Daytime television host-turned U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz drew headlines over the weekend when he attended to a woman who fainted during his campaign rally in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
A woman reportedly collapsed in the middle of one of Oz’s events on Saturday, and photos surfaced shortly after showing the doctor tending to the woman. Other reports indicate that Oz stayed with his supporter until emergency medical services could arrive.
One person said they witnessed Oz “hop the barrier” to give the woman aid after seeing her collapse.
“He and State Senate candidates Matt McCullough who is a nurse and State Rep Frank Farry who is a fire chief also aided,” the Pennsylvania resident reported.
Just watched Oz hop the barrier and give aid to a woman that collapsed. He and State Senate candidates Matt McCullough who is a nurse and State Rep Frank Farry who is a fire chief also aided. pic.twitter.com/2P5EEWHqeZ
— In Cognitive Decline (@SleepyCornPop) September 10, 2022
Oz in the crowd after a woman appeared to collapse at his rally in Bucks County – was apparently tending to her as they waited for paramedics to arrive pic.twitter.com/iEi39Rulzf
— Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) September 10, 2022
Oz later reported that he learned her name, “Rita, ” and that she “is doing well” following the incident.
“Oz rushed in from backstage and stayed with her until the stretcher claimed,” local reporter Will McDuffe wrote on Twitter.
Medics at a @DrOz event wheeled out a woman who appeared to collapse near the stage. Oz rushed in from backstage and stayed with her until the stretcher came.
“Rita, god bless her, is doing well,” he said when he took the stage later. #PASEN pic.twitter.com/zYUA7Tvg88
— Will McDuffie (@wrmcduff) September 10, 2022
Polls continue to show Oz as the underdog compared to stroke victim Democrat John Fetterman, who also continues to dodge a debate with Oz because of his stroke.
Oz, meanwhile, faces the challenge of uniting Republicans behind him after a contentious primary and in the face of massive Democrat financial opposition. The seat is being vacated by stalwart establishment Republican Pat Toomey, and during the primary process Trump insisted that a moderate candidate like Oz would be necessary to win in a state like Pennsylvania.
Amazing crowd of over 1,200 fired up Pennsylvanians tonight in Bucks County! pic.twitter.com/yeU4Pi0N5K
— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) September 11, 2022
Should Oz win against Fetterman, many will likely praise it as a political miracle, even with Fetterman’s questionable speaking abilities.
Some reports have claimed that Trump is furious Oz hasn’t polled better, and other reports describe Oz as running in opposition to his campaign, which sometimes stoops to sophomoric levels in its attempts to beat Fetterman’s Twitter game.
Fetterman, while offering a minuscule number of speaking engagements – a disastrous event with Joe Biden last month notwithstanding – has tasked his campaign with teaching volunteers how to “ratio” the stroke survivor’s enemies on Twitter.
