Pennsylvania US Senate candidate McCormick says 'stakes are so high' for country's trajectory

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick said Sunday "stakes are so high" for the upcoming GOP primary, adding he is the America First candidate to help Republicans regain control of the upper chamber of Congress.

"The second question is who can win this general election? The stakes are so high because it determines not only Pennsylvania but the direction of the country and then, three, who can show up on day one with the experience to deal with the crisis we’re in — Ukraine, China, the open borders?" he said. 

McCormick, the former Bridgewater CEO who attended West Point and served in Iraq during the Reagan administration, did not name his GOP opponent Kathy Barnette, whose viability as a Republican in the general election has been called into question over past controversial tweets on Islam.