John Fetterman's New Ad Is A Highlights Reel Of Dr. Oz's Shady Medical Claims
This election cycle, John Fetterman, the Democratic Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, has dragged his Republican opponent, former TV doc Mehmet Oz, for everything from his grocery shopping to his lack of Pennsylvania roots and his “making fun of a stroke dude.”
On Monday, Fetterman came out with another pointed campaign ad, this one attacking Oz’s long history of promoting unproven quack treatments.
“Too bad there’s no miracle cure for being a total fraud,” Fetterman tweeted, alongside a video compilation of Oz touting all sorts of supposed miracle treatments, including crystal sonic therapy, raspberry ketones and, of course, exorcisms.
Too bad there’s no miracle cure for being a total fraud pic.twitter.com/8r9MFbRnWt
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) September 12, 2022
This isn’t anything new for Oz, who has been criticized by fellow physicians since a 2014 study revealed that more than half of his medical advice was flat-out wrong.
In 2015, a group of prominent doctors urged Columbia University’s medical dean to remove Oz from the medical school’s faculty, saying that he was “guilty of either outrageous conflicts of interest or flawed judgements about what constitutes appropriate medical treatments, or both.”
Judging by the response to Fetterman’s ad, many Twitter users feel the same way.
Oz is a liar and a charlatan who exploits ignorance and steals money from desperate and vulnerable people. https://t.co/x8mFVYekXv
— Nathan Schneider (@SchneiderLD35) September 12, 2022
There are many reasons to vote against @DrOz, like that he's an out of touch fraud who lives inJersey, eats asparagus and tequila crudite and doesn't give a damn about you, but the number one reason for me is that he's a snake oil salesman who peddles fake cures for cash. https://t.co/eTHwmSftER
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) September 12, 2022
I was a low-Oz-information citizen. I vaguely knew he existed on daytime TV, but I had no idea this was the message he was delivering. Take a minute and watch this video. Oz would be bad medicine in the Senate.
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) September 12, 2022
— JK Weston (@WestonJK) September 12, 2022
had to understand how an obvious charlatan has a chance to become senator. If Oz were to be elected, it would be like rewarding deception.
— Leonidas Platanias, MD (@LeonidasPlatan1) September 12, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.