Oprah Winfrey bails on old pal Dr. Oz and endorses John Fetterman in tight Senate race
LA TimesOprah Winfrey has thrown her support behind Pennsylvania’s Lt. Gov. John Fetterman instead of her former daytime TV colleague Mehmet Oz — a mainstream personality whom she helped make famous — in Pennsylvania’s super-tight Senate race. If I lived in Pennsylvania, I would have already cast my vote for John Fetterman, for many reasons,” Winfrey said Thursday during “A Virtual Voting Conversation,” an online forum she hosted with community leaders ahead of next week’s midterm elections. The 68-year-old Emmy winner urged voters to consider “dynamic candidates who are working to represent the values that so many of us hold dear,” such as “inclusion, compassion and community.” According to Politico, which cited Winfrey’s unique clout among women, Black people and many other Americans, Fetterman’s team had been working on the Winfrey endorsement for months because they “knew how powerful a nod from” her would be. In December, Oz asked Winfrey to stay away from the Pennsylvania senate race because he didn’t want his friend to “get hurt.” In a statement to Politico, a spokesperson for the candidate said Thursday that Oz “loves Oprah and respects the fact that they have different politics.” Winfrey on Thursday also shared a number of other endorsements in state gubernatorial elections and key races that will determine which political party controls the U.S. Senate.
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