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?
Trump has battered conservative syndrome. Like a woman who won’t leave a wife beater, Trump repeatedly supports RINOs who screw the base and himself on the issues that matter most. Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. The carpetbagger Oz is a leftist plant. His history is anti-gun, anti-wall, pro-open borders, pro-sodomy, and pro-genital mutilation of children. Trump, like every other politician, is supposed to do our bidding. Someone should send him the memo.
Where would the “base” disagree with Oz’s professional credentials and political beliefs as expressed in President Trump’s endorsement?
Respectfully, Oz’s past actions and positions taken are at odds with the new & improved version President Trump speaks of. One example: He has stated before his position that gun violence is the fault of the inanimate object rather than the perpetrator, a veritable health crisis (CDC anyone?) and restrictions contrary to the Constitution should be enacted.
The notion Pres. Trump uses that Dr. Oz is more marketable to women is an insult to women, implying that the sphere of their knowledge is limited to afternoon talk shows like Oprah or The View. So, yeah, perhaps more “electable” but I’d rather see some credible statements from Oz himself that indicate he has rethought his previous positions expressed on these TV shows and Dem-led mainstream news programs.
I just vividly remember a marketable TV personality who said, “Take the guns first, do due-process later.”
Let’s try to not do that for someone with a 6-year term in the Legislature.
Disagree totally!!!…I think because his show is one that mostly women watch..then Trump is spot on and it is not.insulting..He has a soft ..manner about him..that women appreciate..Nothing wrong with that..Wow..people sure think they know a lot..even though you have never walked in someone else’s shoes..
lol
That’s PRESIDENT Trump to You…..
Yep. All the arguments made in favor of Oz could be made in favor of Romney, Murkowski, Graham, et al. Trump should not have endorsed him any more than he should endorse the rest of the RINOs.
Did he endorse Romney ever..NO…Did he endorse Murkowski..NO..In fact he couldn’t stand her…Now Graham is a product of the SC conservatives who keep thinking one day he will become a conservative….I wonder..how you felt about Graham when he was kissing Trumps butt..??? Trump knew he was an a kisser…and I don’t really remember a full endorsement of Graham..
uh, maybe not post if you are ignorant on the topic. Trump 100% endorsed Romney.
NOt..!!..Huge difference..HUGE..!!!
He isn’t a RINO..Where the heck do you get your info??..Yes he is..on some topics ..not far right..but RINO.he isn’t..People have this skewed idea of who this man is..You have to stop thinking that every single conservative can win a race ..in every state..If you ever lived in Pa which Idk if you have you have to understand they are split down the middle and a far right conservative will never make it there..You have to have someone who speaks from his his heart and Oz does..He may not be what you like but those from Pa..are totally different than what you might think..My since deceased husband was from Pittsburgh..His whole family except for him were dems..Some were die hard others were in the middle..If you want someone that isn’t..left you better think differently in Pa..OZ is not a leftist plant..Stop with that BS..Trump is 20 times smarter than you are.
Wow..I remember a time when I saw this..criticisms of Trump..He was a democrat..He gave money to the democrats..He is friends with the Clintons..He gave money to the Clintons..He is far left..I could go on and on..Sometimes you might think you know something only to find out you knew nothing.
I smell Ivanka, Jared and the WEF. Furthermore, I am beginning to seriously question where Trump’s loyalties lay and what his motives are.
https://www.weforum.org/people/ivanka-trump
https://www.weforum.org/people/mehmet-c-oz
https://nypost.com/2022/01/29/how-the-world-economic-forum-became-the-most-exclusive-party-ever/
Riiiigghhhhht, PDJT is joining up with ol’ Klaus and the WEF. Get back under your bridge, troll.
His daughter is literally in it –there is zero chance she is in that position without his help and “ok” — people who fail to see the flaws in Trump are just as Loony as the TDS people….
Name the politician who can get better, or even close to as good of a result for the American people than Trump. I’m not crazy about this particular endorsement, but so what? When Jesus comes you can have your perfection. Until then, Trump is the best hope we have. Anybody who says otherwise is a worthless liar.
Ron DeSantis.
End of discussion.
DeSantis doesn’t want to leave Florida. Or drag his family into DC and the extremes of the security, the protocols and public devourment of every sneeze and it doesn’t end when your presidency is over. Governor’s have state power and normal lives later on. He can change an entire state.
He’s not running.
BS. DeSantis has never run country. I doubt he can take the media attacks like Trump can.
Jesus hung with harlots whore’s and tax collectors.
I trust Jesus.
One more thing if Jesus had a daughter and I son in law, I dought he would blindly follow.them.
