Apparently, Pennsylvania politics is all about getting the suburban mom vote, or so the professionals in polling say. This endorsement seems puzzling, but perhaps the Pennsylvania Treepers can clear it up. Prior story on PA political happenings here.
I don’t want to dump on anyone, but Dr. Oz being endorsed by President Trump seems out of sync with the base. Ultimately, it’s up to Pennsylvania Republican voters, and maybe they like this guy as the most viable candidate. Voter registration ends May 2nd, and the Pennsylvania primary is May 17th {link} [General election Nov 8].
I am honored to receive President Trump’s full support and endorsement, and I thank him for that. President Trump knows how critical it is to change the kinds of people we send to Washington. I’m ready to bring an America First agenda to the Senate for Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/7gmhZupinr
— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) April 10, 2022
Not a lot of people in my random unscientific Twitter poll are in favor.
However, how many people are from Pennsylvania?
As a Pennsylvanian, I’m not happy with Dr Oz but considering he’s the only one who can beat the Dems, I will hold my nose and vote for him.
He’s not the only one that can beat a lefty Democrat. I’m in PA also and I’m furious.
Ditto. I’m here as well, and I wouldn’t vote for OZ if he’s the last person alive.
He’s NOT a Pennsylvanian, and he’s NOT a MAGA Republican, any more than Mitt Romney is from Utah or ever supported Donald Trump.
I thought the plan was to DRAIN the swamp, not RESTOCK IT!
IMO, Carla Sands (Trump’s ambassador to Sweden) would have been a better pick. Or, if he’s reluctant to pick someone so far down in the polls, endorse no one at all.
Trump is now 0 for 2 in his endorsements for this Senate seat.
He’s not the only one. Kathy Barnette has been polling well. She is a black woman, and has been endorsed by the Hispanic conservatives. She could get Democrats to vote for her. Yet she is a true conservative. Pro 2A, pro life, pro America First, pro medical freedom, anti election fraud, a true Christian. Don’t take my word for it, check her out.
Holding our nose in the past has got us to where we are today, the Democrat/Rino coalition is running the country.
‘ruining’ the country..
There, I fixed it for ya.
Had the people of PA compelled their government to fix the vote fraud, thats not a compromise you’d have to make.
And Kathy Barnette supports Doug Mastriano, running for governor, who actually tried to fix the election fraud.
Trump is a winner. He only backs people who can win. They may not be the best, but they are the ones that can win.
Sometimes picking the best, you will lose. That is Trump’s calculus. Smart.
“Sometimes picking the best, you will lose. That is Trump’s calculus. Smart.”
Is it really smart?
It seems to me there’s no principle to stand on if the only criterion is who leads the polling. This is the kind of logic that dictates choosing the ‘lesser of two evils’ knowing full well the lesser evil is still evil. It’s not smart.
Smart in what way? Not good for America.. smh
and that’s all that is important. I’d vote for a convicted pedophile over a Democrat. A pedophile has hurt one child, 10? 50? How many will a Democrat hurt, 1,000,000? 350,000,000?
Why do you say he’s the only one who can beat a Dem? Why about Kathy Barnette? She’s Black and I think she would appeal to the inner city Philadelphians who aren’t really feeling the Dems right now.
I agree. She’s also endorsed by Hispanics. Have you seen her in person? I somehow ended up following her on Facebook, but would love to see her in person.
I no longer hold my nose. OI go for the best of what I believe is for me and my area or state. That may well include Ind. or Lib.
Stupid . Just plain dumb move. Endorse no one. Oz is no republican for christsakes. Another bad decision by the smartest man ever. Here come the fanboys to his defense
Correction; here come those with common sense and critical thinking skills.
I guess I’m a fanboy. Trump gets the benefit of the doubt until it is demonstrated unequivocally that he has made a bad decision.
I support the Trump Doctrine, unequivocally. But, he is far from infallible. His cabinet choices come to mind, especially when it comes to DOJ. He gets the benefit of the doubt, but he’s made choices that have been stinkers, in his time. This isn’t on the magnitude of a Tillerson, or a Mattis, or certainly a Sessions, but it is questionable.
Curious, Trump endorsing a carpet bagger (Oz actually lives in New Jersey), but Pennsylvania is a curious state when it comes to elections. I don’t pretend to have kept abreast of the local issues in Pennsylvania, but I can’t believe they’re much different from the rest of the country. So, I’ll trust Sundance’s analysis on this one.
As Trump is want to say, “We’ll see.”
Mitch had a helluva lot to say who Trump wanted! Mitch is the problem Republican! Too bad he wields so much power!
The Turtle has very little sway when it comes to Trump’s endorsements (Georgia comes to mind). So, what, specifically, draws you to make such a statement?
Jeff Sessions.
