Oprah Winfrey endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in the Pennsylvania Senate race instead of her daytime TV mentee, Republican Mehmet Oz.
In a statement to Politico, a spokesperson for the candidate said Thursday that Oz “loves Oprah and respects the fact that they have different politics.”
Winfrey on Thursday also shared a number of other endorsements in state gubernatorial elections and key races that will determine which political party controls the U.S. Senate.Plenty of politicians like Fetterman suffer terrible ailments. Doesn’t mean they can’t get the job done. “That is not the only race that matters,” Winfrey said. “If I was in North Carolina ... sister [Cheri] Beasley there, and if I was in Florida, I’d be supporting Val Demings. If I was in Wisconsin, it would be Mandela Barnes, in Nevada it would be Catherine Cortez Masto. And in Texas, Beto O’Rourke, and Raphael Warnock and the incredible Stacey Abrams, of course, in Georgia.
“So there are clear choices out there and some dynamic candidates who are working to represent the values — this is what we’re talking about — the values that we hold dear, the values of inclusion, the values of compassion and community that so many of us share,” she continued.Ahead of a new documentary about racial inequities in healthcare, the TV host opens up to The Times about her own experiences.
Oz, best known as TV personality Dr. Oz, made a name for himself as a frequent guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in the early 2000s. The celebrity doctor went on to host his own talk series, “The Dr. Oz Show,” which ran in syndication from 2009 until last January,“The Dr.
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