{"id":1634977,"date":"2022-09-07T08:04:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1634977"},"modified":"2022-09-07T08:04:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:04:39","slug":"oz-says-he-would-have-voted-to-certify-alleged-biden-victory-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oz-says-he-would-have-voted-to-certify-alleged-biden-victory-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Oz Says He Would Have Voted to Certify Alleged Biden &#8220;Victory&#8221; in 2020"},"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\">26<\/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%2Foz-says-he-would-have-voted-to-certify-alleged-biden-victory-in-2020%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=1634977&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--><p>Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mehmet Oz said at a press conference in Philadelphia on Sept. 6 that he would have voted to certify Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 presidential election victory but would have not voted to impeach former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time the delegates and those reports were sent to the U.S. Senate, our job was to approve it, which is what I would have done,\u201d Oz said.<\/p>\n<p>Oz, who is endorsed by Trump, said he would not have supported the former president\u2019s impeachment because he was \u201calready leaving office by then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standing alongside retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, whose seat Oz and Democratic nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-john-fetterman\">John Fetterman<\/a> are vying for, Oz also chastised Fetterman for not agreeing to debate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4709550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04\/GettyImages-1242929925-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4709550\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04\/GettyImages-1242929925-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Mehmet Oz, who is running for the US Senate, speaks as former U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind him during a campaign rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Sept. 3, 2022. (Ed Jones\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>During the press conference, Oz also clarified part of his stance on abortion. He said he would not support criminal penalties for women who have abortions or doctors offering the care. Oz added that he is \u201cstrongly pro-life\u201d but believes in exceptions with rape or incest cases, or if the mother\u2019s life is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s decision earlier this year to overturn\u00a0Roe v. Wade has emerged as a key issue in the 2022 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Oz defended Roe v. Wade as recently as 2019, yet he says he is \u201c100 percent pro-life\u201d on his campaign website. In May, before the Republican primary, Oz said at a town hall event that he believes\u00a0 \u00a0\u201clife starts at conception\u201d and \u201cif life starts at conception, why do you care what age the heart starts beating at? It\u2019s, you know, it\u2019s still murder, if you were to terminate a child whether their heart\u2019s beating or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s campaign has claimed that electing Oz to the Senate would serve as a step toward criminalizing abortion, which prompted Oz to clarify his position.<\/p>\n<p>A significant portion of the press conference was dedicated to questions about Fetterman\u2019s health and the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor\u2019s refusal to debate Oz.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Oz formally challenged John Fetterman to five Pennsylvania Senate debates leading up to Nov. 8, including a first forum that would have been held on Sept. 6 in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The Oz campaign told Fetterman it would \u201cpay for any additional medical personnel\u201d he might need to have on standby, and that it would also allow him bathroom breaks, permit him to have notes, and wear an earpiece for communication with his staff.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman later rejected Oz\u2019s offer for the first debate, telling reporters that his opponent\u2019s campaign \u201cmade it abundantly clear that they think it is funny to mock a stroke survivor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m eager to put my record and my values up against Dr. Oz\u2019s any day of the week,\u201d Fetterman said in a statement. \u201cAs I recover from this stroke and improve my auditory processing and speech, I look forward to continuing to meet with the people of Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also on Sept. 6,\u00a0 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board questioned Fetterman\u2019s unwillingness or inability to debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Mr. Fetterman is not well enough to debate his opponent, that raises serious concerns about his ability to serve as a United States senator,\u201d the editorial board wrote.<\/p>\n<p>At the press conference, Oz told reporters that Pennsylvania voters deserve to hear the candidates discuss issues face to face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am focused on the issues. I\u2019m not hearing issues being discussed by John Fetterman,\u201d Oz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Fetterman is either healthy and he\u2019s dodging the debate because he does not want to answer for his radical left positions, or he\u2019s too sick to participate in the debate,\u201d Oz added, before introducing Toomey.