The Truth with Lisa Boothe: Senator Dave McCormick on Leadership, School Choice, and Restoring Order in Washington

The Truth with Lisa Boothe

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode of The Truth with Lisa Boothe, Senator Dave McCormick joins Lisa to break down the latest government shutdown and the partisan gridlock driving it. McCormick calls out Democrat obstruction and highlights how President Trump’s decisive leadership helped secure the release of Israeli hostages and could pave the way toward peace in the Middle East and Ukraine.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.2	Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.
0:09.2	Today we've got Senator Dave McCormick from the great state of Pennsylvania.
0:13.0	We're going to talk about the ongoing government shutdown fight.
0:16.0	How does it end?
0:17.3	Why are Democrats digging in their heels?
0:19.6	We'll talk about that.
0:22.3	Also, President Trump's got big momentum after getting Hamas to release the Israeli hostages and pushing for peace in the Middle East.
0:28.1	What does this mean for Europe? Will he be able to get peace between Russia and Ukraine as well?
0:34.3	Also, a lot of people don't know this, but do you know that school choice is in the
0:38.0	big, beautiful bill? What does that mean for you? What does it mean for your kids? I'm going to
0:41.6	ask Senator McCormick about that. Also, his governor, Governor Josh Shapiro, a man just pled
0:47.4	guilty for arson, for trying to burn down the governor's house. We'll talk about the political
0:52.2	violence in this country. Will it stop?
0:54.9	Stay tuned for my interview with Senator Dave McCormick.
1:01.7	Senator McCormick, I appreciate you taking time to come on the show.
1:04.7	I had you when you were running for Senate.
1:07.1	So congratulations on winning.
1:10.0	So glad to have you in the Senate. Great. Thank you so much for coming on.
1:13.4	We appreciate it. Oh, thank you. That was a wild ride, but we ended in the right place.
1:19.3	Are you enjoying it so far? I really am. You know, I feel like to be the senator from Pennsylvania at any time is a real privilege.
1:28.3	But at this moment, it's so consequential.
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