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https://www.wsj.com/articles/david-mccormick-republican-message-senate-pennsylvania-cold-war-espionage-industry-welfare-tech-china-renewal-c2a15389

David McCormick and the Search for a Republican Message

Can a former hedge-fund CEO who lost a GOP primary for Senate in Pennsylvania formulate an agenda that attracts blue-collar voters in a purple state?

By Barton Swaim

March 10, 2023 2:30 pm ET

Wonder Land: If Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the 2024 presidential nominees, the West Virginia senator—or someone—will get into the race. Images: AP/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly

Philadelphia

Various factions of the American right have in recent years become adept in the art of blaming each other for the Republican Party’s travails. Trump-influenced protectionists blame free-marketeers for selling out the working class to Chinese manufacturing. Pro-business establishmentarians fault the Trumpians for alienating suburban moderates. Libertarians and nationalists denounce “neocons” for entangling America in costly and futile wars.

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