Who was partying with Klaus, Ivanka and Jared?
Read the articles I linked before commenting numbskull.
Do you think readers here don’t know that President Trump (and Jared and Ivanka) went to Davos during his presidency?
Again…
Try reading what I posted and stop knee jerking with responses ’cause your ego is hurt.
Was Trump POTUS on 01/29/2022?
I think maybe I better find another venue for my info..This is just crazy..None of you seem to know Pa..Geez..
Trump seems like he’s doing quite a bit to damage his own viability. Still pushing vaccines and endorsing a Hollywood candidate over some seemingly true conservatives.
If this is about winning, then you’d have to be happy about his SCOTUS picks or his cabinet secretaries who turned out to be just atrocious. And if you look at his budget/spending, the government didn’t exactly become fiscally responsible in his 4 years. That’s what “winning” gets us.
You are so full of it..Where have you been for how many years..He is not pushing vaccines..You have not watched him lately have you?..You sound like a leftie for sure.
He’s proud of the vaccine and still encourages it.. stop lying
Nobody has watched Dr. Oz lately. Even before he announced his Senate bid, his ratings were in the dumpster.
Watched him lately? Does he change that often? What he says and what he does mirrors the Republican political method of operation since time began. Tell them anything to get their vote and then do what you want. Some of his endorsements have been more than questionable. Trump, while hugely better than what we have, is not the Savior that you believe. His ego gets in the way of sound decisions.
Trump’s endorsement of the carpet-bagger RINO who has promoted trans-gender surgery in children, Dr. Oz is going to guarantee the Dems a win in November. Why he chose Oz over the very-well qualified, MAGA supporter Kathy Barnette is a question Trump needs to answer.
My only question is why not McCormick? He beats Oz in every early poll except early February Trafalgar. What happened??
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-s-first-choice-pa-senate-race-gone-another-republican-n1287206
He wasn’t really winning every poll and the Uniparty realized he wasn’t viable with Trump’s base. A week or two ago, I starting receiving about 3 phone polls a day, some were McCormick push polls. Some were only McCormick and Oz. McCormick has zero support outside the PA Uniparty Republican elites.
Finally. Someone who thinks and is on the ground in PA.
On the ground suburban PA mom here. I will not vote for Oz and it has given my fairly unwavering support of Trump a pause for reflection.
You echo my opinion and that of more people than you realize.
I feel the same way.
Exactly the same way I and my family feel. Also a PA suburban mom.
So the four years of “America First” and improving America and Americans lives with every policy he enacted means nothing. Luckily most Trump supporters don’t have such short memories.
Except it isn’t a short memory. It’s a very long memory of getting hopeful about everything that he promised to do. Again, and again, and again. And it didn’t happen. I fully understand checks and balances, RINOS in Congress, and everything else that was against him. It all infuriated me every time. BUT, some of the people who got in his way were people he put in the position to do it. At what point does it stop mattering if he has an Achille’s heel when it comes to picking people or to becoming so disillusioned that I begin to question if it was purposeful so that he could be seen to be trying so hard, coming so close, and being blameless for the failure? The bottom line is it didn’t get done.
Sessions, McMaster, Mattis, Wray, Barr….he hands power to people who use it against his movement or who just fail to use it at all. I am having a hard time reconciling his endorsement of Oz with Oz having an association with the WEF. More because my memory is long than because it is short.
So, I am reflecting on my support of Trump. And I have no quarrel with anyone who is mad that I am reflecting on it. The only people who will be mad at me for that are people who love America and believe that Trump is our last, best chance. And I have been one of those people long enough to appreciate each and every one of them. And those people may be right. Or there might not really be another choice even if they are wrong. I don’t know. But the Oz endorsement bothers me.
Why not throw your support to true MAGA candidate, Kathy Bartlette?
He’s married to Dina Powell for one.
This^^^^^
Left Trump Admin… not good.
The media is trying to make it a race between McCormick and Oz. Most pennsylvanians aren’t buying it. There are much better candidates, like Kathy Barnette. Even Jeff Bartos is better than the 2 “frontrunners”.
Laverne Spicer tweeted about Kathy Barnette. Said she’s all MAGA and the dems are scared to death to run against her. Not sure how to link to exact tweet but easy enough to find.
They might be scared because she also has endorsements from black and Hispanic groups, and she is a black female. Who is 100% conservative.
Her yard signs say “Pennsylvania First. America First.”
Why wouldn’t endorsements from black and Hispanic voters matter to Trump in a primary? What’s scary about it? I’ve never based my vote on a candidate’s gender or race and I never will.
