Dave McCormick on 2026 Midterm Elections

Republican U.S. senator speaking immediately after his convention introduction

Thank you for your courage

Source and context

Reporting

McCormick's immediate response to Fetterman's convention introduction (opens in a new tab)

About this source

Reports McCormick's onstage response immediately after the video. This is separate from his earlier defense of Fetterman against former-staff allegations.

Original video

Republican National Committee Midterm Convention, Day 1 (opens in a new tab)

About this source

Full convention record; the dedicated Fetterman segment links back here. This makes the original context available beyond circulating extracts. The scraped page did not expose a transcript.

Before the quotation

Fetterman's video had just introduced McCormick.

After the quotation

This response is separate from McCormick's earlier comments about former Fetterman staff.

Defended or excused
How this statement is classified

Explicit welcome and praise for this appearance, not merely evidence of a preexisting friendship.

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