During the 2022 midterm races, former President and soon-to-be-indicted coup leader Donald Trump had a hard choice to make in the Pennsylvania Senate election:  does he introduce the carpetbagging celebrity doctor turned talkshow host, or does he choose the other political dilettante in the race, a carpetbagging hedge fund manager?  Trump chose the former, and now Democrat John Fetterman is in the Senate.

This time around, Trump endorsed the loser in that race, McCormick, negating all his criticism heaped on in the previous round, which Oz won by less than 1,000 votes in election results no one is screaming about two years later.  Should McCormick win the GOP nomination, he’ll square off against incumbent Democrat Bob Casey.

“I am officially giving my endorsement to David McCormick tonight. He’s a good a man. He wants to run a good ship. He’s a smart guy, who was a very successful guy. He’s given up a lot to do this,” Trump alternately bellowed and mumbled at his rally Saturday night as he read from the teleprompter, CNN reports.  “I’ll tell you what: He’s the nominee of the Republican Party, David McCormick. Go out and vote for him because Casey doesn’t do a damn thing.”  (Fact check:  a Senator since 2007, Casey has been the primary sponsor on eight bills that have become law; that eight more than Republican Judiciary chair Jim Jordan, who has served the same time in the House.). McCormick, for his part, did not appear at Trump’s rally, claiming a previously scheduled family event.