The Ben Shapiro Show | Senate Election Special
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What is the overall purpose of the Senate Election Special episode?
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I've been out on the trail with some of these candidates. They're wonderful people and they deserve your support. We're going to go through some of them one by one. Or joined on the line by Senate candidate from Pennsylvania Dave McCormick. You of course know him. He's been running for this position for a year at this point. And he is running a neck and neck race with Bob Casey, who is one of the toughest outs in the Senate, and he's running an extraordinary race. He he is is running from behind the race, has been moved from lean casey to now toss up in in the last round of Cook Political. Dave, you're running an amazing race. Tell tell us first of all why you got into the race. For people who don't know much about you, who don't know your background, talk about it a little bit.
Yeah, thanks, Ben. Great, great to be with you. You know, I um I ran a primary in 22 and I lost a close uh a primary by 900 votes. And when I was thinking about running again, it's just the state of America. I think we're in deep trouble. uh economically. I think we're in deep trouble spiritually. I think our our adversaries around the world are testing us. And we need new leadership. And uh Kamala Harris is a disastrous uh uh selection if uh she were to be president and Bob Casey is a 98% vote. And so for me, it's the race is about change versus the status quo. And it's about a seventh generation Pennsylvanian, a a West Point graduate, a combat vet. from Iraq, a business guy, an outsider. against truly the definition of a career politician.
He uh Bob Casey's been in office for 30 years, the Senate for 18 years. He's been weak. Whenever the bullets start flying, he ducks. And he's increasingly voted for this radical liberal agenda. uh which has been counter to Pennsylvania, everything from banning fracking to defunding the police to biological men competing women's sports. So um that's the that's the difference. It's it's really a change election. And I think Pennsylvania's
one change. You know, one of the amazing things about the race that you're running is obviously Josh Shapiro is governor of Pennsylvania. He's a very popular governor of Pennsylvania. And so if you were just looking at the raw stats, if you're looking at the raw situation on the ground in Pennsylvania, you'd imagine that you would have this massive deficit that you'd have to overcome. Donald Trump, of course, is running about even in Pennsylvania right now.
Why did Dave McCormick decide to run for the Pennsylvania Senate seat?
That's a toss-up state. And you have managed to run, again, an extraordinary campaign. Many of the best ads of this campaign have come from your campaign. I'm talking about national ads. that are directed against the Democratic Party. What's been your strategy in this campaign?
Well, I think that you know the the challenge was I'm not well known. And so I've had to build up my name ID, but but Bob Casey, you know, went to Washington um saying he was going to change Washington 18 years ago and Washington changed Bob Casey. So the key is is not to try to attack uh Bob Casey's, you know, who who he is as a person, but to say this guy is completely out of step. Uh, with Pennsylvania. And when Kamala Harris came onto the ticket, you know, I think Pennsylvania may be the one place where Joe Biden was better for the Democrats than Kamala Harris because Joe Biden had Scranton connections.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the overall purpose of the Senate Election Special episode?
0:00–2:43
2
Why did Dave McCormick decide to run for the Pennsylvania Senate seat?
2:43–19:45
3
How is Eric Hovde positioning himself against Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin?
19:45–38:15
4
What are the key issues Bernie Mirando is highlighting in the Ohio Senate race?
38:15–50:21
5
Why does Carrie Lake argue that Ruben Gallego is too far left for Arizona?
50:21–1:02:57
6
How is Sam Brown tackling the tight Nevada Senate contest against Jackie Rosen?
1:02:57–1:06:30
7
What strategies are Republican candidates using to combat big‑tech censorship?
1:06:30–1:06:42
8
What final takeaways does Ben Shapiro give about the importance of these Senate races?
1:06:42–1:06:43
Speakers
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