Democratic Senate candidate “Shady” Katie McGinty captured headlines last week when she called Pat Toomey an expletive only to out-do herself with a speech at the DNC that was reviewed as “plastic,” “underwhelming,” and “weak.”
Public opinion didn’t improve much for McGinty over the weekend…
In case you missed it, check out this brutal questioning of McGinty’s judgement in an editorial by her hometown paper, The Times of Chester County:
Local Democrats appear to enjoy surprising enthusiasm gap
The Times of Chester County
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“But I have to say this: Katie McGinty was both out of bounds and politically foolish (hardly a first in her case) for calling U.S. Senator Pat Toomey an A-Hole during a DNC event his week in Philly.
“I agree with Toomey on almost nothing — but he’s not a bad guy. Unlike a lot of politicians in both parties, he comes off as legitimately trying to make things better. Granted, he possesses a very conservative vision of how to do so, but I generally think his heart is in the right place. He’s also a bright guy who knows his policy chops and can reasonably make a case for his positions.
You certainly don’t have to agree with him — much less vote for him — but he and his office deserve respect and it makes you wonder whether McGinty has the judgment and the respect for the U.S. Senate to be elected to join that august body.”
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