Trump is a man who believes in giving people a chance…
Dr. Oz could be the next poster boy for “I left the party to
Save America”…
Oz is no Ronald Reagan, but RR was a self-described “liberal Democrat” and union leader until he said “the party left me” when he was 51. Mocked as an actor, and not a great one either. Divorced. Some weird kids. He was not perfect, he made some really bad mistakes, but he was darned good and far far better than any of the Dems who followed in in California and in DC.
That endorsement is disappointing
How so, in your analysis?
To say the least.
Here we go again, dumping all over our President Trump, acting like he’s now the enemy because of this endorsement. This is insane!
Have you EVER seen the DemonRats behave like this when one of their own makes a mistake, commits treason, perjury or even murder?
WTF is wrong with you people who are so easily distracted by a damn endorsement?
Learn a lesson from our enemies. You don’t win a war by taking out your own leader. Politics is a filthy dirty blood sport. It’s not for everyone.
We are lucky that our great President is still in the game and working for MAGA even though a lesser man would have walked away by now.
I don’t give a rat’s ass who President Trump supports. What I care about is getting him back in office ASAP so he can save our country if it isn’t too late.
For god’s sake, look around you and see what this man was saving us from- the horrors we are living with now that HE is not in office.
It was PRESIDENT TRUMP who kept those monsters at bay with one hand tied behind his back.
And don’t any of you whining crybabies forget it.
Support our President no matter what. Stop letting the perfect get in the way of the good. Learn from our enemies and stick together no matter what.
Losing is not an option.
Other than the “no matter what” I agree completely.
As I said in another post, he’s trying to pull Dr. Oz toward MAGA here as much as he’s doing the opposite. And he knows a Republican backstabber in the Senate is better than a Democrat rubber stamp.
I’m not in Pennsylvania, but if I was I’d hold my nose and vote for Dr. Oz.
Maybe “no matter what” is the most important thing.
This is why the DemonRats are now in power. Because they will promote and go all out for the worst, filthiest and most corrupt candidates like the current degenerate who sits in the White House today.
The Demo-Marxists only care about one thing- POWER. Learn the lesson.
AGREEMENT !!
Disagree. The election was stolen!
Those in PA will now understand the stench we in Maine have to put up with when we cast votes for KKKollins because the feckless GOP here won’t put up and/or back a decent candidate to oppose her. If you’re in PA…even if you have to hold your nose, keep the seat RED! Toomey is often seen as a RINO, but he only votes with biden 35% of the time as opposed to about 30 other R senators who vote with biden way, way more than 35%. Personally, I think Toomey should be talked out of not running 🙂
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/
Yes i now understand Maine. We locals need to take over our GOP.
Tell us how you’ll do it. Most just rant here, peck away at their keyboards, and go take a nap.
Well spoken.
Your points are spot on.
Nice job.
Thanks.
Those of us who have been here a long time know that Seneca is also Seneca the Wiser.
You are too kind! Thank you.
“Stop letting the perfect get in the way of the good”. Well stated. You crystallized my thoughts with that line, thank you
Trump has repeatedly said that “we have to stick together”, and that’s how I see this endorsement
As I wrote above, in PA, we lose by winning because the republicans from central casting are the worst; they do the bidding of the left and also act as objects of hatred for the left. But hey, the rewards for a good acting job are massive whether in Hollywood or in Rinowood.
I try to stay hopeful that someone will pleasantly surprise me as one orange rich, former liberal from Manhattan did in 2016 but right now, the score is about 1000 to 1 in favor of the primary season actors who never do anything with the huge cache of political ammo they’ve been handed year after year.
This state is a turd bowl run in smoke filled rooms. Confirmation is found in personal encounters over the course of long careers.
If dr OZ helps convince people to join The Republican party and
get on The TRUMP Train we are closer to
SAVING AMERICA.
Why would he do that? Look at the folks that Trump endorsed that then proceeded to screw him over. David Valadao barely won in CA and then voted to impeach Trump as soon as he entered Congress. Brian Kemp is another Trump endorsement that went full GOP establishment and denied there was any wrongdoing in 2020.
I just wish the MAGA base was more ideology and issue driven than focused on the person of Donald Trump. It makes for sycophantic votes rather than informed ones.
Once again…..FULL AREEMENT
Those who do not like a particular candidate can run themselves……if they can find the courage.
Seneca, at first sight, many will say NO WAY.…I myself will vote for Barnette up until we see something different from Oz (who currently supports gun confiscation, gun control, transgender BS, AND was a protegee of slime Oprah, doesn’t even live in PA- in-laws live in Huntingdon Valley). He will absolutely be Romney/Murkowski/Collins-lite.
However, McCormick might as well be on the demonrat side of the UNiParty. And NO WAY do I want to see Dina Habib Powell McCormick Goldman Sachs ANYWHERE near Pennsylvania policy. That is a anti-American duo if there ever was one.
