The Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary debate was Monday night….
The former TV Doctor wasted NO time is mentioning the ex-President that tried to lie and steal past his lost in the last election…And keeps crying about it….
The polling has Oz and his main opponent close right now in the GOP US Senate primary race….
Will cozying up to Trump do the trick for Oz?
At the event hosted by ABC27 in Harrisburg, Oz was attacked by his Republican opponents as insufficiently conservative on issues ranging from abortion to transgender rights to Covid-19 policy before he ran for the state’s open Senate seat.
Over and over, Oz pointed to the fact that Trump endorsed him, particularly over his chief foe, former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.
“Dishonest Dave is at it again,” said Oz, following a jab from McCormick over the celebrity doctor’s changing views on fracking. “He went groveling to President Trump, again, with these types of allegations. President Trump saw right through him, did not endorse him, and then he endorsed me.”
The race for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat is one of the most competitive contests in the country, and it could determine which party wins the Senate majority. The GOP candidates on Monday sought to appeal to Trump supporters, with nearly all of them either endorsing his lies about the 2020 election or raising questions about the voting processes that led to that year’s outcome.
But only Oz could tout Trump’s nod — and so he did, repeatedly. His success in the primary will depend on whether he can convince Pennsylvania Republican voters that he is one of them. Millions of dollars of negative ads have slammed Oz as a “Hollywood liberal” and “RINO,” and he has faced skepticism from some party activists about his past views on key issues.
Throughout the debate, McCormick spelled out a long list of Oz’s supposed apostasies, often citing the exact dates in the past in which he made such remarks…..