Oz made the announcement in a Washington Examiner op-ed, which sharply criticized how the government has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic but did not mention the word « Pennsylvania » once.
TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday launched his campaign to become the next U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. Oz made the announcement in a Washington Examiner op-ed, which sharply criticized how the government has responded to the but did not mention the word « Pennsylvania » once. He asserted that « many » of the COVID deaths « were preventable. » « During the pandemic, I learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead of solutions. That’s why I am running for the U.S. Senate: to help fix the problems and to help us heal, » Oz wrote. Oz, a Republican, joins several other candidates who are vying for the hotly contested seat being vacated by retiring GOP Senator Pat Toomey.