Perhaps PDJT will be watching closely and will rescind support like he did with Mo Brooks. Oz needs to be pushed on important issues and make it quite clear where he will vote. (yea…until what changes) Replacing Turncoat Toomey should be with an America/Pennsylvania First candidate all the way since we have been screwed here with the likes of Herr Wolf and Crazy Fetterman and the most anti-Constitution State supreme court EVER.
Our primary is May 17th, with a voter registration deadline of May 2nd. As we all know, a lot can happen in 5 weeks, so I will watch and wait. (we also need to FIRE FITZ – Brain Fitzpatrick HAS to go)
Why did President Trump withdraw support for Mo Brooks???? I thought Mo was very conservative and pro-American.
He said that it’s time to move on from the 2020 election. You know, the stolen election. Just stupid!
Oh, gee whiz! Did PT make a statement about it, too?
He – Mo – made that statement. I imagine PDJT thought he was traitorous.
Totally agree on McCormick! He’s swamp!
“DNC RAPID RESPONSE” team, front and center. They’ve been around these parts for years. The Orangeman-Bad mindset fairly reeks from each of the negative posts. No discussion of issues, only attacks that it’s a bad choice. And, in case you’re not thoroughly convinced, they have the gall to call anyone who supports the MAGA agenda a “fanboy”. Democrats are pathetic.
I’m Trump all the way, but live in PA and Oz is not MAGA he’s Hollywood swamp. And he’s a carpetbagger.
I’ve voted for Trump 4 times in PA and his election was stolen by the very people in the GOPe that think Oz is the best candidate.
Kathy Barnett is MAGA. She has said she would be a loyal supporter of Trump’s MAGA policies.
“I don’t give a rat’s ass who President Trump supports. What I care about is getting him back in office ASAP so he can save our country if it isn’t too late.”
How can he save the country from its enemies if he supports their election?
Well said. I should not be, but am always surprised that the general population of so-called Trump supporters always assume that they know more about the situation than President Trump does. President Trump is always operating on two levels that people are unaware of. He works at the general, or national level when considering a task. He works a a local, or state level when considering a task. President Trump has total intel on the situation at the national and the state level at all times. You do not. Also, I have read that the PA democrats are shifting to voting Republican in the midterm election. It will require a candidate who walks a razors edge to reel in Democrats for the midterm election. I am thinking a Ronald Reagan scenario at the state level here. All of you have an opportunity to unequivocally trust President Trump as our leader or not.
PS to Oz- Welcome to the Trump Pressure Cooker. Have Fun.
Great post. Agree.
I do believe I might know more. I have lived in PA all my life, and my brother has been actively involved with the PA Republican party for 40 years. Pennsylvania conservatives do not like Oz and do not like RINOs.If Oz ends up winning this primary, it will only be because Trump endorsed him and took votes away from better candidates.
Thank you for your statement. I have absolutely no disagreement with your statement. I doubt anybody likes Oz. I only say that President Trump endorsed him for a reason. Oz is now in the Trump Pressure Cooker. We will see how tenderized he becomes or if he drops out. Seven months is long in political time.
Long time. Is that how you got Toomey?
I will not be voting for Oz no matter who endorses him. Kathy Barnette has called him “Mitt Romney with a medical degree. ” I left the Republican party after the election was stolen from Trump, and I’m not returning to vote for that.
Good for you! What a gutless bunch.
There is iron in your words STE.
We must stick together to defeat evil in our time.
PA MAGA power players had how many months to find a better candidate? This is what you get when MAGA/ America first isn’t in charge of the state republican party.
This^^^^^
I’m going to chalk it up to their both being alumni of the Wharton School of Finance, which they both graduated from …
Maybe, TRUMP wants to split The Democratic party in half.
The Divide and conquer strategy.
We’ve lived in one of the two most corrupt counties in PA since 1985 – nuclear fallout could not get my wife to move simply because she hates big changes.
I’ve become convinced over time that elections on every level in this state have been fraudulent for at least decades.
Nearly every repub. governor or senator who is somehow easily elected always dutifully plays the rino. Chosen by the uni-party, no doubt, in the primaries.
Our senior senator, Casey, is seen as rarely as Bigfoot but still is re-elected, easily every cycle even during the era of huge Trump popularity in the state.
This is just more of the same losing strategy, as useless as allowing Fauci to run the flu show.
EG,
As someone who moved to PA to escape the People’s Republic of NJ in 2010, I concur. I attended Tea Party meetings here, and I heard LOTS of stories about how the county GOP sabotages ANY AND ALL non RINO candidates! So yeah, the rot goes all the way down to the local GOP level here.
Same story here. Our state party actually worked against Trump in 2016.
I don’t know where the GOP leadership finds them, but they find RINO gatekeepers for the state and local GOP offices.
