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Ed Pilkington in Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Dr Oz embraced Trump’s big lie – will Maga voters reward him in Senate race?

Dr Mehmet Oz speaks at 'Save America' rally as he endorsed by Donald Trump for Senate, in Greensburg of Pennsylvania, on 6 May.
Dr Mehmet Oz speaks at 'Save America' rally as he endorsed by Donald Trump for Senate, in Greensburg of Pennsylvania, on 6 May. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Say what you like about Donald Trump’s supporters, you cannot fault them for commitment. When the former president arrived for his latest rally in a deeply rural corner of western Pennsylvania, many had already been standing in solid rain for 10 hours.

The field in which they were to greet their revered leader was a mud bath. By the time Trump finally arrived, 20 minutes late, the scene had taken on the qualities of the apocalypse – like the closing sequences of the Fyre festival.

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