07/03/2026
FETTERMAN FOR PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR!
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Pennsylvania Gov. ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐จ told his own administration the state wouldnโt take part in the โGreat American State Fairโ on the National Mall, saying no businesses were willing to sponsor the roughly $700,000 pavilion and that the money was better spent on the NFL Draft, the PGA Championship and other events already on the calendar. Sen. ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ค (R) wasnโt having it. โ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ด๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐บ.โ
McCormick called Democrat Sen. ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐
๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง that same day. โ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ด๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ข. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ด๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ข. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ๐ด๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ.โ Fetterman signed on immediately.
Within days the two senators had lined up a coalition of private sponsors โ the ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฌโ Association, the state Farm Bureau, and the state Chamber of Business and Industry โ funding the booth entirely without taxpayer money. The pavilion now stands on the National Mall, stocked with Pennsylvania chips, a Christmas tree and a Liberty Bell display. Asked directly whether Shapiroโs office ever reached out to businesses at all, McCormick said: โ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด.โ
McCormickโs closing line cut across the aisle: โ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ 250 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด.โ
๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐. ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ.