I was replying to the post that said Dems were scared of her. They DO base their voting on race and gender, so they might be thinking she’d take voters away from them..
I’ve never based my vote on a candidate’s gender or race either. I like Kathy because she seems sincere, seems to really care about Pennsylvania, she seems to be a true MAGA conservative who supports Trump’s policies. She has spoken on issues that I care about.
Kathy Barnette is real MAGA. Post like you mean it. Man the ramparts as Bannon would say. Google her and tell me one bad thing about her. Then do the same thing for Oz and McCormick. Kathy Barnette is the right call. PDJT we know you will fix this. Dr. Oz is bad news, check his past programs, you know Pa. Democrats will.
Kathy Barnette for Pennsylvania Senate 2022!
Someone on another site was talking about a Black lady who was running that would make a better candidate. I don’t remember her name. I have heard on one if favor of Oz except for PDJT.
Kathy Barnette. If I lived in PA, I would vote for her.
Kathy Barnette is the black woman in the race. She is a true conservative. I’ve been following her on Facebook since before she declared she was running.
Kathy Barnette the CONSERVATIVE CHOICE FOR PAhttps://barnetteforsenate.com/
Stigall and Giordano have interviewed (some on multiple occasions) all the candidates. One by one I’ve eliminated them and as of today I am inclined to vote for the first candidate to enter the race, Jeff Bartos. I was originally impressed with Kathy Barnette, but I am weary of candidates who precede their platform with, “I am the first Black, the first woman, the first Jew, Muslim, Christian, etc….” I don’t vote for anyone based on their race/ethnicity and find it offensive when a candidate believes I will.
Barto’s is probably who I am going to throw my support behind.
Look him up and his relationship with Trump…
McCormick is a hand-picked Rona McDaniel/RNC candidate who they convinced to leave his multi-million hedge fund and move from CT to PA. The Party pushes this establishment McConnell choice and, while he is admittedly better than Oz, he is still an establishment picked candidate. Our country is in dire straits and we need a patriotic, ethical and experienced person to serve as Senator.
After listening to all the candidates’ various interviews I am inclined to go back to one of the first to enter the race, Jeff Bartos. Barnette or Bochetto would also be better than either Oz or McCormick. Once again it appears as if the Republican Party sets us up to serve as their useful idiots so as to ensure the Democrat wins the election.
Oz can drive home the COVID abuse from a TV personality in a Doctors outfit…
I personally would love to see America reminded of the Nuremburg hell the WEF crew put us through for 2 years.
i dont care if PA is lost. I personally believe the amount of violence that will be seen against PDJT supporters in 2023 will make an election look like a fantasy anyways, and a Purge will come (of Americans or of Cabalist)
Dr. Oz is a WEF member.
https://www.weforum.org/people/mehmet-c-oz
Makes him a hard pass for me.
.I CANNOT now in good conscience vote for Trump. He IS a GLOBALIST. I would just as soon vote for Romney or Cruz as Trump. HE HAS SHOWN HIS TRUE COLORS WIT THIS ENDOSEMENT OF A LEFTIST POS LIKE Dr. Oz. I am willing to bet at LEAST 50% of Treepers agree with me, even if they won’t say it out loud.
Clearly, you have not comprehended just how ANTI-globalist Trump’s successes or pushes in border security, energy independence, regulatory cuts, corporate tax cuts, re-homing manufacturing to USA, all in only 4 years, all of which in he was under assualt. Oz is not leftist, he is not even RINO, he is what would be called a moderate Republican. He’s not another McCain or Romney or Murkowski. Frankly, illiterate shouting like yours is what is fracturing the GOP base, and that is likely the goal. Let’s pray most do not hare your very suspect zealotry.
bingo.
Tory, we are surrounded by kneejerkers…. Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever. Many used to think reading Sundance’s articles was just too much work. So long, all that single spaced text. Couldn’t be bothered reading and, after all, WTH was “Sundance and what made him a reliable source? (I’ve been around here for quite a while!) They still live by headlines and little else and lots of emotion, kept stirred up.
Some of us do know who Oz is. We don’t need Sundance or headlines to figure it out. There is this thing called the internet you know.
You can only hope OZ doesn’t turn out to be another Trump pick disaster who stabs him and us in the back. I’m sick of settling for conservative-light. Just one calorie, not conservative enough. And here we are…
While I think Oz is the wrong choice, I still support Trump. I just don’t always agree with him!
Oz is anti gun and pro abortion. Those are important issues for me. There is also stuff about trans stuff with him that I haven’t fully looked into.
He’s a big no for me.
I wonder how he’d define a woman?
