Mehmet Oz desperately releases doctor's note that instantly blows up in his face

Daily Kos Staff

Friday September 23, 2022 · 1:40 PM PDT

2022/09/23 · 13:40

BLUE BELL, PA - SEPTEMBER 11: A supporter reacts while meeting Democratic Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman during a rally with U.S. Congresswomen Madeleine Dean and Mary Gay Scanlon on September 11, 2022 at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. In the November general election, Fetterman faces U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh’s Post-Gazette is owned by John Robinson Block. It merged with the Toledo Blade’s editorial board in 2018, and new owner Block very quickly began censoring criticisms of Donald Trump. At the time, Block said he fired people like award-winning editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers (a 25-year veteran of the newspaper) because Rogers was “too angry” about Trump. Since then, the Post-Gazette has continued to churn out mostly conservative-angled media to Pennsylvanians.

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One of the bigger races for the MAGA-friendly Post-Gazette to weigh in on is between Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman, and reality TV doctor Mehmet Oz. Oz, like the Post-Gazette, has the support of twice-impeached Donald Trump—for whatever that’s worth. Oz’s campaign has been what most experts would call not-so-good. One of Oz’s biggest problems is how poorly he has done at showing Pennsylvanians that he’s not simply an elitist Hollywood TV doctor, but that he even actually lives in the state of Pennsylvania after spending all but the past year living in New Jersey.

On Wednesday, the editorial board of the newspaper attempted to give a little direction to the Oz campaign by randomly calling for both candidates to “release medical records.” The clear implication is that in creating media around Fetterman’s recent stroke and recovery, the Post-Gazette and other GOP-blinded rags can distract the voting public from real issues facing them this coming midterm election cycle. Mehmet Oz jumped on this chance to show a letter from a doctor saying he was very healthy.

As with everything Mehmet Oz, things didn’t go so well.

One of the first things that many people noticed about Mehmet Oz’s doctor is that she’s based on Fifth Avenue, along Central Park in Manhattan, NYC. Not a great look for a guy that has tried and failed numerous times to pretend he is residing in Pennsylvania.

News: Dr. Mehmet Oz has released medical records in response to a recent editorial from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

A letter (dated yesterday) from a physician released by the Oz campaign deems Oz to be in "overall excellent health."

Here's the first page of the letter: pic.twitter.com/aVM27TWHXy
— Justin Sweitzer (@justin_sweitzer) September 23, 2022

John Fetterman released a statement decimating this Post-Gazette-orchestrated political stunt.

Today Dr. Oz confirmed that he does not actually live in Pennsylvania, because no one who does would have a primary care doctor on 5th Avenue in Manhattan.

We didn’t need to know Dr. Oz’s bone density. We need to know whether he would vote to ban all abortions after 15 weeks. We need to know whether he would vote to raise the minimum wage. We need to know whether he even plans to stay in Pennsylvania after the election.

In June, I released a letter from my doctor where he clearly stated that I am fit to serve. Dr. Oz built his entire career by lying to people about health. I trust my actual doctors over the opinion of a charlatan who played on on TV.

Owwww...chhhhhh.

Here's a comment from John Fetterman on the release of Oz's medical records. pic.twitter.com/8SarH6DfFq
— Justin Sweitzer (@justin_sweitzer) September 23, 2022

The responses to Mehmet Oz’s attempts to change the conversation from what matters to voters were exemplary.

Central Park. More like central NO PARKING, AMIRIGHT??? pic.twitter.com/G473kxhUCj
— Brett "Solidarity 2022" Banditelli (@banditelli) September 23, 2022

Let’s get some Simpsons in here.

There's one test he forgot to take! pic.twitter.com/1X4p3uvRSm
— Howard Sherman (@hsherman) September 23, 2022

And here’s something to know about how the rich live.

And @DrOz's doctor doesn't take insurance.https://t.co/8QPpJ2VR8T
— Murgatroid Bonbon (@stratman2000) September 23, 2022

This made me laugh.

Shout-out to all the Pennsylvania doctors who said “Sorry, we aren’t accepting any new patients” when Mehmet Oz tried to get a letter from a Pennsylvania doctor. #PAWegnersEOTM pic.twitter.com/RI7DfvjyAc
— Bottom of the Main Line (@MainLineSpy) September 23, 2022

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