{"id":1402306,"date":"2022-03-27T05:59:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T09:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402306"},"modified":"2022-03-27T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T09:59:35","slug":"former-nba-player-enes-kanter-freedom-says-dr-oz-works-for-turkish-dictator-erdogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nba-player-enes-kanter-freedom-says-dr-oz-works-for-turkish-dictator-erdogan\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom Says Dr. Oz Works for Turkish \u201cDictator\u201d Erdogan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fformer-nba-player-enes-kanter-freedom-says-dr-oz-works-for-turkish-dictator-erdogan%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=1402306&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<p class=\"subheading\">Recently-minted U.S. citizen Enes Kanter Freedom dubbed Pennsylvania senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz a \u201cforeign agent\u201d over his dual-citizenship with Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cPeople in Pennsylvania needs to understand that [Dr. Oz]\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is a Foreign Agent and he works for Dictator [Erdogan].\u00a0<\/span>Ask yourself, why would a Turkish citizen, who lives in Jersey and works in New York City would want to be the Senator from Pennsylvania. Come on People!!\u201d Enes tweeted on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People in Pennsylvania needs to understand that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrOz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrOz<\/a> is a Foreign Agent and he works for Dictator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTErdogan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTErdogan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself, why would a Turkish citizen, who lives in Jersey and works in New York City would want to be the Senator from Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Come on People!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KhwL439Bc5\">https:\/\/t.co\/KhwL439Bc5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesFreedom\/status\/1504195367549616128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Enes Freedom, who was born in Switzerland but grew up in Turkey, became a U.S. citizen in 2021 after criticizing the NBA\u2019s relationship with communist China.<\/p>\n<p>Oz ignited controversy last 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<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI can love my country and love my mom,\u201d\u00a0he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/15\/dr-oz-forego-security-clearances-keep-dual-turkish-citizenship\/\">said,\u00a0<\/a>prompting sharp criticism from his opponent, Dave McCormick.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the mounting criticism, Oz said that his dual citizenship with Turkey had 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 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>During his time at the Boston Celtics, Freedom\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/09\/enes-kanter-freedom-nba-begged-me-to-remove-free-tibet-sneakers\/\">alleged<\/a>\u00a0that he was\u00a0\u201cbegged\u201d by the NBA to remove his \u201cFree Tibet\u201d sneakers from the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the game at Madison Square Garden, two gentlemen from the NBA begged me to take the shoes off,\u201d Freedom told the\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/07\/why-enes-kanter-freedom-is-a-proud-american-speaks-out-on-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><em>New York Post\u00a0<\/em><\/a>last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Representatives from the NBA denied to the\u00a0<em>Post<\/em>\u00a0that Freedom was ever censored for his sneakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently-minted U.S. citizen Enes Kanter Freedom dubbed Pennsylvania senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz a \u201cforeign agent\u201d over his dual-citizenship with Turkey. \u201cPeople in Pennsylvania needs to understand that [Dr. Oz]\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"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-1402306","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\/1402306","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\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402306\/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=1402306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}