In his multiple interviews on Fox and Newsmax he insists he is the opposite of all you posted. We don’t have a voting record to go on exactly how he truly believes. He is anti Fauci… I like that.
Rino’s lie
Its ‘illiterate shouting’ is a common tactic of the trolling left. As long as we know that, we won’t fall for it.
Why does he have to endorse in the PA race at all? Is he under pressure from OZ to come out and say something? PDT never gives a simple thumbs up either, it’s always an over the top ringing endorsement that often feels forced. I remember the same ra-ra for Barr.
In the end I AM waiting for Christ, thank you. The best of us are woefully unqualified to incinerate the national evil.
Trump endorsed Romney’s, Lindsey Graham’s and Mitch McConnell’s reelections. We all know how that turned out for him, don’t we?
And don’t forget Ben Sasse, who voted to impeach Trump.
Considering the dire condition of our country, the last thing we need is an ego-driven TV doctor who aligns with the likes of Oprah Winfrey to be a Senator. This reality show nonsense, and endorsements from fellow talk show hosts such as Sean Hannity and Greg Kelly, must end and serious consideration must be given to candidates who have exhibited the experience, patriotism and ethics to lead our country and return it to “we the people.”
Thank you..Spot on!!!
Oz is all for the transgender surgery for children. Is that a conservative position? Are PA voters going to vote for a carpet bagger? I don’t believe they will.
The Peoples Pundit has OZ ahead and likely to win. This is strategy, nothing more.
PDJT’s endorsement or lack thereof can change who is ‘likely to win’.
Then why not put his endorsement behind a more qualified candidate? It makes zero sense to put it behind someone as disliked as Dr. Oz.
Oz might went the primary of Trump’s endorsement but it will be an empty win because he won’t win in November. Too many people, Repubs and Dems, don’t like Oz.
LOL. If you’re bailing over this one damn endorsement, then you were never a Trump voter, in the first place. Anyway, name somebody who’s better for us. I’m waiting…
Trump endorsed Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell. He also endorsed Roy Moore in Alabama Senate primaries even though Moore had numerous known baggage. Moore attempted to secure the GOP nomination in 2006 and 2010 Governor’s race and lost both times. As a judge he refused to follow a SC decision in 2016. As a result he was suspended from the bench and ultimately resigned in 2017. Then once Moore secured the GOP Senate nomination the sexual assault and predatory allegations came forward. It’s how we ended up with Democrat Doug Jones in the Senate. He’s endorsing Morgan Ortagus in for a Congressional seat in TN. She worked in the Treasury under Obama and had RBG perform her wedding a few years back. In what world does a true conservative ask an extremely liberal SC justice to marry you? How about the 12 GOP Congressmen who Trump endorsed that voted to impeach him? I’d say I have come up with more than just one bad endorsement.
Of course he endorsed them. What choice did he have? How would that have worked if he endorsed primary challengers against them while running for office? Starting a war in your party while running for office isn’t a smart strategy.
2022 is here to demonstrate his kingmaker ability.
Stop fretting about who Trump endorsed as a rookie politician and realize that it’s the results he gets for the American people that count, and he got them like no POTUS in my lifetime.
PLEASE DON’T FORGET ABBOTT who has allowed an invasion on the southern border…..
Ron DeSantis (FL), Scott Perry (PA)
I have no idea what Trump is thinking. Maybe he wants his base to reject him? I’m starting to think he is controlled opposition. Fk it all. County sheriffs, Citizen grand juries, neighborhood watches and militias. Then state control, kick out all feds, and do what we need to do to feed ourselves and produce energy. Engineered poverty from overlord thugs in DC is unacceptable.
Sure a lot of Never Trumpers on here today stirring the pot.
Not never Trumpets, Trump voters who are dismayed at the sickening endorsements and appointments Trump has and continues to make. Wray, Barr, Milley and Haspel are why we are living this nightmare right now, and Trump is responsible for each of them. Where is the discernment?
Right. That’s what counts, not low gas prices and lot’s of good jobs. My God, you think small.
Reading comprehension challenged huh, we do not have low prices and lots of jobs right now. The reason is as i stated Trump appointed scumbags who do not share MAGA philosophy. By appointing Wray, Barr, Haspel and Milley it allowed all of what’s happened to transpire. He didn’t even remove them after denying Antifa existed and Milley openly attacked Trumps base as the greatest domestic threat.
You are clueless.
That’s the way I feel. Trump is the best President I have ever known, but his choices of who supports is really unbelievable
You’re in the wrong forum. This isn’t the Daily Kos
We’re not here because it’s an echo chamber either. We allow people to think for themselves and have a safe say.
