Why Dr. Oz Is Turning Out To Be One Huge Regret For Donald Trump

Dr. Mehmet Oz isn’t gaining as many fans as a candidate as he did as a TV personality — and Donald Trump is reportedly not happy about that. It’s not for lack of trying: Dr. Oz is running on a right-leaning platform of law and order, fighting inflation, and securing borders. He frequently tweets photos of visits to local businesses. He also gets in plenty of digs at his opponent, John Fetterman. 

But a Trump source says (via Rolling Stone) that “there are major problems with this campaign and, more specifically, this candidate.” One of those problems could be called AddressGate: Dr. Oz still maintains a huge estate in New Jersey, and doesn’t have a permanent Pennsylvania address yet, per ABC News. In response, Fetterman has run ads featuring Snooki and Steven Van Zandt urging Dr. Oz to come back to the Garden State. The doctor has also been ribbed for visiting tourist-trap spots like Geno’s Steaks instead of places favored by residents. As one Twitter user snarked, “Dr Oz getting a cheese steaks from Geno’s is the equivalent of going to Sbarro to get authentic NYC pizza.”

As a celebrity and a noted heart surgeon, Dr. Oz may also be seen by the blue-collar set as being too elitist. He was recently roasted for an ad over supermarket prices in which he not only misstated the name of the store, but also used the term “crudité” instead of “veggie tray” (via HuffPost). 

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