‘Dr. Oz’ bets that former President Trump's endorsement can catapult him in the Pennsylvania Senate race.
Nate Smallwood / Bloomberg via Getty Images filePennsylvania Senate hopeful Mehmet Oz won the Donald Trump primary by securing the former president’s endorsement over the weekend.
“This endorsement of Dr. Oz is a game-changer in the GOP primary,” said Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager, who is neutral in the Pennsylvania primary. “Every candidate in the race and in races across America want President Trump’s endorsement.” , which reflects private campaign surveys in the state. Pennsylvania’s primary on May 17 will be won by the candidate with the plurality of the vote, so even a small shift in support could decide the winner.Lewandowski noted that McCormick last week flew to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, to try to stave off the Oz endorsement or get it himself. McCormick had also hired a bevy of Trump advisers to help his campaign and curry favor with the former president.
A third Trump adviser said the endorsement ultimately came down to whom Trump liked best. And Trump, the former star of “The Apprentice,” just had a better connection with the “Dr. Oz” of TV fame.In his surprise endorsement of Oz on Saturday, Trump noted his long relationship with him, and he tried to quell conservative concerns about Oz’s record, which has come under withering fire from McCormick’s campaign.
“We’re not Mo Brooks,” said a top adviser to Oz, who did not want to discuss campaign strategy publicly. “I wouldn’t compare Dr. Oz to Mo Brooks. We’ve done 25 town halls, and he has met thousands of people across the state as he does events every day.”
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