This guy served in the Turkish military…
….and didn’t want to give up his dual Turkish citizenship.
That said DJT became president much to his reported surprise and I’m a retired old fart so what do I know?
The Ohio Republican party fought against DJT but fortunately those of us who actively worked for DJT prevailed.
Another poor Trump pick which will end up a disaster. And all due to Trump’s ego infatuation with celebrities, Harvard degrees, etc.
Meh!
(Delete me because my opinion is different than yours! People on the right don’t tolerate differing opinions any more than people on the left. But I will always be a free thinker and don’t care that you are afraid of that.)
President Trump’s ego? Its pretty healthy from where I sit. He doesn’t suffer fools gladly; does that
offend you?
Is this satire? You are completely detached from reality if you think “Trump doesn’t suffer fools”
How about allowing FBI leader Wray testify to congress that antifa didn’t exist after they and BLM burned and looted our cities for months.
How about allowing sodomite Milley to publicly lash out and attack the Commander in chief with no consequences ?
Another woe is me post slamming Trump.
As a successful businessman, who would know better than anyone that personnel is policy? If he made a few bad picks, I could forgive him that, but there were so MANY SWAMP creatures in his administration! Why didn’t he have MAGA people like EPA head, Scott Pruitt? Why did he keep picking Swamp creatures? You mean to tell me that Trump, with all his years in the business world, couldn’t have brought plenty of REAL outsiders with him to DC? Even if he didn’t know enough people to pick himself, you mean to tell me that the successful friends, family, and competitors didn’t know people who were outside the DC system? Sorry, but I don’t BUY that BS!
The William F. Buckley Rule.
Will not hurt for us to do our own research on each candidate. Check out their past decisions and friends. We need now blood in the Republican party. Look at the losers we have now. Probably only a hand full that support us. I am going to do just that. Maybe we can use this forum to share our findings.
We all know the election was stolen and I don’t recall any of them fighting for Trump. I am also going to become a poll watcher and can guarantee that I will not leave because a corrupt Dem tells me to.
Great idea. Seeing a lot of emotion. Virtually no supported facts. (Support = links, folks). Many could start by reading the article section that is President Trump’s endorsement. He describes what he believes Oz would bring to the Senate.
I don’t believe it. The Black vote is not coming out in November for the Dem. I’m not voting for Dr Oz in the primary.
I live in the western suburbs of Philly and me and husband will not be voting for Dr Oz either!
We all need to rally around someone else. I think Kathy Barnette. She’s Black, conservative, and pro-life. I think she could do well with Blacks who are not happy with the food and gas inflation. And perhaps most importantly, she could get into a few Black churches. I spoke with a Uniparty Republican bigwig friend of mine. She tells me that Barnette has “a problem” but refused to elaborate. Any idea what it might be? Most of the MAGA people I know are voting for Sean Gale. Even though I like his brother, I don’t think either one of them is ready for primetime yet.
Well that’s interesting. My brother, who has strong ties to the PA GOP, also says Kathy has “a problem” but will not elaborate . I’ve been following her on Facebook for at least a year, and I have yet to see any problem. I think everyone needs to do their own research. And I’ve begun to believe my brother might be a RINO.
Whoa! Does he attend the monthly Republican Committee Meetings in Harrisburg? I’m suspicious since my friend has been unwilling to tell me exactly what the dirt is. The first time I asked she ignored the question. When I reiterated, she just repeated her statement and said that I should forget about her. I’m going to see if I can get a few Gale supporters to jump to Barnette. I wish I knew the source of the “Barnette has problems.”
My friend isn’t what I’d call a RINO but she’s an old time PA GOPer and she doesn’t care about immigration and she detests Trump, though she did her duty and campaigned for him and voted for him. I really think the PA Republican Uniparty thought if they let the steal happen, support for President Trump in PA would fade. I don’t think they understand just how much PA MAGA people loathe them. Or maybe they’re starting to get it and that’s why they’ve moved away from McCormick and onto Oz.
Then be satisfied with what you get and don’t complain.
Do you live in PA? If you don’t, please stay out of this one. The PA Uniparty GOP detest Trump. They were HAPPY about the 2020 steal and although we’ve made significant headway into the party, we haven’t made enough to stop this God-awful endorsement. I’m hoping (and truly believe) it’s a last gasp move as the party has lost control of its MAGA wing, but with Trump supporting one of their guys, they maybe can pull through to regain control of the state.
Take a look at MAGA Tom Gale (County Commisioner) in Montgomery County. The PA GOP did every slimy underhanded thing they could to unseat him, but they failed. And if they’ve lost control of the rich, educated, white collar Republicans in Montgomery County, they know they’ve lost the heart of the state’s Republican base, but the problem is the Uniparty still controls a lot of the state where people assume their party reps are MAGA.
