Dr. Mehmet Oz has won the race for Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement in Pennsylvania’s Senate GOP primary
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McCormick and Oz, as well as their allies, had been locked in a battle for months over Trump’s nod. With his loyal base and unparalleled popularity among Republican voters, Trump’s decision to pick Oz could have a significant impact on the contest. But Oz’s success or failure at the polls will also be closely watched as a test of Trump’s own hold on the party ahead of the 2024 presidential election, particularly since some of his candidates have faced challenges this year.
Three days later, while speaking to an American Freedom Tour crowd in Ft. Lauderdale, Trump brought up the Pennsylvania Senate race and mentioned the celebrity television doctor. In his statement endorsing Oz, Trump said, “He even said that I was in extraordinary health, which made me like him even more .”
A person close to Trump, discussing the former president’s thinking on the Pennsylvania endorsement, noted a phrase that Trump has often repeated when talking about Oz: “He’s been on TV in people’s bedrooms and living rooms for years.” Conservative commentator John Fredericks, a Trump friend who served as his Virginia campaign chair in 2016 and 2020, had the former president on his radio show Wednesday. Fredericks, who met Oz at CPAC in February and just endorsed him, opened the interview with a question about whether Oz is a “MAGA candidate.”
Before Trump’s announcement, Fredericks said that Trump’s decision would be based on “what’s best for the country” and which candidate was most closely aligned with “America First policies,” before ripping into McCormick for his work as a hedge fund executive and his ties to the George W. Bush administration. McCormick served as under secretary in Bush’s Department of Treasury.
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