{"id":1665002,"date":"2022-09-29T15:57:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T19:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665002"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:57:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T19:57:53","slug":"former-pennsylvania-governor-who-backed-biden-now-endorses-dr-oz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-pennsylvania-governor-who-backed-biden-now-endorses-dr-oz\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pennsylvania Governor Who Backed Biden Now Endorses Dr. Oz"},"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\">20<\/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-pennsylvania-governor-who-backed-biden-now-endorses-dr-oz%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=1665002&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>Former Republican <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tom-ridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Ridge<\/a> backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dr-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a> on Thursday in his contest for the Keystone State\u2019s open Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>Ridge, who served as governor of Pennsylvania between 1995 and 2001 before working as the nation\u2019s inaugural Secretary of Homeland Security, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTamari\/status\/1575509181641146370\">statement<\/a> that he trusts Oz to handle \u201cthe issues facing Pennsylvania and our nation.\u201d The celebrity cardiologist is running against Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-fetterman-files-pennsylvania-democrat-brings-baggage-to-senate-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Fetterman<\/a> as a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the course of the past year, I had the pleasure of spending time with Dr. Mehmet Oz on several occasions,\u201d Ridge remarked. \u201cWe discussed those issues, and I had an opportunity to hear from him directly about why he\u2019s chosen to step into the political arena. I was most impressed by his intellect and his desire to serve our Commonwealth and nation with energy and passion. I wholeheartedly support his bid to become our next Senator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ridge also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-pennsylvania-governor-tom-ridge-endorses-biden\">endorsed<\/a> President Joe Biden during the 2020 election amid his rejection of former President Donald Trump \u2014 who, according to Ridge, lacked \u201cempathy, integrity, intellect, and maturity to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually consider it a point of personal pride that I\u2019m recognized for being among the first Republicans to reject Donald Trump,\u201d Ridge wrote two years ago in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/opinion\/commentary\/tom-ridge-trump-biden-election-2020-vote-20200927.html\">opinion piece<\/a> for The Philadelphia Inquirer. \u201cWhile I do not agree with many of Biden\u2019s policies, I do know him to be a decent man who can begin to undo the damage President Trump has caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also endorsed Oz, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dr-oz-purges-website-of-trump-branding-after-winning-republican-primary\">scrubbed his campaign<\/a> website of most references to the former commander-in-chief following the Republican primary.<\/p>\n<p>Oz was among the most polarizing candidates vying for the Republican Senate nomination earlier this year. Roughly 48% of voters held a \u201csomewhat or strongly unfavorable opinion\u201d of the candidate during the primary contest, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/pennsylvania-2022-poll-oz-leads-as-barnette-surges-mccormick-stays-in-contention-in-final-stage-of-gop-senate-race\">poll<\/a> from Emerson College. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-fox-news-grills-senate-candidate-dr-oz-on-when-life-begins-oz-refuses-to-answer\">raised eyebrows<\/a> among conservatives last year following an interview in which he claimed to be \u201cpro-life\u201d with the exception of rape, incest, and \u201chealth for the mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bartos, who co-chairs the Oz campaign, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republican-co-chair-of-dr-oz-campaign-spotted-attending-big-dollar-fundraiser-for-democratic-gubernatorial-candidate-report\">spotted<\/a> last week at a fundraiser for Pennsylvania Democratic Attorney General and gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro, who is running against Republican State Sen. Doug Mastriano. Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2022\/09\/21\/inside-mcconnells-fateful-impeachment-decision-00057940\">reported<\/a> that Sheryl Bartos, the wife of Jeff Bartos, was a co-host for the \u201cbig-dollar Philadelphia fundraiser,\u201d while a person familiar with Bartos\u2019 thinking told the outlet that \u201che was proud to support his wife and was there at her request to accompany her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LNvXkny4ZBWWVm-ZPgoitQp6ae_kTAeQ\/view\">poll<\/a> from CBS News and YouGov, Fetterman was supported by 52% of respondents, while Oz was backed by 47%. Voters also indicated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pennsylvania-republicans-face-uphill-battles-in-final-weeks-of-midterm-race\">higher degree of favorability<\/a> for the former nominee; 56% of Fetterman supporters said they are pulling the lever for him \u201cmainly because\u201d they like him, while only 15% of Oz voters said the same about their preferred candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are hoping that Fetterman will add to a majority in the evenly divided Senate. However, Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hell-be-fine-pa-democratic-senate-nominee-cleared-by-doctor-to-campaign-after-suffering-a-stroke-days-before-primary\">suffered a stroke<\/a> days before the commonwealth\u2019s primary election and has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-john-fetterman-video-raises-questions-on-his-fitness-for-office-absolutely-cannot-debate-anyone\">stumbled<\/a> during speeches at multiple campaign events. Roughly 41% of voters believe that Fetterman is not in \u201cgood enough health\u201d to serve in office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge backed Dr. Mehmet Oz on Thursday in his contest for the Keystone State\u2019s open Senate seat. Ridge, who served as governor of Pennsylvania between 1995 and 2001 before working as the nation\u2019s inaugural Secretary of Homeland Security, said in a statement that he trusts Oz to handle \u201cthe issues &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1665007,"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-1665002","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\/1665002","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=1665002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}