GOP Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Mehmet Oz — who would be the country's first Muslim senator — condemned a 2015 tweet from primary oponent Kathy Barnette, in which she said 'pedophillia is a Cornerstone of Islam,' as 'reprehensible' and 'disqualifying.' Oz
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz called a 2015 tweet from Kathy Barnette "reprehensible" in an interview withOz, who would be the country's first Muslim senator, said Barnette's tweet, in which she said “[p]edophilia is a Cornerstone of Islam," is "disqualifying."
Barnette, a previously unimaginable prospect who's been soaring in the polls ahead of the primary vote, has triggered a belated "oh s--t" moment“It’s reprehensible that she would tweet out something that is defamatory to an entire religion,” Oz told AP. “This state was based on religious freedom. I’m proud as a Pennsylvanian to uphold those founding beliefs that every faith has its merits.”
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