Dr. Mehmet Oz rarely talks about his faith on the campaign trail – but, if elected, the son of Turkish émigrés could make history as the first Muslim elected to serve in the U.S. Senate.
October 14, 2022, 5:14 AMMehmet Oz, celebrity physician and US Republican Senate candidate for Pennsylvania, speaks during a town hall in Bell Blue, Penn., May 16, 2022.Dr. Mehmet Oz rarely talks about his faith on the campaign trail – but, if elected, the son of Turkish émigrés could make history as the first Muslim elected to serve in the U.S. Senate.when asked by ABC News' Linsey DavisHe is already the first Muslim ever to be nominated by a major party for a Senate seat.
"It's much more mystical, much more interested in taking away the 99% of reality that we think is there and looking at the real, important 1% that is beneath that veneer -- the true connection with God," Oz told Gates in 2009. Mehmet Oz, celebrity physician and US Republican Senate candidate for Pennsylvania, speaks during a town hall in Bell Blue, Penn., May 16, 2022.Despite his historic nomination, Oz feels distant from the Muslim community in Pennsylvania and is not "visible" in that role, Pocius said: "He definitely does not excite us. He's not even a blip on the radar."
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