Mehmet Oz has been portraying John Fetterman as fat and unhealthy for weeks. _NYMarg looks at the Oz team's unnecessarily callous approach
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Mehmet Oz, the Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate and doctor who once educated Oprah Winfrey on poop shapes, has made some interesting strategic choices in his campaign against Democrat John Fetterman. Most famously, he posted a video to Twitter in which he tried to paint Democrats as out of touch for not caring about the skyrocketing price of “crudités.
The Oz campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strategy behind this statement. It seems “no comment” or something boring about sticking to the issues would have sufficed; instead, Oz went nasty. As a result, the candidate is facing a new round of criticism for suggesting Fetterman’s stroke is his own fault due to his poor diet.
“You may have heard John Fetterman’s back on the campaign trail,” Oz says, while lacing up running shoes. “As a surgeon who’s performed thousands of these operations, I know how scary this can be for a patient. I’ve been praying for him. I’m glad he’s okay.” Throughout the summer, Oz kept a running count of how many days it had been since Fetterman had a public campaign event. Then on August 5, he launched a fake campaign site, FraudsterFetterman.com, featuring a Photoshopped image of a fat and shirtless Fetterman reclining on a couch. Fetterman is labeled a “Basement Bum,” and a “View Upcoming Events” button jumps when hovered over so you can’t click on it — get it? Stay on the site for a minute, and you’re prompted to “Text LAZY TO 26771.
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