE ADWORDS CHECKING NOW IS FROM THE OZ CAMPAIGN. IT HAS ONE CHECKABLE CLAIM AND IT’S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IN THE AD HERE. IT IS WALL STREET INSIDER DAVID MCCORMICK PAID FOR ATTKSAC ON DONALD TRUMP THE SOURCING FOR THIS CLAIM IN THE AD IS VERY GENERIC. IT JTUS SAYS FEC RECORDS FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION RECORDS. SOE W AEDSK THE OZ CAMPAIGN FOR SPECIFICS HOW IT JTIUSFIES THE ATTACK IT TOLD US MCCORMICK GAVE MONEY TO RIGHT TO RISE A PO LITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT WAS SUPPORTING THEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JEB BUSH IN 2016. HE WAS RUNNING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. WE SEARCHEDHE T FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION DATABASE AND FOUND THAT MCCORMICK GAVEHE T GROUP $500,0 IN JANUARY OF 2015 DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY THE PACK PRODUCED SOME ADS THAT WERE CRITICAL OF THEN CANDIDATE DOLDNA TRUMP. HERE’S ONE OF THEM DONALD. YOU KNOW IS GREAT AT AT THE ONE-LINERS, BUT HE’S A CHAOS CANDIDATE AND HE’D BE A CHAOS PRESIDENT BACK TO THE OZ CAMPGNAI AD THAT WE’RE CHECKING NOW. THE ONLY CLAIM IS THAT MCCORMICK PAID FOR ATTACKS ON TRUMP AND MCCORMICK GAVE MEYON TO A PACK THAT ATTACKED TRUMP WE FIND THAT CLAIM TRUE BY THIS POINT IN THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE CHECKED MULTIPLE ADS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE RACE AND SOME IN ETH GOVERNOR’S RACE AS WELL THOSE AD WATCH REPTSOR ARE POSTED IN THE POLITICS S
Ad Watch: Fact-checking ad claiming Republican US Senate candidate Dave McCormick paid for attacks on Donald Trump
We continue our Ad Watch series. We’re checking claims made in political ads. In an 8 On Your Side investigation, WGAL News 8’s Matt Barcaro looked into an ad in the race for the U.S. Senate that claims a Republican candidate paid for attacks on Donald Trump. Watch the video above for more.
We continue our Ad Watch series. We’re checking claims made in political ads.
In an 8 On Your Side investigation, WGAL News 8’s Matt Barcaro looked into an ad in the race for the U.S. Senate that claims a Republican candidate paid for attacks on Donald Trump. Watch the video above for more.
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