FROM the Dr. OZ campaign page….
(NOT a DEMOCRAT when it comes to covid.)
“The urgency of my decision crystalized during the pandemic. At least half a million American people have died from the virus, a devastating toll for families and communities. What also hurts is that many of those deaths were preventable. Covid-19 became an excuse for government and elite thinkers who controlled the means of communication, especially social media and our major news agencies, to suspend debate. Dissenting opinions from leading scholars, even Nobel Laureates, were cancelled and ridiculed so their ideas could not be disseminated. Doctors were forbidden from prescribing legal medications for the first time in our nation’s history. I tried to fund clinical trials to re-purpose an already widely used drug for possible benefits against Covid-19, but they were banned. Instead, government mandated policies that caused unnecessary suffering.”
Thank you for that
I do not agree with you.
With all due respect to your right to an opinion, I disagree that Donald Trump is a globalist. Has he made a lot of bad choices on endorsements and appointments? YES. Does that make him a globalist? NO.
His record on his policies speak for themselves. It is his policies for the four years he was there that keeps me supporting him personally. I could care less about his endorsements, his “mean” tweets, his strong language , his hair style, or whatever else people come up with to try to diminish him. I don’t have to personally like everything he does nor I do I expect to be his “friend” while having pizza and beer with him on the weekend.
Donald Trump’s latest endorsement of the not so wizard of Oz, is his opinion, just like your statement was your opinion. MAGA people are free to accept or reject his “endorsement” in this election. I personally think it was a mistake, but that’s just MY OPINION. No man is perfect and Donald Trump is not either. If their is a “perfect” politician in America, then tell me who it is and what you expect of them. I will still support Donald Trump, even though I wholly disagree on many of his endorsements and appointments, because of his proven policies.
I heard many people say in 2016, that if we get just get 10% of what Donald Trump says he will do, that’s 10% more than Hillary Clinton, Barry Obama, and the Communist Democrats would give. I think we got well, well beyond that 10% return and that’s a proven fact.
You are clueless. My head hurts just from reading your pathetic tripe.
He is not a globalist..Ok then go vote for Biden or better yet..someone who is even worse..You people have lost your freaking minds..I think you must sit and watch Fox News 24/7..
What kind of nonsense is this? You’ve created a false either or between Biden and Trump.. lol. Perhaps there are other options like say anyone who doesn’t appoint globalist anti-American marxists like Wray and Milley to vital positions? How about anyone who actually appoints those that believe in the MAGA agenda? Your lazy analysis is nothing but apologist counter-productive drivel.
I agree
Based on that CTH poll, we’re likely to lose that PA Senate seat as too many votes will be split between too many candidates.
Thats the plan. GOP does it all the time. Why do think they got rid of Parnell??? They use the same play over and over again and we fall for it.
Indeed. That is play #1 in the GOPe playbook. Split the vote and the RINO wins in the end.
Yuppers! Think Woody Wilson, Taft, and Teddy Roosevelt. Remember how that turned out. WW should never have ended up anywhere near the WH, let alone live and dictate from it.
It’s the Karl Rove plan and it almost worked with Eric Greitens. His attorney is fighting back.
This is just the primary I think…
I don’t know how you can come to that conclusion unless you know for a fact that everybody who answered that poll is from PA.
I’m pretty certain President Trump has cut a deal with the Uniparty at this stage, probably in exchange for protection. More shall be revealed in the coming months/years.
Oh, for Pete’s sake! What absurdity!!!
After everything we’ve seen in the last 2 years nothing is off the table.
Your post has “troll” written all over it. You all jump in at the slightest chance to turn us against Trump but it won’t work.
Adam Schiff…what are you doing at the Tree House?
FROM the Dr. OZ campaign page…
Truth Telling and .. common sense..
“The American public was patronized and misled instead of empowered.
We were told to docilely lock down and let those in charge take care of the rest.
When we tested positive for the virus, we were also told to wait at home until we got sick enough to warrant hospitalization…
not a typical medical protocol.
Elites with yards told those without yards to stay inside—where the virus was more likely to spread.
And the arrogant, closed-minded people in charge closed our schools, shut down our businesses and took away our freedom.
America should have been the world leader on how to beat the pandemic.
Instead, we were not.”
Pretty sure McCormick is McConnell candidate. Everyone is concentrating on Oz and ignoring McCormick who went to Mira Lago seeking to get Trumps endorsement and spent his time trash talking Oz instead of the Democrats. I wondered how Trump would react. I think we have our answer.
Maybe that explains his endorsement
Trump has exposed the Uniparty for the swamp dwellers they are on both sides of the aisle. He has no need to cut any deal at this point.