<\/p>\n<p>A three-term congressman before he was first elected to the Senate in 2011, Toomey praised Oz for having \u201ca great American story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the son of immigrants, became a world-renowned surgeon, trained here in Philadelphia, invented medical devices that have saved thousands of lives, and has done charitable work that has saved thousands of lives,\u201d Toomey said. \u201cWhat\u2019s even more important is what he stands for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Oz is on the right side and John Fetterman is on the wrong side. He [Fetterman] is further left than anyone Pennsylvania has sent [to Washington],\u201d Toomey added. \u201cReleasing inmates, supporting sanctuary cities, taxes and spending, the energy and the economy\u2014he is a Bernie Sanders-AOC Socialist. The policies he supports will just make problems in Pennsylvania worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toomey then moved on to the subject of debates, saying that he did not like the process but believes debates \u201care an important part of the Democratic process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis campaign has one candidate, Dr. Oz, who wants to engage in a robust debate of the differences, and another candidate who sits at home and does social media all day. He attends few public events and answers no questions from the press,\u201d Toomey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are only two reasons why he has not agreed to debate. One could be he doesn\u2019t want his radical record scrutinized. His positions are far outside of the mainstream, so I understand why he wants to hide that,\u201d Toomey continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf hiding his views is not the reason, then what else? We all know he had a serious stroke a few months ago. He said he is feeling fantastic and there are only lingering effects now and then. If this is true, why won\u2019t you agree to debate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who served in the United States Senate for almost 12 years now, I have a really good understanding of how the place works,\u201d Toomey said. \u201cIf John Fetterman were elected to the Senate, and he\u2019s not able to communicate, if he\u2019s not able to engage with the press, if he\u2019s not able to engage with his colleagues, he would not be able to do the job. It\u2019s just not possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4482874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1.download-160-1200x899-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-4482874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1.download-160-1200x899-1.jpg\" alt=\"John Fetterman\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4482874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1.download-160-1200x899-1.jpg\" alt=\"John Fetterman\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> John Fetterman fills out his emergency absentee ballot for the Pennsylvania primary election in Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Pa., on May, 17, 2022. (Bobby Maggio via AP)<\/figure>\n<p>Fetterman spokesperson Joe Calvello responded after the press conference, releasing a statement pointing out that the lieutenant governor marched in a Labor Day parade on Sept. 5 and then spoke at two events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who\u2019s seen John speak knows that while he\u2019s still recovering, he\u2019s more capable of fighting for PA than Dr. Oz will ever be,\u201d Calvello said in the statement. \u201cAnd anyone who\u2019s seen Dr. Oz speak knows he\u2019s a complete fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have said repeatedly that we are open to debating Oz, and we\u2019re talking with networks, but let\u2019s be clear: This isn\u2019t about debates. This is about mocking John for having a stroke because they\u2019ve got nothing else, and because they don\u2019t want to talk about the fact that Oz wants to ban abortions and believes all abortion is murder,\u201d Calvello added.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has led Oz in multiple polls, but he has made few public appearances since suffering the stroke. Fetterman and his campaign have trolled Oz on social media with memes, most of which depict him as a wealthy carpetbagger from New Jersey, though Oz graduated from medical school and was married in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who immigrated from Turkey. He attended a prep school in Delaware and earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where he played football and water polo. In 1986, he earned both an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an MBA from The Wharton School.<\/p>\n<p>Oz owns a multimillion-dollar mansion overlooking the Hudson River in New Jersey, but in late 2020 he moved into a house owned by his wife\u2019s family in suburban Philadelphia, according to his campaign staff.<\/p>\n<p>He and his wife are living there until renovations are completed on a home they purchased in the same community, said campaign spokeswoman Brittany Yanick.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman is ahead of Oz in polls and fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Leadership Fund, a PAC with ties to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, said it added $9.5 million to its TV ad buy, elevating its overall financial commitment to $34.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>As of Aug. 30, Inside Elections and Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball call the Oz-Fetterman race a \u201ctoss-up\u201d while the Cook Political Report rates it as \u201cLean Democratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jeff-louderback\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WEB_JeffLouderback.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Louderback\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jeff Louderback is a national reporter for The Epoch Times who is based in Ohio and covers U.S. Senate, U.S. House and gubernatorial races in Ohio and surrounding states.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mehmet Oz said at a press conference in Philadelphia on Sept. 6 that he would have voted to certify Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 presidential election victory but<\/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-1634977","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\/1634977","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=1634977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634977\/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=1634977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1634977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1634977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}