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TV Dr. Mehmet Oz is yet another TV star who is running for higher office, this time for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania. He’s also claiming to be a conservative. Don’t be fooled, however. He’s anything but conservative.
Mehmet Oz may be a celebrity doctor, and one of Oprah Winfrey’s darlings, yet his medical advice to his TV followers has been, let’s say, suspect. But as a celebrity doctor, Oz has left a video trail. And what he has left behind should shock any true conservative.
For example, in 2010, on an episode of The Dr. Oz Show, he promoted transgendered children and even toddlers. Now remember, this was in 2010, long before FL Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law which forbade teachers from plugging transgender propaganda to small children. In other words, transgenderism wasn’t even a Thing.
Here’s what Oz told his TV audience:
“Eight-year-old Josie was born Joseph. Physically she’s a boy. But from the time she could talk, Josie knew she was a girl. Her sex on the outside, didn’t match how she felt on the inside, and that’s how every transgender child feels. Children like Josie may start showing signs of transgender as early as two or three. This extraordinary condition is not as rare as you might think. It’s estimated that three million Americans believe they were born the wrong sex.”
You can watch the entire segment here.
But promotion of kids’ transgender surgery isn’t the only egregious idea Dr. Oz has expressed. When Covid reared its ugly head in 2020, the CCP in China enforced severe lockdowns of the population in Wuhan, very much like what’s happening now in Shanghai. And guess who thought these draconian measures were a great idea? Mehmet Oz.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1513912363115859972?s=20&t=-O41LojU5Mvfe5sYcHEbxA
And forget his support for the Second Amendment, too. Mehmet Oz likes red flag laws.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1513905747884707843?s=20&t=nSz9eAbG5cZwN0Wm-bK5uw
On top of all that, Dr. Oz has a pro-abortion track record. Here are some of his comments from an interview in 2019 — three short years ago.
First, from the Alabama law heartbeat law:
“I’m really worried about it.”
He also dismissed the unborn baby’s heartbeat as “just a cell” with “little electrical changes:”
“If you can define life by a beating heart, then make it a beating heart, not little electrical changes in this, in a cell that’s not, that no one would hear, would think about as a heart.”
And the unborn baby is just an “acorn:”
“The average person isn’t visiting a little acorn heart beating in there at six weeks.”
“I think people create some of these battles on purpose.”
Despite this track record, Oz received Donald Trump’s endorsement last Saturday at a rally. Trump praised Oz for his “conservative” stances on abortion, crime, the Second Amendment, border security, the military, education, energy independence, and “election fraud.”
Election fraud. Of course.
That endorsement was a yuuuge swing and a miss, however.
For instance, Dave Ball, head of the Washington County Republican Party in Pennsylvania, said:
“I’d like to know who it is who lives in Pennsylvania, that knows the voters well, told Trump to pick Oz.”
Meanwhile, conservative media personalities like Erick Erickson and Breitbart’s Joel Pollak also expressed dismay. Erickson said “it’s like Donald Trump’s staff is sabotaging Trump by convincing him to make the worst possible endorsements.” Pollak tweeted that Trump’s endorsement “could divide MAGA in the only way that matters: he could lose America First conservatives over it.”
While Philadelphia radio personality Chris Stigall explained away Trump’s decision this way …
“If I’m Trump and I’m thinking about running myself in a couple of years – I need Pennsylvania. And who better to help in Pennsylvania than a famous syndicated TV host who just won a Senate seat himself?”
Townhall pundit Kurt Schlichter answered:
“Literally anyone else.”
Finally, the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh offered his opinion. And you know that Walsh takes no prisoners, either. He didn’t hold back on his contempt for Mehmet Oz or his anger at Trump.
Trump is full of frijoles if he thinks that Mehmet Oz is any sort of conservative. So why did he endorse him? No one knows other than Trump’s inner circle, of course, but it appears that Melania Trump and Sean Hannity — friends of Oz — had a lot to do with it. It’s certainly not because of any commitment to conservative principles, because Mehmet Oz lacks them.
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FrankP says: Mehmet Oz is to Conservatism as Joel Osteen is to Christianity.
DEEBEE says: After the walk-back of suburban moms in Virginia, indicating they are conservative but not the Trumpian kind. Oz endorsement will perhaps be a hint for Trump whether to run in 24 or let DeSantis do it, or even to get the Governor as VP to attempt to placate the suburban mom vote.
cheeflo says: I just read something about the Republican running in the primary against Oz. David McCormick is a hedge fund CEO and is pro-China, pro-open borders/open borders, thinks Trump is the cause of “divisiveness,” and he just married a globalist who is the Global Head of sustainability and inclusive growth at Goldman Sachs.
Oz has demonstrated loyalty to Trump in the past, which goes a long way with Trump. A neophyte, he may grow in office and may look to Trump for guidance. It’s a gamble, but he might not be such a bad choice, especially from Pennsylvania.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/12/trump-had-every-reason-to-endorse-dr-oz/
cheeflo says: Oops. I mean pro-open borders/pro-amnesty.
Overslept this morning. Still getting my bearings.
Joe R. says: When and how has this turd ever held himself out to be a Conservative?
Micha Elyi says: “Yet Trump Endorsed Mehmet Oz”
I told you so. Trump is a New York City Democrat who sometimes cross dresses as a RINO.
Johnny says: As another comment mentioned, look at Trump’s alternatives – he picked the best looking ugly girl at this dance. Crappy metaphor but best I can come up with this early.
jbspry says: His better option would be to choose neither.
Hie endorsement will lose its value (to me anyway) if he continues to endorse lesser evils. We’ve all had a royal gutful of that with the GOP already.
No more lesser evils. Good, or nothing at all.
FJB
Brendan Jennings says: For what it’s worth … another viewpoint (I.e., they both suck). Once again, choose the lesser of two evils: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/04/maybe_donald_trump_wasnt_crazy_to_endorse_dr_oz.html
Yeah-Me-Neither says: Agreed, Oz is terrible. Have you seen his CCP-controlled opponent?
jbspry says: “TV Dr. Mehmet Oz”
Really, nothing more needed to be said.
FJB
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