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TexasTowelie

(116,608 posts)
Wed Nov 10, 2021, 09:22 PM Nov 2021

TV's Dr. Oz considers jumping into Pennsylvania's crowded U.S. Senate race: reports

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a surgeon and TV personality who became famous 20 years ago after being deemed “America’s doctor” by Oprah Winfrey, is looking into joining Pennsylvania politics, according to reports.

People magazine quotes a spokesperson from “The Dr. Oz Show” (which focuses on health and wellness) as saying Oz “has no announcement at this time” about running for office but has been living and voting in Pennsylvania since last year.

The Ohio native would be joining the race to replace U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican who isn’t running for re-election next year. Those already in that midterm race include Democrats Pa. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Rep. Conor Lamb, Dr. Val Arkoosh, the Montgomery County commissioners chair, and state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta; and Republicans Carla Sands, a former ambassador to Denmark, Army veteran Sean Parnell and real estate investor Jeff Bartos.

TMZ quoted the Oz show spokesperson as saying that “Dr. Oz has received encouragement to run for the U.S. Senate, but is currently focused on our show.”

Read more: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/11/tvs-dr-oz-considers-jumping-into-pennsylvanias-crowded-us-senate-race-reports.html

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TV's Dr. Oz considers jumping into Pennsylvania's crowded U.S. Senate race: reports (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2021 OP
At this point, one has to ask, Equomba Nov 2021 #1
No! I hope people of PA do not fall for this quack tulipsandroses Nov 2021 #2
No to that. We already have Kenyatta, who I'd love Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2021 #3

tulipsandroses

(6,203 posts)
2. No! I hope people of PA do not fall for this quack
Wed Nov 10, 2021, 09:57 PM
Nov 2021

No more TV game show hosts or talk show hosts as political leaders

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,021 posts)
3. No to that. We already have Kenyatta, who I'd love
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 04:11 PM
Nov 2021

to see win, and Fetterman, who seems to have more support and seems like a good choice as well.

Is Oz even a Democrat? And if so, a Manchin or Sinema Democrat? Seems to me that Oparah supports a lot of good things, but also lot of questionable fringy people/ideas.

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