(Delaware here, not exactly PA.) Trump’s first endorsed candidate was forced out of the race (i.e. ex-wife, messy divorce, allegations, etc.), and he would have gotten my vote if I could vote in PA.
The only two major candidates that I am aware of are McCormick and Oz. Neither is acceptable to me.
Strange to me that McCormick just cut new tv advertisement touting his close tie with Trump (trying to woo the Trump voters), before the unexpected Trump endorsement to his major competitor.
For me, I wish Trump showed restrain, he doesn’t need to get involved in every single race. But Trump may his own reason to get into this race, who knows.
Exactly. Stay out of the primaries unless it’s critical to endorse.
OMG
I don’t think there is a giant mystery here… The goals are simple.
They need conservatives to go back to believing in a party that isn’t conservative. While also not selling out / exposing their progressive ideology for what it is.
To do so, they need to…
Keep blurring the lines between progressive neocon and neochristian values in place of constitutional, common law and liberty. Agreeing with more big government!
That is the reason for using the synonym RINO, which simply means republican. The idea is using ambiguous terminology to keep focus away from directly naming and real problem… You can willingly scape goat but still cheer your own death.
Also, they need to get everyone believing again in a corrupted broken election system (though nothing has changed). That’s why election decertification became the goal vs actual auditing and especially avoiding election reform.
Participation is key to consent and acceptance.
In short, you need to believe that giving consent to your own demise is somehow better than giving consent to the other team that is also bringing your demise.
If people don’t do those things the 70 year two party manipulation gig is up.
I do not have twit so I cannot reply to the TLR poll but my vote is “No”.
Sounds simplistic but here’s my take after thinking about all the ‘strategery’ behind President Trump’s choice. If I lived in PA, this is how I’d chose between the front runners in the ‘republican’ party. (I know, I don’t live in PA…so this is MHO).
Is the candidate a Christian? (Their foundation)
Is the candidate’s loyalty 100% to the USA.
Is the candidate’s loyalty 100% to the residents of PA?
Those are the basics before even considering, policy.
Kathy Barnett checks all of those boxes.
I just checked her yard signs, and they say ” Pennsylvania First. America First. “
Im a Pennsylvanian and this is the reason we had the 17th Amendment. Dr Oz is a carpetbagger with no conservative bonafides.
McCormick and his wife are no better. They took out Parnell and gave us these 2 to us to choose from.
Its sad for Pennsylvania… no one in our GOP really cares about Pennsylvania or its people. Toomey looks like a rock star compared to these 2.
Have you checked out Kathy Barnette? I somehow ended up following her on Facebook, and she seems to be a good, solid conservative. She just said she would be a loyal supporter of Trump’s MAGA policies.
I’m hoping something takes out Oz.
PA needs a Hail Mary redo on this one.
People have a very deep distrust of Dr. Oz even without fully knowing his positions ( see @JackPosobiec for a long ugly list ) because over the last 5-10 years hundreds of millions of us have learned that nothing gets on T.V. that is not ” pre-approved ” for maximum psy-ops manipulation of ‘ The Crowd ‘.
Oz is from that T.V. land construct world. It really is that simple.
The Insider Paper – @TheInsiderPaper now reports Jack Poso is ‘ Locked Out ‘ of Twatter.
Lets confirm or debunk , the page itself is still up. ( Shadow Ban ? )
That’s enough evidence for me. If the mockingbird media likes him he is the enemy.
I feel the same way about Caitlyn Jenner in California politics and Matthew McConaughey teasing a Texas governor run. They’re just hollywood puppets.
The Oprah connection is disqualifying. Oprah is a subversive race-baiter.
Remember, at one time Trump was friends with Oprah. She turned on him and pretty sure she’s no longer friendly with Oz
I got this link at the Market Ticker site:
Dr. Oz promotes transgender ideology for toddlers, encourages “cutting edge” gender surgery for kids
Dr. Mengele Oz. Enough said.
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I would send the doctor back to the Land of Oz aka television. We don’t need another Rino conservative apprentice to enable McConnell to obstruct our America First agenda.
One thing that stood out about Robbie Starbuck, was his opposition to the Netflix show, Cuties.
That was one of his main motivators to run.
For some reason, Jared felt it necessary to recruit someone to run against Robbie.