I believe Dr. Oz will turn out to be another Lindsay Graham or Mitt Romney. I also believe we can still rally the PA troops to an actual MAGA candidate. I’m proposing Kathy Barnette but am open to other candidates.
I am not voting for Oz in the primary or the general election if he is winner`. Not voting for someone who is fine with abortion. That applies to my husband also.
I won’t either. But Oz is running ads during Jeopardy that claim he’s pro-life. For the time being, I’m withholding judgment as to whether or not I’ll vote for him in the general.
Thanks alot.? [&-@)^=*}
Single-issue voters do little good for the overall MAGA Movement.
Tell that to Jesus when you stand in front of Him when you leave this earth. Are you familiar with millstones? I suggest you read your Bible that is if you have one!
Sadly, Trump is, and was, only a lightweight BS artist – he’d make a good
game show host. He sold as BS what We believe is Right and Real and needs to be in effect again. Sadly, almost all of our govt. is like this, and many of us won’t ever vote again.
Your comment is BS
Hmm. Well, if this is your opinion of PDJT, I’m kinda glad you plan to stop voting.
He probably never voted to begin with
Well we see where you are coming from. Why are you here again?
Do you even know where you are commenting?
I voted for Trump. And came to the conclusion that while he would save himself, he was not really that strongly interested in saving our country.
The positive gift he offers is very enjoyable and masterful BS. And some that love BS love DJT and his BS.
But those of us that love the US need a real guy to save our badly damaged American butts.
go back to Vox, troll
The longtime PA Republican Party people hate Trump and that’s what this is. It’s why they allowed the steal in 2020 without a fight. There’s a Black woman Republican running. I’ll vote for her. She can beat the Dem in November.
I used to hear stories at the local Tea Party meetings about our county GOP; basically, they sabotaged ANYONE AND EVERYONE who wasn’t a RINO!
Bingo! The RINOS in PA hate Trump. He wasn’t cultured a refined like they thought of themselves.
They would talk about him with their nose in the air while clutching their pearls.
Breaking into the old boys a gals club that is GOPe in PA is nearly impossible.
Same here Tess…Bucks County resident. The RINO scum in Harrisburg all have their hands out for whatever they can get.
It’s going to be really tough in Philly as the cheating is absolutely legendary…been that way for decades. Are the masses going to wake up one day and think “hey, the dems have been messing with us and lying to us all these years?” NOPE, my guess is that they will not. Sad.
This is simply proof that DJT is a human and not an algorithm. I am on the Trump Train and no one can derail me. But I picked Trump and therefore I pick who else I support, which means this: most of the time the person Trump endorses is the person I prefer. That is a direct consequence of the fact that Trump and I share a worldview, a view of economics, and a view of domestic and foreign policy. And I am not naïve but realize that sometimes decisions of politicians are political in terms of expedience. With all of that I don’t vote for people because Trump endorses them. Correlation is not causation. His endorsements often correlate with mine but do not cause them. And so Dr. Oz is a no and if I were Seedtick in Pa I would vote that way. See Jack Posobiec on twitter for receipts of the RINO, culturally despicable person that is Dr. Oz. And the fact that at time Trump and I disagree means nothing to me as I have seen his policy choices and implementations which clearly evidence to me that he is America and Americans First.
My hope is a big enough scandal is exposed to make OZ withdraw. I don’t like McCormick either.
I was still researching the other candidates. I think
one of the three major but lesser know ones could come to the front.
PA can do better than OZ.
Agree!
You have stated my position perfectly.
Where PDJT’s endorsements line up with mine, as for example in the case of Joe Kent, I do what I can to spread my small donations to them.
Dr. Oz will not be among my donations.
So much time, energy and cash are lost by running a rino. There is the disappointment of losing the election outright or the crushing disappointment of losing by winning when the rino votes with the uni-party on the big issues.
A losing campaign on principle can be a constructive process, allowing young people to interact with like-minded ethical voters, building relationships for future winning campaigns for authentic change.
Nothing is left but disillusionment when the Karl Roves of the world fool us into voting against our own interests because of a false choice.
I am talking only about PA but I must say that in 37 years, there has not been one repub senator or governor who has turned out to be what was claimed in the primary. Not one. Nada.
They win by losing.
We seem to always lose by winning.
Nada? Uh – Ron DeSantis ring a bell?
“I am only talking about PA” see above.
I don’t care about the options…this is ridiculous. Trump makes a bad habit of endorsing some poor candidates. Oz is a leftist crank, pure and simple. When your seemingly only choice s a bad one, don’t endorse. Endorsement should mean that you align and approve of this person’s platform, character and expectations for governing. Oz is a flake.
NOT GOOD. Trump’s statement sounds like he’s a fan of a TV personality more than anything else.
Read a little deeper; he is being pragmatic.
