David McCormick to attend conference hosted by right-wing pundit who called Planned Parenthood ‘our Auschwitz’

Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate David McCormick will attend a conference on Saturday in Atlanta hosted by far-right radio host and blogger Erick Erickson, who has a history of using inflammatory rhetoric about abortion and women.

Erickson is a conservative political commentator and radio host who previously worked for CNN and Fox News. In 2016, Erickson wrote a blog post calling Planned Parenthood a “mass murdering organization” and labeled the organization’s president Cecile Richards to infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele.

The year prior, Erickson contended that Planned Parenthood is similar to a Nazi concentration camp, calling the organization “our Auschwitz.” He also claimed that “extinction is not enough. They want to make money off the slaughter.”

On a Fox Business segment in 2013, Erickson also said that females serve as “complementary role” to the male “dominant role.”

“When you look at biology — when you look at the natural world — the roles of a male and a female in society and in other animals, the male typically is the dominant role,” Erickson said.

Erickson’s event is the latest example of McCormick surrounding himself with far-right extremists. In April, he attended a fundraiser with Jan. 6 organizer and former gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. In addition to being a strong opponent of abortion, Mastriano was criticized for touting a Christian nationalist platform during his failed bid for the governor’s mansion in 2022. Despite this extreme behavior, McCormick stated that he and Mastriano had become friends.

McCormick has also been endorsed by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who dodged a congressional subpoena in 2022 and authored a national abortion ban.

Honored to receive the endorsement of fellow former wrestler, @Jim_Jordan!

Jim is a fearless leader in Congress and I’m grateful for his support. https://t.co/Cg0kTtFFJQ pic.twitter.com/GVslybOcnk

— Dave McCormick (@DaveMcCormickPA) March 3, 2024

McCormick is challenging incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D) in November. Casey has consistently led McCormick in polling data this year.