Oz Campaign: Fetterman Wouldn't Have Had A Stroke If He 'Had Ever Eaten A Vegetable'
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Dr. Mehmet Oz’s campaign for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is doubling down on thebewilderingself-owns.
The daytime TV celebrity has been playing defense after an infamous video resurfaced last week of Oz assembling a confounding veggie tray “crudité” as a means to portray himself as an everyman and talk about inflation.
In desperate need of a counterpunch, his campaign hit back Tuesday ― by blaming Oz’s Democratic opponent, John Fetterman, for having had a stroke.
“If John Fetterman had ever eaten a vegetable in his life, then maybe he wouldn’t have had a major stroke and wouldn’t be in the position of having to lie about it constantly,” Rachel Tripp, Oz’s senior communications adviser, told Insider.
Fetterman responded with a hefty dose of disbelief.
“I had a stroke. I survived it. I’m truly so grateful to still be here today,” he tweeted. “I know politics can be nasty, but even then, I could *never* imagine ridiculing someone for their health challenges.”
The highly questionable Oz campaign jab landed about as well as an overpriced crudité platterwithout any tequila:
Did he… did he think people were going to cheer him on for this one https://t.co/AWRXBk9KDX
— Sara Pequeño (@sara__pequeno) August 23, 2022
It took them over a week to come up with this "zinger" https://t.co/h1SEACtWXq
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) August 23, 2022
“My opponent has a vascular disease, making him unfit to govern the state of the noble pork roll, egg & cheese” https://t.co/O6ONpdoUUF
— CHOAM Nomsky (@samthielman) August 23, 2022
Way to lock down all those Trump supporting PA vegetable nuts, Oz. https://t.co/fFOoeg16ra
— Katie MacBride (@msmacb) August 23, 2022
Step 1: release a bizarre video demonstrating that your candidate appears totally unfamiliar with the basics of grocery shopping
Step 2: as story is dying down, send out a deeply offensive quote that guarantees the story will be prolonged another week
Great work, folks https://t.co/ctGBKgHNNN— Leah Greenberg (@Leahgreenb) August 23, 2022
Sure, it's an incredibly cruel thing to say, but have you considered it's also incredibly stupid politically? https://t.co/T3sS1g4Hfn
— Cameron Peters (@jcameronpeters) August 23, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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