Democrats have a hard-fought primary of their own, featuring most prominently Lt. The Pennsylvania race, to fill the seat of the retiring Senator Pat Toomey, a Republican, is widely seen as one of the most crucial in both parties’ efforts to win control of the Senate in this year’s midterm elections. Oz, whose show ended a 12-year run in January. “When you’re in television for 18 years, that’s like a poll.’‘ Mr. Oz, likening his long television run as proof of political viability. Oz at 17 percent and 33 percent undecided. Oz welcomed the endorsement in a statement that said, “President Trump wisely endorsed me because I’m a conservative who will stand up to Joe Biden and the woke left.”Ī poll last week by Emerson College and The Hill found a virtual tie between the two candidates among very likely primary voters, with Mr.
Trump’s endorsement, both personally and through surrogates, as they have awkwardly remade themselves from middle-of-the-road, establishment Republicans to appeal to Mr. nomination, David McCormick, a former chief executive of the world’s largest hedge fund. Oz is in a bitter, high-priced battle with another superwealthy rival for the G.O.P. Oz would do “very well” in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, which are Democratic strongholds.Ī wealthy first-time candidate, Dr. They know him, believe in him and trust him.” Mr. Trump said, adding: “I have seen this many times over the years. Oz’s electability, citing his appeal to women because of his daytime TV show. Trump said, “which made me like him even more (although he also said I should lose a couple of pounds!).”
“He even said that I was in extraordinary health,” Mr. Trump showed partial results of a physical. Oz’s daytime television show in the thick of the 2016 presidential race, when Mr. He cited an appearance he had made on Dr. “He has lived with us through the screen and has always been popular, respected and smart,” Mr. Trump said in an announcement, upstaging a rally he was holding at the same time in North Carolina, where his endorsement of Representative Ted Budd in a tight Republican Senate race is also considered crucial. Oz for many years, as have many others, even if only through his very successful television show,” Mr.
Oz’s celebrity appears to have been a deciding factor for the former president, whose own political career was grounded in reality television. Oz Show,” who has been attacked by rivals as a closet liberal.
Trump endorsed Mehmet Oz on Saturday, throwing his weight behind the former star of “The Dr. Wading into a tight Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania, former President Donald J.
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