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Sen. Bob Casey ripped over microchips campaign ad: ‘Did nothing to get any chips produced in PA’

By
Carson Swick
Published June 20, 2024, 8:05 p.m. ET

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) has come under fire for a campaign ﷽ad that appearsဣ to misrepresent the senator’s contributions — or lack thereof — to increasing microchip manufacturing in America.

T♕itled “Engine,” last month and shows him speaking about the CHIPS and Science Act, a 2022 law authorizing $280 billion for domestic chip manufacturing and research capabilities.

“Ninety percent of our advanced semiconductor chips were being made in Asia, creating havoc in our supply chains and raising costs,” Casey says in the ad. “That’s why I worked with Republicans and Democrats to pass the CHIPS and Science Act — to produce our own chi𒁏ps right here in Ameri♊ca.”

Sen. Bob Casey released a campaign ad that claims he helped pass the CHIPS & Science Act.
Sen. Bob Casey released a campaign ad that claims he helped pass the CHIPS and Science Act. Bob Casey for Senate
Casey says in the ad that he worked with Republicans and Democrats to get the bill passed.
Casey says in the ad that he worked with Republicans and Democrats to get the bill passed. Bob Casey for Senate

But the ad fails to mention Casey was not a co-sponsor of the CHIPS and Science Act or three previous chips bills: 2020’s original CHIPS for America Act, 2020’s Endless Frontiers Act and 2021’s US Innovation and Competition Act.

And according to the most recent announced by the Commerce De🧸partment’s CHIPS Program Office, Casey’s native Pennsylvania was not one of the dozen states selected for project developm𒁃ent.

The 12 states with new projects authorized 🎉since December 2023 are: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.

Casey's Republican opponent David McCormick's campaign claimed that the ad misrepresents Casey's role in passing the bill.
Casey’s Republican opponent David McCormick’s campaign says the ad misrepresents Casey’s contributions to increased microchip manufacturing in America. Shannon M Venditti
McCormick's campaign pointed out that Casey was not a co-sponsor of the Chips and Science Act or three other recent chip bills.
Casey was not a co-sponsor of the Chips and Science Act or three other recent chip bills. REUTERS

“Not a single chips plant has been announced in PA — no semiconductor plants, no hydrogen hub for weste🐭rn PA,” a campaign staffer for GOP challenger Dave McCormick told The Post. “Casey did nothing to get [the CHIPS and Science Act] passed and did nothing to get any chips produꦗced in PA.”

Casey’s office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

The senator leads McCormick by 5.3 points in RealClearPolitics’ polling average.