Doctor Mehmet Oz, Trump-Backed Celebrity, Wins Pennsylvania Senate Primary

Celebrity Doctor Mehmet Oz has officially become the Republican Senate candidate of Pennsylvania as his opponent Dave McCormick conceded on Friday, May 3rd, 2022, despite Oz's razor-thin lead.

Oz will face Pennsylvania Lt. Governor John Fetterman in the general election of November after the AP prediction of Fetterman’s winning on election night.

This is expected to be one of the most watched Senate races in U.S. history.

Oz was endorsed by Trump and Fetterman who are seeking to fill the open Senate seat, and by doing so, gaining 50% of the US Senate control.

 

Dr. Oz Wins

Mehmet Oz, a Turkish-American television personality, will run as the next Republican senator for Pennsylvania after his opponent went out of the race.

McCormick said on Friday “we came so close.” He called Oz to congratulate him on winning the race and said that Oz has his full support.

After McCormick's congratulations, Dr. Oz tweeted Friday night saying he is “tremendously grateful” for McCormick’s support in the fall election.

“We share the goal of a brighter future for Pennsylvania & America,” he added.

“Now that our primary is over, we will make sure that this U.S. Senate seat does not fall into the hands of the radical left, led by John Fetterman. I look forward to campaigning in every corner of the Commonwealth for the next five months to earn the support of every Pennsylvanian.”

Dr. Oz will now compete with the Democratic candidate John Fetterman, who is still recovering from a stroke.

The two men fought each other to a standstill; the margin of votes between them attained a 0.5% automatic recount threshold.

Dr. Oz was best known as a TV heart surgeon thanks to his appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, he released a video before the recount even began, describing himself as the "presumptive Republican" nominee.

Dr. Oz says on his campaign website that if he is chosen, he will reverse Biden’s failed agenda, “incorporate financial literacy from an early age into education criteria,” in addition to securing the borders to stop “ghost flights” and “illegal immigrants,” from entering Pennsylvania airports.

 

A Famous Television Personality

Mehmet Cengiz Oz was born on June 11, 1960; the Turkish-American television personality was professionally known as Dr. Oz, he was an author, retired physician and now winner of the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania.

Oz is a former cardiothoracic surgeon, and he is also a professor emeritus at Columbia; his fame was due to his presence as a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, he made more than sixty appearances.

In 2009, The Dr. Oz Show, a daily television program about medical matters and health was presented by him and launched by Winfrey's Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television.

He has promoted alternative medicine, faith healing, and paranormal beliefs, and has been criticized by government officials, and medical and popular publications, including Popular Science, and The New Yorker, for giving unproven products and "non-scientific advice."

 

‘Shouldn't Be a Doctor Nor a Senator’

The British Medical Journal published a study in 2014 saying more than half of the recommendations on medical talk series including The Dr. Oz Show had no evidence or contradicted medical research. Donald Trump appointed Mehmet Oz in 2018 to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

During the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York on September 21, 2021, in New York City, Dr. Oz was speaking on stage and holding a medical license.

Mehmet has long pushed misleading, and unproven alternative therapies like homeopathy, as well as fad diets.

Some of what he said have been potentially harmful, like hydroxychloroquine, “which he once touted would be beneficial in the treatment or prevention of COVID,” according to the American popular science magazine, Scientific American. Dr. Oz's information was thoroughly debunked.

The magazine reported that the doctor’s candidacy is a reminder that enabling celebrity pseudoscience can lead to enduring consequences.

“Indeed, as Senator Oz, he would bring pseudoscience to the table when crafting and voting on legislation that affects the health and welfare of Americans,” according to the same magazine.