Dr. Oz and Mr. McCormick, both first-temporary candidates who worked hard to transform themselves from members of east coast elite, with mid-of-road politics to credible champions of MAGA movement.
Understanding the 2022 midterm elections
Why are these intermediate results so important? This year the racing may tip the scales of power in Congress to Republicans stalling President Biden’s agenda for in second half of his term. They will also test former President Donald J. Trump role as the kingmaker of the Republican Party. That’s what know:
Dr. Oz professor deserved of surgery at Columbia University, but he called for in firing of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, government’s leading infectious disease specialist. He vowed to oppose almost all abortion, despite having once held the opposite opinion. view. As well as on the day before of elections, he held a telephone town hall with gun rights advocate Ted Nugent, despite the fact that he once helped write a column in which for gun controls.
Mr McCormick, Iraq War veteran who criticized isolationism and sometimes supported Democrats, was quoted during campaign as confronting “the weakness and revival that you see across the country.”
Mr. McCormick and his allies attacked Dr. Oz as a “Hollywood liberal” and for having served in Turkish army as dual citizen. Dr. Oz said he give up Turkish citizenship if elected to the Senate.
Dr. Oz was also criticized as a bag who moved to Pennsylvania to run for office. American born son of Turkish immigrants, Dr. Oz received his medical degree and business university diploma of Pennsylvania in 1980s. His career has gone in New York and for he lived for three decades in Northern New Jersey.
He only registered vote in Pennsylvania in 2020 and said that around the same time he moved to home belongs to him in-laws in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Last year he and his wife Lisa bought home Close, according to financial he applied in April, bringing his personal fortune to between $76 million and $300 million. If elected he would one of the richest members of Senate. He has already invested 12 million dollars of his own money in his quest.
Both Dr. Oz and Mr. McCormick competed aggressively. for Trump’s endorsement. Making a decision on Dr. Oz less than six a week before the election former the President referred to the popularity of long-playing “Dr. The Oz Show with women. Women “are drawn to Dr. Oz for his advice and counsel’ Trump said. “I have seen so many times over of the year.”
Although The Dr. Oz Show was criticized. for together history of offering viewers questionable medical advice, Mr Trump is politically on- target of selective importance of women, especially in suburbs. They were key swing voters in recent elections in Pennsylvania, especially in Mr. Trump’s Defeat in 2020.
Blake Hounshell made a report.