Oz Drawing Fire For Suggesting Opponent’s Wife Might Serve as Senator

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz greets supporters after the primary race resulted in an automatic recount due to close results in Newtown, Pa., on May 17, 2022. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Less than a week ahead of his only scheduled debate with John Fetterman, Mehmet Oz is under fire for his comments that suggest Fetterman’s wife, Gisele Baretto Fetterman, would serve as senator if her husband is elected.

“This is not about me or him. It’s about the voters,” Oz said in an interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show. “They have a right to know what’s going on in his body so they can tell if his wife is right or not. Is he going to be the senator or is she going to be the senator?