{"id":1387020,"date":"2022-03-17T13:36:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1387020"},"modified":"2022-03-17T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T21:44:43","slug":"dr-oz-pledges-to-renounce-turkish-citizenship-if-he-wins-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-oz-pledges-to-renounce-turkish-citizenship-if-he-wins-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Oz Pledges To Renounce Turkish Citizenship If He Wins Senate Race"},"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\">24<\/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-pledges-to-renounce-turkish-citizenship-if-he-wins-senate-race%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=1387020&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/80C70A32-B434-470F-B445-11017A1D9FFC-scaled.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz has pledged to renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected to the United States Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Oz, the former heart surgeon and television host who is running in the primary to replace retiring Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), made the promise in a campaign statement on Wednesday, saying the issue of his dual citizenship had become a \u201cdistraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dual citizenship has become a distraction in this campaign,\u201d Oz 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><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>Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Turkish parents. He served in the Turkish army for a time to retain his Turkish citizenship, and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-middle-east-pennsylvania-turkey-europe-713f74b7116a59c2077c36056266106c\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported that he intended to keep that citizenship in order to make legal decisions for his mother, who lives in Turkey and suffers from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. His father passed away in 2019. Oz would not be the first U.S. Senator to hold dual citizenship, as Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was born in Canada and held Canadian citizenship, though he was unaware of it, until he renounced it in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>But the issue of his dual citizenship became the subject of controversy this week after a report by the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicspa.com\/oz-would-forego-security-clearances-in-order-to-maintain-dual-citizenship\/100388\/\">PA Politics<\/a> claimed that Oz said he would forego certain security clearances in order to retain his dual citizenship. In a press conference Wednesday with primary opponent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davemccormickpa.com\/us-senator-dan-sullivan-on-mehmet-oz-dual-citizenship\/\">David McCormick<\/a>\u2018s campaign, Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan criticized the decision without mentioning Oz by name. \u201cTo me, it\u2019s just inconceivable that you would make a decision that somehow would limit your access to this kind of intelligence that you need to do the job,\u201d Sullivan said, though he did note that, to date, the U.S. Intelligence community has not weighed in, and the issue of dual citizenship from a Middle East country has never been tested.<\/p>\n<p>Oz condemned the attacks as \u201cbigoted\u201d and a \u201cdisgraceful tactic,\u201d and said they were a sign of McCormick\u2019s \u201cdesperate campaign.\u201d \u201cIt is completely disqualifying behavior for anyone aiming to serve in the U.S. Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oz and McCormick sparred with each other earlier this week after reports surfaced that Oz was planning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dr-oz-in-talks-to-return-to-television-report\">return to TV<\/a> if he did not win the Republican nomination for Senate. The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cHe is only 61-years-old and isn\u2019t ready to retire if he doesn\u2019t go to Washington DC,\u201d sources\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/dr-oz-in-talks-return-tv\/\">told<\/a>\u00a0Radar, the same publication that broke the Jeff Zucker scandal at CNN. \u201c<\/em><em>No one wants to admit defeat, but he isn\u2019t a stupid man. He knows his campaign is on life support. Like any good doctor, he is already looking for alternatives to keep his career alive if he doesn\u2019t win. Fortunately for him, his appearances on Fox News and Newsmax have impressed the bosses. There is no doubt that he is a very gifted communicator on TV. Which is why there has already been talk about him becoming a primetime opinion host.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/im-in-to-win-dr-oz-blasts-reports-of-new-tv-show-as-fake-news\">fired back<\/a> at those reports Tuesday, claiming they were \u201cfake news\u201d being pushed by McCormick. \u201cI\u2019m in. I\u2019m in to win,\u201d Oz tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The two candidates are the top contenders in a heated and volatile primary for the GOP nomination in Pennsylvania. A February poll by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TRF-PA-22-GOP-Sen-Primary-0209-Poll-Report.pdf\">Trafalgar Group<\/a> found that Oz held an 11-point lead over McCormick, but a March poll from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccormick-tops-dr-oz-pennsylvania-gop-senate-primary\">Fox News<\/a> found that McCormick held a 9-point lead over Oz.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz has pledged to renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected to the United States Senate.Oz, the former heart surgeon and television host who is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}