Two Republican candidates for the US Senate were fired from their positions on the president’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition on Wednesday as their bids for office are potential violations of the Hatch Act.
The White House sent letters to Mehmet Oz, popularly known as the TV host Dr Oz, as well as Herschel Walker of Georgia; both men are pursuing bids for the Senate in hotly-contested races in their respective states while simultaneously serving as advisers on the largely honorary White House council. Dr Oz was also asked to resign from a separate scientific advisory council.
