McCormick-Fetterman event in Pittsburgh canceled

Driving the news: A conversation was scheduled for Saturday with McCormick, Fetterman and their wives, Dina Powell McCormick and Gisele Fetterman.

• City Winery in the Strip District was set to host the event, and the restaurant confirmed to Axios on Friday afternoon that it was canceled.
• An email to people who had purchased tickets said it was canceled due to an "unforeseen logistical issue," PennLive reported.

The big picture: Fetterman has made efforts to warm up to President Trump and other Republicans like McCormick, and those overtures haven't gone over well with some Democratic voters.

State of play: Mondays With(Out) McCormick and Indivisible Pittsburgh, groups that have been critical of McCormick and Fetterman, planned a protest in response to the event, TribLive reported earlier this week.

Context: The event would have touched on how mentorship programs can be improved for youth struggling with COVID-era learning loss. It was a promotion for the McCormicks' forthcoming book on the topic.

• Calls to McCormick's office and to Fetterman were not immediately returned.

What they're saying: Matt Kincaid, a Democrat from McCandless, told Axios he was planning to protest outside of City Winery, with a focus on pressuring Fetterman to hold a public town hall.

• Kincaid said Fetterman's embrace of Republicans is "completely against what he campaigned on" in 2022 and he "is more interested in self-promotion by pretending to be something other than what he campaigned on."

What's next: A protest called Search Party; Have You Seen Our Senators, a Stand for Democracy is planned for Schenley Plaza in Oakland on Saturday.