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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Politics
Jonathan Tamari and Ryan W. Briggs

Is Mehmet Oz really a conservative? A look at his record

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary may turn on how GOP voters answer one question: Is Mehmet Oz really a conservative?

When former President Donald Trump endorsed the celebrity surgeon known as “Dr. Oz,” he called the candidate “Pro-Life, very strong on Crime, the Border” and other issues. Oz, Trump said earlier this month, “will always fight for and support our under-siege Second Amendment.”

But Oz, campaigning as a “conservative outsider,” has a long history of statements on TV, radio and in print that run counter to conservative beliefs.

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