McCormick Agreed with a Conservative Radio Host’s Conspiracy that Reproductive Health Care is a “Money Laundering Operation” for Democrats

PENNSYLVANIA – David McCormick pushing an “unhinged” conspiracy theory about abortion is under continued scrutiny this week following a recent report from Heartland Signal. McCormick immediately agreed with a conservative radio host when she claimed that the fight against dangerous abortion bans is “an elaborate ruse to cover up a Democratic money laundering operation.” 

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• Donald Trump and other candidates have created an “echo chamber” of misinformation about abortion, doctors say.

• Trump’s influence on abortion was evident last month at the conservative Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, which was attended by Republicans who will appear alongside the former president on the Pennsylvania ballot, including Senate nominee Dave McCormick and U.S. Rep. Scott Perry.

• … [Perry and McCormick have] disseminated misinformation in other campaign appearances.

• McCormick then compounded abortion misinformation during a May 2 radio segment on the Dawn Stensland Show, which airs in Philadelphia on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT. He agreed with Stensland, a longtime Philadelphia broadcaster and media figure, that abortion is a money laundering operation for Democrats.

• Stensland said, “I always say the abortion issue is really not about reproductive rights. It’s not, it’s really, to me personally. Look at the money, and it’s a money laundering operation. Look at the money that goes from Democratic administrations to Planned Parenthood.”

• McCormick then said:

• “Yeah, and you know, Bob Casey’s position and others is federal funding [for Planned Parenthood], which I am opposed to. So, I agree with you.”

• Tara Murtha, director of strategic communications for the Women’s Law Project, a Philadelphia-based organization that advocates for abortion rights among other issues, called the money laundering characterization “too absurd to have to seriously address” when asked about McCormick’s radio appearance.