Did GA-6 Congressional Candidate Rich McCormick Fake A Trump Endorsement?
GA-6 Republican candidate Rich McCormick was recently exposed for falsifying a number of endorsements for the 6th District including one from Marjorie Taylor Greene. Now, it appears the candidate may have been busted trying to mislead people about a potential Trump endorsement in GA-6.
McCormick announced his plans to switch from Georgia’s 7th Congressional District (where he ran and lost in 2020) to the 6th Congressional District recently.
During his announcement, McCormick released a falsified list of 28 GOP Members of Congress who he claimed endorsed him in his run for 6th District. When McCormick was asked about the inaccurate information, his response was, “it is what it is” and that he “made a mistake.”
Now the candidate best known for faking endorsements appears to be potentially busted again, this time misleading voters about an endorsement from President Trump. Faking an invaluable Trump endorsement is known as being a cardinal sin in the conservative movement.
Here are the facts:
McCormick was called out on Twitter on December 1st for claiming in his bio that President Trump endorsed him, despite the endorsement not appearing in any statements from President Trump himself.
Below is a screenshot of the Twitter bio from December 1st inaccurately claiming a President Trump endorsement.
Screenshot from December 1st
The McCormick for Congress team quickly changed their Twitter bio description after being slammed for misleading people that President Trump had endorsed his campaign for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District.
Curiously enough, the edit was made in the dead of night within 24 hours of being exposed on Twitter, readers can draw their own conclusions from that.
Updated Twitter bio after being pressured on Twitter.
McCormick would not be the first high profile establishment GOP candidate to be accused of misleading voters about an endorsement from President Trump.
Ohio Senate candidate Jane Timken was accused in June of faking a Trump endorsement by including a photo of her and Trump together on Timken’s campaign endorsements page.
Former Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski warned 2022 candidates about faking endorsements earlier in the year saying, “Lots of candidates pretend to have the support of President Trump. Most are full of sh*t. Do not fake Trump's endorsement."
McCormick has had what appears to be a disastrous rollout of his campaign after making the controversial decision to switch from Georgia’s 7th District to the more Republican leaning 6th District. The candidate is a resident of the 9th District.
After facing criticism for potentially faking 28 Congressional Endorsements for GA-6 and carpetbagging to the district, it appears now that McCormick is being criticized for potentially misleading voters about President Trump supporting his campaign for Georgia’s 6th District.
In addition to McCormick running in GA-6, America First candidate Jake Evans announced his candidacy over the summer and RINO candidate Meagan Hanson announced her candidacy earlier in the year. There are 7 declared GOP candidates now running in the GA-6 primary set to take place on May 24th, 2022.
Do you think faking endorsements is dishonest? Is faking a Trump endorsement unforgivable? Should Rich McCormick return the money raised to run in GA-7 against Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux to his donors? Should McCormick run in the district he lives in? Comment your thoughts below!