Forwarded from Jack Posobiec
Dr. Oz did a whole episode promoting transgender children – including surgery
He tried to cover it up, but it was archived
YouTube
Dr. Oz promotes transgender ideology for toddlers, encourages “cutting edge” gender surgery for kids
I don’t believe the critics of this endorsement took the trouble to read President Trump’s rationale for having given it. Oz’s credentials and political beliefs. Some are quick to label him a “TV personality” and let it go at that. Pfffft. Gone. Many did the same thing with President Trump when he was a candidate. They lived by TV rather than by informing themselves via reliable sources. Republicans can be lazy!
Read his credentials. If you really read them, express where you disagree with them. And him. No more drivebys. Real thought. How about it?
If he is for tranny kids he can go f himself.
Where in this video do you see Dr Oz defend the 2nd amendment, the 4th amendment or call BS on any claim of the speakers?
Did Melania do this?
nbc news??!! Are you joking me?
I cannot believe that most who posted on this thread actually READ President Trump’s long, comprehensive endorsement. Most of the replies just don’t match it. Are non sequiturs, totally disregarding it, arguing against it with 100%emotion and zero facts. Why am I not surprised?
Trollsters!
I read it, disagree 100% with the choice.
I’m in Allegheny Co PA..Trump endorsed Sean Parnell, he withdrew due to family issues. He was very popular in my district and almost beat Conner Lamb. David McCormick stepped in..read up on him and his past relationship with the Trump Administration. John Fetterman is Lt Governor and the D’s are putting their money behind him, not Conner Lamb. Fetterman’s claim to fame is his desire to legalize marijuana and being Mayor of Braddock, PA..He’s a big goof and a phoney in my opinion, but has a good chance of winning the Senate Seat for the Dems..Oz has the name recognition and I believe the best chance of beating Fetterman.
Sorry, I don’t believe a carpetbagger has the best chance of beating any PA Dem who actually lives there.
apparently mccormick crossed trump too many times and it appears that may be a factor in the endorsement?
Haha!
Trumpworld goes on meltdown.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumpworld-goes-meltdown-trump-endorses-164257000.html
That article clarified to me why he has not endorsed Cawthorne, and last night was his chance. His “advisors” are telling him Cawthorne can’t win and he should endorse the RINO Chuck Edwards. No one in the Patriots group here supports Edwards, we all support Cawthorne. There will be big meltdown here if Trump does that.
Pennsylvanian here.
You guys are way overthinking this. I love President Trump, but it’s pretty clear he just personally likes Dr. Oz. Also he thinks Dr. Oz would be more likely to defeat the Democrat. He’s pretty clear about this in the statement.
I believe Fetterman will be the Democrat nominee. He has built up quite the following in Pennsylvania and I think Oz’s name recognition will be needed to beat him.
Oh please… Have you all forgotten that PDJT was a former Democrat? Was a former pro-choice? Was a former or maybe still a friend of Oprah?
That was not an issue to the majority back in 2016, but Dr. Oz is now, in 2022? A former pro-choice? A friend of Oprah too?
I do not have a horse in this race as I don’t live in PA. May be my post here on page 2 may help you somehow.
FJBrandon telling Oz to resign from his post on the Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition in which PDJT appointed Oz is good enough to vote for Oz, IMHO.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/04/09/president-trump-endorses-dr-oz-in-pennsylvania-senate-race/comment-page-2/#comments
I hate to break it to you but many Repubs and Independents are also pro-choice because it is a woman’s right. That isn’t going to change nor will gay marriage become illegal. Religious extremists are now making it a political issue which is stupid. My issue with Dr. Oz are that he is a carpet bagger and even worse, he supports transgender surgery for small children. That isn’t a conservative value.
Dr. Oz has dual-citizenship. Private citizens may have, but ‘public servants’ should not ever.
If the idiot can’t make up his mind to be an American citizen, how can he be expected to be faithful to the Constitution or his constituents?
‘The double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.’
And is not from Pennsylvania.
This endorsement is a sign that Trump doesn’t want to fight the trans issues, which are issues that work overwhelmingly in the GOP’s favor.
This is a losing strategy (i.e. even if we win, we lose). He won’t get my vote.
I am from PA.
The GOP field for senate is very weak.
I will now vote for Dr OZ because I trust President Trump.
Be interesting to see what the next Trafalgar poll…post endorsement, looks like. I believe Peoples Pundunt had Oz ahead in its recent survey
I love President Trump and his true love for this country. He was the first america-first president since Reagan. He also has a glaring blind-spot that was exploited by people like Bill Barr and Lindsey Graham and that’s his ego. He is too worried what others say about him and too concerned with being liked.
I’d vote for him again in a second, but my expectations for what he can do or will do are much lower than others. He’ll do lots of good and lots of bad. Net will be positive for all of us and america, but it will be another 4 years of wasted opportunities, sorry to say.
