PA Senator Lies, Says Americans Have More Money In Their Pockets

Dave McCormick is trying to defend Trump's terrible economy. It really takes some creative lying to do that.
PA Senator Lies, Says Americans Have More Money In Their Pockets
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By John Amato — September 11, 2026

Sen. Dave McCormick was asked to explain his remarks discussing Trump's horrific economy when he lied and said the country is in a better place. His response was to say he believes people in Pennsylvania have more money in their pockets.

I kid you not.

The Republican Senator from Pennsylvania is worth over $160 million. How would he know what the working class has jiggling around in their pockets?

As usual, CNBC left no time for follow up questions about his latest fairytale. Once McCormick begins citing numbers, you know he's lying like a condemned man waiting his turn at the gallows.

"Senator, I was just curious if you could, you talked about how you think economically we're in a better place today, and I'm curious what statistics you would point to?" Andrew Ross Sorkin asked.

"I could point to the stock market being higher, but on a relative basis to when the President took office, inflation's higher, manufacturing, there are fewer jobs, not more jobs, the employment participation situation is not better, and oil prices are higher."

These figures don't lie.

The country is much worse off then before Trump was elected. But McCormick gave it a go.

"First of all, what I see in Pennsylvania, it's the case I was trying to make last night, I think people have more money in their pockets," McCormick replied. "How do I say that, real wages are up, inflation compared to what it was during the totality of the Biden administration is lower, although inflation is higher than we would wish it to be."

The rest of his diatribe was more lies. They base their data on what comes from magical arithmetic.

If the country were in a better place, Trump's approval rating wouldn't be in the low 30s.

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