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Rich Mccormick (GA-07) Research Report the Following Report Contains Research on Rich Mccormick, a Republican Candidate in Georgia’S 7Th District Rich McCormick (GA-07) Research Report The following report contains research on Rich McCormick, a Republican candidate in Georgia’s 7th district. Research for this research book was conducted by the DCCC’s Research Department between July and August 2020. By accepting this report, you are accepting responsibility for all information and analysis included. Therefore, it is your responsibility to verify all claims against the original documentation before you make use of it. Make sure you understand the facts behind our conclusions before making any specific charges against anyone. Rich McCormick Republican Candidate in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District Research Book – 2020 Last Updated August 2020 Prepared by the DCCC Research Department Rich McCormick Research Book | 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... 1 Key Findings .......................................................................................................................... 2 Thematics ............................................................................................................................... 5 McCormick Downplayed The Severity Of The Coronavirus Pandemic For Political Gain . 6 McCormick Was An Extremist Who Threatened Georgians’ Health Care ......................... 47 McCormick Spread Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories ........................................................ 59 McCormick Hid The True Nature Of His Residency And Finances ................................... 84 Key Visuals .......................................................................................................................... 99 Personal & Professional History ........................................................................................ 102 Biography ........................................................................................................................... 103 Personal Finance ................................................................................................................ 130 Political Career ................................................................................................................... 133 Coronavirus Pandemic ....................................................................................................... 163 Extreme Rhetoric ................................................................................................................ 215 Ethics & Residency ............................................................................................................ 238 Relationships ...................................................................................................................... 249 Donald Trump .................................................................................................................... 251 Issues .................................................................................................................................. 256 Abortion & Women’s Health Issues .................................................................................. 257 Civil Rights & Black Lives Matter .................................................................................... 264 Crime & Public Safety Issues ............................................................................................ 268 Economic & Business Issues ............................................................................................. 269 Election Law & Campaign Finance Issues ........................................................................ 274 Environmental Issues ......................................................................................................... 275 Equal Rights & Workplace Fairness .................................................................................. 276 Foreign Policy Issues ......................................................................................................... 277 Gun Issues .......................................................................................................................... 282 Health Care Issues .............................................................................................................. 287 Immigration & Border Issues ............................................................................................. 293 Tax Issues ........................................................................................................................... 296 Veterans & Military Family Issues .................................................................................... 299 Appendix I – Personal Financial Disclosures .................................................................... 301 Appendix II – Campaign Finance ...................................................................................... 305 Appendix III – Paid Media Summary ................................................................................ 310 Rich McCormick Research Book | 2 Key Findings McCormick Downplayed The Severity Of The Coronavirus Pandemic For Political Gain McCormick Continually Downplayed The Severity Of COVID-19 Long After The Pandemic Was An Obvious Crisis. From the earliest discussions on the topic of Coronavirus, McCormick has taken an approach that has focused on downplaying all elements of the disease and the pandemic. He has compared the pandemic to the flu and the common cold and aggressively called for reopening from lockdown as early as March 2020 and opposing the closure of schools. McCormick has also repeatedly used his medical credentials to quell fears regarding the virus, attempting to paint it as a minor concern as opposed to the global pandemic that it is. McCormick Didn’t Seem To Care If People Lived Or Died. As the pandemic raged on, McCormick took an increasingly fatalistic approach to the pandemic, reiterating that we will all die someday and suggesting that people should be concerned with the afterlife rather than extending our own lives, a somewhat unusual approach for someone who is an emergency room doctor. McCormick went on to state that treatment of people for Coronavirus didn’t have much purpose, since those that became seriously ill with the disease were not healthy to begin with and would die soon anyway. McCormick also acknowledged that some healthy and young people would die but said that the numbers would be small. McCormick Played Loose With Coronavirus Safety. After losing control of his prescription pad in early 2019 and showing a lack of control over his professional life, McCormick continued to attend campaign events and interact with the public not wearing masks, gloves, or other forms of protective gear while the pandemic raged. McCormick Promoted The Use Of Hydroxychloroquine To Treat Coronavirus – Citing His Medical Credentials – But The Drug Was Later Deemed Ineffective And Dangerous. McCormick has incessantly defending the use of Hydroxychloroquine as an effective treatment for Coronavirus. He has defended it ad nauseum as being a target of political attacks by Democrats for the mere fact that it has been promoted by President Trump. This is all in defiance of well-established government guidelines and scientific consensus that the drug is not effective in treating Coronavirus. McCormick Was An Extremist Who Threatened Georgians’ Health Care McCormick Supported A Radical Full Repeal Of The ACA While He Falsely Claimed He Wanted To Protect Those With Preexisting Conditions. McCormick supported full repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which he has labeled as a disaster and the most inefficient method of allocating health care in the United States. Despite the fact that a full repeal would strip millions with preexisting conditions of their protections McCormick Claimed That The US Needed To Control The Border To Stem The Flow Of Opioids But Couldn’t Even Control His Own Prescription Pad. In early 2019, McCormick reported that someone was using his DEA number to write themselves prescriptions for high-grade narcotics. Local police reported that McCormick was unsure when this had started or how many times it had occurred. It is unclear how McCormick managed to lose track of his DEA number, but he has since tried to convince Georgians that the is the person to be trusted to manage the opioid crisis. McCormick Criticized Rural Health Care Facilities As Inefficient And Attacked The VA. On multiple occasions, McCormick ridiculed the existence of a rural VA hospital in South Dakota as inefficient, regardless of the fact that rural medical facilities are an essential part of many people’s health care. McCormick also attached the VA generally as an inept institution while not offering real solutions to improve the service of the agency. McCormick Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist And Supported A Complete Ban With No Exceptions For Rape Or Incest. McCormick expressed a fundamentalist approach to Anti-Abortion policy and committed to Rich McCormick Research Book | 3 supporting a total ban on the procedure with absolutely no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother. He also supported invasive and traumatizing tactics to dissuade women from getting an abortion. McCormick Spread Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories McCormick Peddled An Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory That George Soros Put $20 Million Into GA-07 On A Podcast Hosted By A Far-Right Blogger Who Frequently Posted Racist, Xenophobic And Dangerous Conspiracy Theories.
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