That’s a good perspective and I am going that way also. Love Trump, but expect a repeat of his last administration. It will be a struggle the whole time, maybe get impeached a couple more times, get a lot of good done but will have the usual bad picks for important offices…well, can’t win them all.
An April 9 AND Magazine article “In Pennsylvania While the GOP Slumbers the Democrats Are Already Stealing 2022”, by Sam Faddis:
https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/in-pennsylvania-while-the-gop-slumbers?s=r
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What does he have to say about Myocarditis & the jabs?
“Dr. Oz being endorsed by President Trump seems out of sync with the base”
Yep.
From Wikipedia: “In 2007, Oz described himself as a “moderate Republican” and cited Arnold Schwarzenegger and Theodore Roosevelt as inspirations.”
No. Full stop.
I just don’t know. Oz was touting HQQ and therapeutics while our murderous CDC, government, Big tech and WHO were playing keep-away on actual research and common sense treatments with low cost, safe, and proven drugs. Hell, they are still at it, and with zeal.
I’m sure Oz got his eyes opened during that time. He became a target of the leftist scum and their arsenal of media, tech, and shitbag politicians. I think he now realizes how demonic and souless the left truly is, and now has a quite different world view.
That’s my take. I hope I’m right.
Hydroxychloroquine.
Kathy Barnette is such a solid MAGA candidate that I do not see why PDJT did not endorse her. Clearly on issues she is better than Oz. On viability, she tracks close to and in some polls leads Oz. On looks alone, she is a stone cold fox. Kathy Barnette is the choice President Trump. Make the right call, be the leader, not a weak poll watcher.
I cannot disagree. It’s a shame people like her get no respect or support.
I can find nothing to complain about Kathy Barnette.
Why not throw PDJT’s weight and some money behind her?
Because he had a bunch of RINO’s telling him she could not win…
With all due respect, please tell us: Which viable candidate in the Pennsylvania US Senate Race should the president have endorsed? We are always limited by those who are actually willing to run.
Once Parnell was forced out of the race any chance for an America First candidate was absolutely over.
Trump says it all in the first sentence of his endorsement – “it’s all about winning”
Oz can and will win… then he’ll be Mitt Romney 2.0, but probably worse. He’ll be on CNN and MSNBC nightly. There is 0.o% chance he’ll vote to build the wall, make E-Verify law, not give every American dollar to Ukraine, or vote the next Clarence Thomas onto the Supreme Court.
Massively disappointing.
Oz will relish in destroying Donald Trump’s agenda if by some miracle he lands in the Oval Office again in 2024.
Apparently, Pennsylvania politics is all about getting the suburban mom vote, or so the professionals in polling say.
Actually it’s getting out the rural and small town vote to overwhelm the cheating in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties. Trump could have endorsed anyone with a pulse and the same rule applies.
I have voted in PA for most of my life.
I am a PA’er. This endorsement makes me think they only way candidates get their endorsement is based on how much money they pay to Trump. Yuck. No way will I vote for a man who takes a paycheck from Oprah and doesn’t even live in the state. McCormick is born and raised but hasn’t lived in the state in decades until he just moved back. He and his wife were both in the Bush administration which is a red flag fort me. Is there no one who lives here that the RNC can find to really represent the citizens?
The problem in the PA Republicans in the party power structure are GOPe and hate Trump and always have.
President Trump also graduated from Wharton School of Finance.
Terrible endorsement! Just endorse no one. How is Turkish Dr Oz on immigration which despite what anyone says is the number one issue. Maybe number two now with the economy in the toilet. Even so I bet it’s closer than most think. I was from Pennsylvania and most of my family still is. They will not be happy with this.
We in Eastern PA have been bombarded with negative ads about Dr. Oz. He may be a RINO, but he is our RINO. I wish he was running against Bob Casey then at least he would be the lessor of two evils.
Well, he’s not establishment and he’s a Warton grad….
Yes he is, a world economics forum graduate, for gun bans, vaccines, abortion and transgender reassignment for kids
I don’t get Trump endorsing Oz, either. Hope it works out.
I can’t for the life of me understand why people are still expecting more from Trump while he goes out of his way to promote the other side. I gave him the benefit of the doubt in 2016 when I voted for him. What do they say, “fool me once, shame on me”?
I think this is more about rejecting McCormick than selecting Oz. McCormick is a hedge fund guy, supported by GOP establishment, worked in Bush admin, husband of dina powell–these are reasosns why Oz is better choice in my opinion
There are several other candidates who are better choices than Oz or McCormick. All Trump’s endorsement will accomplish is ensuring the loss of the Republican Senate seat.