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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,170 posts)
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 01:01 PM Apr 2022

Armenian Americans rally in opposition to Oz's Pennsylvania Senate bid

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Mehmet Oz has faced a barrage of questions and criticism from his Republican primary opponents about his initial refusal to relinquish his dual Turkish citizenship.

Oz relented and said he would give up his formal ties with Turkey.

But prominent leaders of a minority group argue that his ties to Turkey demand further scrutiny as Oz, the celebrity physician who picked up the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, competes in the crowded Senate race.

Allies have rejected questions about Oz’s Turkish heritage as racist and as dog whistles. But some Armenian American leaders say Oz has failed to adequately answer questions about a 100-year-old dispute over the mass deportations and massacres of Armenians in the early 20th century Ottoman Empire, widely characterized as genocide, a description Turkey vigorously disputes.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/armenian-americans-rally-in-opposition-to-ozs-pennsylvania-senate-bid/ar-AAWml3C

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Armenian Americans rally in opposition to Oz's Pennsylvania Senate bid (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP
Add this to the list of reasons Oz is a bad candidate. Jm7603 Apr 2022 #1
Didn't we ask that MyOwnPeace Apr 2022 #2
It's deja vu all over again all over the country. Oyyyy Jm7603 Apr 2022 #3
Fetterman will beat Oz anyway. So let the quack run I say. gldstwmn Apr 2022 #4

Jm7603

(165 posts)
1. Add this to the list of reasons Oz is a bad candidate.
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 01:09 PM
Apr 2022

It is amazing he is even considered a serious candidate. What the hell is going on in this country?

MyOwnPeace

(16,937 posts)
2. Didn't we ask that
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 01:34 PM
Apr 2022

In 2015 when IQ45 rode down the escalator with a ‘paid crowd’ cheering him?


Jm7603

(165 posts)
3. It's deja vu all over again all over the country. Oyyyy
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 02:12 PM
Apr 2022

The Republicans play a long game and count on the short memory of stupid people. That plus the faux outrage issues they constantly bang the drum on and they stay a viable party. It's nuts.

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