{"id":1681585,"date":"2022-10-10T10:05:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681585"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:06:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:06:43","slug":"philly-democrat-endorses-oz-for-senate-says-public-safety-more-important-than-party-affiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philly-democrat-endorses-oz-for-senate-says-public-safety-more-important-than-party-affiliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly Democrat Endorses Oz for Senate, Says Public Safety More Important Than Party Affiliation"},"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\">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%2Fphilly-democrat-endorses-oz-for-senate-says-public-safety-more-important-than-party-affiliation%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=1681585&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>A Philadelphia Democrat has decided to endorse Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mehmet-oz\">Mehmet Oz<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-pennsylvania\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Senate race, citing concerns over public safety and crime in his city.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Knox, who once served as deputy mayor under Democrat Ed Rendell, said in a statement obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2022\/10\/07\/democrat-endorses-oz-urges-his-party-to-put-safety-over-party-n2614118\">Townhall<\/a> on Oct. 7 that he is a \u201clifelong Democrat,\u201d but he had to cross party lines and oppose current Lt. Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-john-fetterman\">John Fetterman<\/a> for Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have met with John Fetterman, and I personally like him,\u201d Knox stated. \u201cBut I am sad to say, as a resident of Philadelphia, that our city has become increasingly dangerous, and John Fetterman\u2019s policies on crime will make things much worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillypolice.com\/crime-maps-stats\/\">416<\/a> homicides so far in 2022, is on pace to exceed last year\u2019s record of 562 murders.<\/p>\n<p>Knox, who has previously tried to run for the mayor of Philadelphia and the governor of Pennsylvania, criticized Fetterman for what he sees as a soft-on-crime agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis push as Lieutenant Governor to release more dangerous criminals\u2014after we have already seen a gruesome increase in violent crime\u2014and promote heroin injection sites in our neighborhoods are radical ideas that would make our streets less safe,\u201d Knox added.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243147199-1200x800-1.jpg\"><\/a> Democratic Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman holds a rally with U.S. Congresswomen Madeleine Dean and Mary Gay Scanlon at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 11, 2022. (Mark Makela\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>According to the Republican National Committee, Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/rapid-response\/10-times-fetterman-called-for-releasing-one-third-of-inmates\/\">advocated<\/a> for the release of one-third of Pennsylvania\u2019s prisoners at least 11 times in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Philadelphia, and I am saddened by what is happening to it,\u201d Knox continued. \u201cI am encouraging Democrats who share my concerns with Fetterman\u2019s long-standing policies to put party affiliation aside and support Dr. Oz for U.S. Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knox added, \u201cDr. Oz is smart, hard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Philadelphia Democrat has decided to endorse Republican Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race, citing concerns over public safety and crime in his city. Tom Knox, who once served as deputy mayor under Democrat Ed Rendell, said in a statement obtained by Townhall on Oct. 7 that he is a \u201clifelong Democrat,\u201d but he [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"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-1681585","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\/1681585","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\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681585\/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=1681585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}