PHILADELPHIA — Oprah Winfrey said Thursday night that if she lived in Pennsylvania, she would vote for John Fetterman over Mehmet Oz, throwing her voice behind the Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate against the celebrity surgeon who first climbed to fame on her talk show.
”I said it was up to the citizens of Pennsylvania … but I will tell you all this, if I lived in Pennsylvania, I would have already cast my vote for John Fetterman for many reasons,” Winfrey said during an online discussion about voting and the midterm elections on Thursday.
Winfrey’s comments came come just days before a crucial election that could decide control of the Senate and as Oz, the GOP nominee widely known as “Dr. Oz,” is running neck-and-neck with Fetterman.
After mentioning Fetterman, Winfrey said she’d also support Democrats in key Senate and gubernatorial races in North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Texas.
”There are clear choices out there … to represent the values — this is what we’re talking about — the values we hold dear,” she said on the Zoom presentation. “The values of inclusion, the values of compassion … that so many of us share, so use your discernment.”
She concluded, “use your discernment and choose wisely for the democracy of our country.”
