{"id":1385362,"date":"2022-03-17T00:21:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T04:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385362"},"modified":"2022-03-17T00:21:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T04:21:19","slug":"dr-oz-flip-flops-on-turkish-citizenship-now-says-he-will-renounce-it-if-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-oz-flip-flops-on-turkish-citizenship-now-says-he-will-renounce-it-if-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Oz Flip Flops on Turkish Citizenship, Now Says He Will Renounce It if Elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdr-oz-flip-flops-on-turkish-citizenship-now-says-he-will-renounce-it-if-elected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<h2>U.S. Senate candidate and television celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz has flipped on his pledge to retain dual citizenship with Turkey.<\/h2>\n<p>Oz ignited controversy this week when he said that he would possibly forgo security clearances as a United States Senator in order to maintain dual citizenship with Turkey to care for his ailing mother, who suffers from Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can love my country and love my mom,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/15\/dr-oz-forego-security-clearances-keep-dual-turkish-citizenship\/\">he said,\u00a0<\/a>prompting sharp criticism from his opponent, Dave McCormick.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, Oz said that his dual citizenship with Turkey has become a \u201cdistraction,\u201d adding that he will be a committed U.S. citizen if sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dual citizenship has become a distraction in this campaign,\u201d he said. \u201cI maintained it to care for my ailing mother, but after several weeks of discussions with my family, I\u2019m committing that before I am sworn in as the next U.S. senator for Pennsylvania I will only be a U.S. citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oz called the attacks from his primary opponent, Dave McCormick, \u201cbigoted,\u201d likening it to a time when Americans rejected Jews and Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bigoted attacks my opponent Dave McCormick has made against me as the child of immigrants or reminiscent of slurs made in the past about Catholics and Jews,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a sign of McCormick\u2019s desperate campaign that he\u2019s resorted to this disgraceful tactic. It\u2019s completely disqualifying behavior for anyone aiming to serve in the United States Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ast8Fk4Rf5\">pic.twitter.com\/ast8Fk4Rf5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrOz\/status\/1504197176188190724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dave McCormick responded to Oz by calling on him to give up his dual citizenship with Turkey now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo it now. Voters can\u2019t trust Mehmet Oz. He has lied about his position on abortion, the 2nd Amendment, immigration, masks, and Fauci to name a few. Renounce your Turkish citizenship now. We won\u2019t be fooled again,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senate candidate and television celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz has flipped on his pledge to retain dual citizenship with Turkey. 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