Were I in Pennsylvania this old white man would definitely vote for and financially support Kathy Barnette.
Pragmatic? Is that what you call endorsing a dual-citizenship, gun grabbing, transgender affirming loser??
Winning is irrelevant if the person is a pathetic liberal anyway. Stand on PRINCIPLES or else the nation is dead.
What concerns me is he did not endorse Cawthorne…there is a RINO running in the primary and Tillis and Burr endorsesd the RINO and I am sure Tillis is working on Trump to endorse him. If he does that, I am sorry, but I will not vote for the RINO. I will vote for Cawthorne. This is a tough race for him…lots of competition, another MAGA candidate and well, other things. But Cawthorne is not a RINO.
Trumps endorsements are a major disappointment to me…but I still love him inspite of his flaws and he was a great POTUS.
There is a MAGA candidate running in PA, Kathy Barnette (sp?) and if I live in PA that is who I would vote for. Trump’s supporters need to let Trump know how they feel…vote for MAGA even if Trump has not endorsed them. Oz is another Romney..oh, I know, he begged Trump for his endorsement etc , Then he will stab him in the back..sigh..I wish Trump would just not endorse anyone.
I think Trump is cut off from his base by not being on Twitter anymore. Like he’s not seeing how regular MAGA American voters think so he only hears what DC Uniparty and professional Republicans think.
I feel like he is starting to think like RINO. He thinks his supporters/base are stupid. He think a Harvard degree is important and means you are smart.
Trump would be wiser if he were to follow this site. Perhaps Sundance can suggest it to him?
I have never paid much attention to endorsements, no matter who made them.
President Trump’s statement says it all. Better a republican one might be somewhat skeptical about
than a democrat any day. Example: how many democrats voted against the black female pedophile
lenient sentence judge?
Seems we have been saying the same thing about McConnell for a long time.
True dat.
I Believe that Dr OZ will much be Betty than those lib Democrats,
Nope. Not from PA, but if I were I would find a real MAGA candidate and help them win. I love President Trump, but he received some bad advice on this one. Oz is not MAGA.
Very disappointed in Trump for this endorsement. I am afraid Trump, AGAIN, is getting the wrong advice.
Kathy Barnette is a great candidate
https://barnetteforsenate.com/
Life long PA resident here.
That’s who I would vote for if I lived in PA. She’s been on the warroom..
Good woman but not a winner in this race.
And why is that?
seems like the PA race is between two candidates – McCormick and Oz.
Anyone know where McCormick is on MAGA America First?
PA might be like alot of NE states in that there are no true MAGA politicans. So maybe Oz is the best of the worse?
I trust Trump.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/pa/pennsylvania_senate_republican_primary-7485.html
Kathy Barnette is MAGA
That might be true. But she is 13 points behind the leader. How does she win? This is a winner take all primary, not a run off.
And polls have a Democrat bias. There are a bunch of candidates running, if Trump had chosen Brunette several of the others would of likely dropped out.
Trump could have chosen her and then campaigned for her, boosting her name recognition in the State.
Absolutely. Especially since she actually supports him and his MAGA policies.
If Trump had endorsed her, that’s how.
According to whom? I’ve seen polls with her first. Not sure you can trust any polls.
RECP………..here’s my link. Post your own.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/Pennsylvania.html
So winning with a democrat is better than trying to win with MAGA? This mentality is why we have lost our country. Most Americans will vote for a MAGA candidate.
I know the uniparty was pushing McCormick so he’s definitely out. But I also think the uniparty would be ok with OZ, which is why I’m not voting him in the primary. I’m voting Barnette unless it appears the MAGA party is rallying around someone else.
You are throwing you vote away and not supporting Trump. There is no run off.
Not yet. You have to believe a real MAGA candidate can pull this one off.
Read up on Dina Powell McCormick. Explains a lot. Not good.
McCormick is swamp and GOPe in PA.
The whining and crying from so many is pathetic. “That’s it for me, where’s my marbles” LOL Get over yourselves, jeez.
Yeah, how dare anyone expect the leader of the MAGA movement to endorse candidates that actually share the MAGA agenda rather than WEF globalists. How selfish can they be?
Or maybe Trump understands just how much he is disliked by Philadelphians so this will ensure Oz loses…..hmmmmmm
No other explanation makes sense to me unless Trump senses Oz’s opposition is a fake ‘Trumper’
McCormick is a Bushie and a hedge fund manager. That’s two strikes against him.
and a CCP $ magnet
And married to Dina Powell
So Oz is better than McCormick is Trump’s thinking?
