PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz said Wednesday that he would renounce his dual citizenship with Turkey if he’s elected to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, aiming to defuse an issue that has increasingly been the focus of attacks from Republican primary rival David McCormick.
His announcement came shortly after Sen. Dan Sullivan, R., Alaska, spoke to reporters on McCormick’s behalf to raise questions about Oz’s citizenship, and a day after Oz faced questions from journalists about the same subject. It was the latest turn in a brutal primary campaign centered on two ultra-wealthy candidates who are battering each other on TV.
McCormick and his allies have for months sought to undermine Oz, the celebrity surgeon known as “Dr. Oz,” by raising doubts about his loyalties and financial interests because of his dual citizenship and previous service in the Turkish Army.