I ‘m a lifelong Pennsylvanian. Unlike Dr. Oz, I live here. Oz is using his mother in law’s address to run in a state he has never lived in. I also was wondering what the last Lindsay Graham – Trump golfing event was about. See this endorsement isn’t about suburban moms. Ultimately this is about Turkish President Erdogan and much desired American naval access to the Black Sea. Oz and Erdogan are good buddies. Is this a short term move due to rumors of an American Lt General trapped in Mariupol? Or will Democrat John Fetterman be getting a consolation prize after almost be gifted the big Senate seat by the uniparty. One final scenario is the average Trump supporter will be so fed up with Tump’s Oz move, they will vote for the Bush Republican Dave McCormick just to defeat Oz. McConnell will approve, and will be a genius if he got the Democrats to prematurely pull the trigger on Fetterman. I don’t have to like McConnell to be in awe of his ruthless Machiavellian power plays. For the record I will choose McCormick over Oz just because he at least has lived in PA and as never had the support of Oprah.
Of the two top candidates, McCormick seems worse. More hostile to America First agenda. Not to mention his strong China ties; which is worse than strong ties to Turkey.
Read this article and get a real handle on McCormick. I can see why Trump endorsed Oz.
McCormick is a Jeb Bush RHINO.
https://news.yahoo.com/mccormick-maga-proofs-senate-campaign-171617078.html
And yet, the GOPe was pushing McCormick heavily until about two weeks ago. They hate us. Unable to foist McCormick on us, they’re trying to thrust Oz upon us. And they pulled out their biggest (and only) gun: the Trump endorsement. We’ll see what happens but as of now, I’m voting Barnette.
Interesting take. McConnell is ruthless
WOW !!!
That is quite a shock.
Are there no better MAGA candidates in that district?????
Apparently based on commenters, Kathy Barnett.
But she is trailing by too many points to win in this winner take all primary
Kathy Barnett is 100% MAGA.
I cringed when I saw that Trump had endorsed Oz but I’m not that surprised. Hannity has been pushing OZ down the throats of his listeners. Then I just saw that John Fredericks came out and endorsed Oz. I’d say he’s looking at the odds.
However, Trump did this same thing in my state – TN. He endorsed Morgan Ortegas for the newly formed CD5. Ortegas parachuted in to TN in Nov. of 2021. She is a pal of Ivanka and worked for Pompeo in State. She’s a Jeb Bush/Romney skank. She hadn’t even officially pulled papers for the run when Trump endorsed her. She’s got lots of DC money coming in with her. She was interviewed on a local conservative station (Star News) and when asked to name the 3 major interstates running through CD5 she couldn’t name ONE! Not one.
She and Robby Starbuck have been named the Carpet Bagger candidates. Fortunately, there’s a terrific local candidate who is well known and the current county mayor of one of the counties in the newly formed CD5 – Andy Ogles. Andy will run away with this race. Oh and the state legislature passed a bill which says you have to live in the state for 3 years to run in the state run primary. That put Ortegus out for sure and probably Starbuck.
I don’t think Trump knew anything about Ortegas at all. She was anti-Trumper before she worked for Pompeo and made comments/tweets negative of Trump after the Nov 2020 election. She couldn’t have sucked up to the Regime enough trying to keep a job in State.
I’m now actually afraid of who he will endorse for the Ohio Senate if he ever will. Josh Mandel is the obvious but Jane Timken is running who supported PT as head of the Ohio Republican Party. I do not like or want Jane Timken in there. I did not care for Mike Gibbon’s platform in ’18 and J.D. Vance is a fake never-Trumper.
I swear, Fredricks loves every liberal that runs as a Republican. Can’t get the New Yorker out of the guy. Maybe Trump should stop endorsing candidates altogether.
Or is he another scaramucci
More bad advice from his trusted inner circle? If Pence publicly praised this endorsement, we’ll understand.
Hannity
I lived in PA the first 52 years of my life. Philly stained every state wide election bar none. I have not heard the good doctor come out and decry the harm being done to people in the name of a vaccine for a man made virus. I too would have to hold my nose and vote for him and then keep my fingers crossed that he is not the RINO that I think he is.
Trade you r tx cornyn for the oz. Straight up!!!
Seen on g
Then vote for Kathy Barnette! Geez, just vote!
Other than being an American citizen who votes I don’t have a dog in the fight because I can not (legally) vote in Pennsylvania.
That said, I do not trust Dr. Oz to be a reliable conservative vote.
Is he better than someone with a D after their name? Maybe but that remains to be seen.
I’m thinking of John McCain, the Turtle, and Liz Cheney to name a few.
Maybe Trump is right to roll the Oz dice.
Personally, I think it’s questionable and may well come back to bit Trump/conservative Republicans and Independents on the behind if Oz wins.
Dr Oz is not a politician.
Oz can be no worst than Toomey. Toomey is a lot better than Collins, Romney, and Murkowski. And he is certainly better than any marxist Dem who is running. Keep the PA Senate seat RED! Barnett has zero name recognition. She can’t win. McCormack (sp) is a Bushy wanna bee. KEEP THE SEAT RED! Vote The Wizard!!!!
Resident of PA since 1992 and I’m not a fan of most PA Republicans because they really aren’t very conservative. I am not sure who I will vote for in the primary, but Dual-Citizen Doc Oz is at the bottom of the list, tied with job-outsourcing McCormick. And those two are apparently leading the Republican pack. The only reason I registered Republican was to make sure I got to vote for Trump in the primary in 2016…was not registered previously (must register in PA to vote in the primaries, which isn’t the case in some other states.)
I don’t trust Oz, don’t like TV doctors (a little too close to quackery for my taste), and Oz just moved to the state recently after living in New Jersey–of all places–for many years. Just my thoughts.
No more Mitt Romney’s, Lindsey Grahamnesty’s and Susan Collins’s…I would rather have a Democrat occupy the seat than a RINO who votes like a Democrat. Full-throated, all-American conservatives or bust. Not tolerating Republican nonsense any longer. MAGA must deny the RINOs a seat at the table.
Disappointing choice by my friend Trump. Perhaps he will reconsider soon.
Check out Kathy Barnette. She calls Oz “Mitt Romney with a medical degree.”
What dumb move is Trump going to do next, endorse Stacey Abrams in Georgia?
FFS….
Dr. Oz…
Esteemed member of Klaus Schwab’s WEF.
https://www.weforum.org/people/mehmet-c-oz
Can we get DeSantis to run please?
I’m not impressed and Dr. Oz supported Obamacare and voiced some agreement with the concept of “systemic racism”. I hope Trump isn’t getting as senile as Joe Biden. The guy in second place isn’t much better from what I understand.
There are no real Constitutional conservatives anymore except in a few states. Dr. Oz seems like a liberal Republican and it seems like we’re entering an era where the politicians we vote for are left and lefter or woke and woker.
Oh? And which “several other candidates” are those?
People need to start going door to door all over the state with Kathy Barnette’s campaign if they want to win the primary with someone who is more MAGA. I don’t know what else to say except the supposed top two sound like a rock and a hard place.
Maybe some Pennsylvanians here should write President Trump and tell him why Dr. Oz is such a poor candidate and seems like a Democrat.
I betcha he couldn’t endorse Barnette because he is a friend of Dr. Oz and Dr. Oz would have been angry and he doesn’t want Dina Powell’s husband to win.
Then he should not endorse anybody in this particular race.
PA propped up Oz. Trump will use it as he needs it.
Reality is ugly. America is in the final throes of a soft coup – a global, elitist coup who’s primary goal is to dispose of most of us and to permanently enslave the rest us, our children and our grandchildren. We are entrenched in a highly sophisticated economic and information/propaganda war.
It is easy to fall back on our notions of Uniparty politics and rationalize the mortal danger we are in. So, perspective is needed. Mine is simple. The coming “election” may well be the last means to regain liberty without untold suffering and bloodshed. Freemen who know this hear but one voice of leadership. One. One man declaring a battle plan for a bloodless victory.
The head of the snake was exposed through the massive election fraud, the lockdowns, the plandemic, the deadly vaccines and the expanding crackdowns. The snake is firmly entwined in all levels of business and government from city hall to every dark abyss of Washington DC.
Oz is a deceiver, groomed by our mortal enemy and recruited by the Uniparty to run for Senate. A minion from the Church of Oprah. But it is too late for Trump to undo what the PA GOPe has done to lock in Oz.
If Trump needs this pasty weasel, then so be it. I’ll not let it overshadow the major battleline he drew against the globalists for North Carolina yesterday: full support for firebrand patriot Mark Robinson for GOvernor and , a big ole’ target painted on uniparty traitor McCrory for Senate (Burr the 2nd).
Remember Mick Mulvaney?
I remember Cantaloupes Mulvaney. Did a good job at OMB but is an open borders establishment type that, of course, willingly talked to and gave documents to the J6 commission.
I wonder if President Trump believes this Senate Seat is certain to go Dem, so he just decided to endorse the most likely RINO nominee?
Who will all those recent Dem-to-GOP converts select with their primary-meddling votes? OZ!
Who will they vote for in NOV? A DEM!
I’m afraid Oz will win now. There is no clear front runner and it’s clear the PA Uniparty Republicans in charge have decided on Oz and Trump figures he isn’t up for the fight. Personally, I think he should have backed Kathy Barnette, a pro-life Black woman. There’s a good chance the Blacks in Philadelphia would support her. They’re furious with Biden (gas and food prices) and would be open to a Black Republican woman, I think.
Anyway, I’m voting Barnette in the primary. Sorry Donald. We can’t agree on everything.
She’s also MAGA, and has said she would be a loyal supporter of Trump’s MAGA policies.
This is a disaster of an endorsement!