Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania Senate, hopped over a barrier and ran into a crowd to assist a woman who seemed to have collapsed in Bucks County.
According to reports, Oz later informed the gathering, “Rita, God bless her, is doing okay,” referring to the woman’s name. Photos on the internet appeared to show Oz with the woman.
The woman fainted, according to a representative for Oz’s campaign, and Oz, a retired cardiothoracic surgeon who has often been on television, tended to her until paramedics arrived. According to the campaign, the woman was conscious and was removed from the event.
Oz reported on Twitter that over 1,200 people attended his program in Bucks County on Saturday.
During the event, Oz again chastised the Democratic Senate nominee, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, for failing to schedule a debate. Fetterman has been suffering from a stroke since May, and new event footage shows him struggling to communicate.
Fetterman announced last week that he will debate Oz, who has received support from former President Donald Trump and other notable Republicans. He did not, however, choose a venue or a date.
“We’re going to debate Dr. Oz,” Fetterman said, adding that “it’s simply always been about resolving some of the leftover concerns of my stroke, the auditory processing, and we’re going to be able to sort that out.”
According to reports, Oz responded on Saturday, stating, “To genuinely agree to a debate, you have to have a date, and a location.” Oz has proposed that a discussion between him and Fetterman should take place before the commencement of early voting in the commonwealth.
During the event, Fetterman’s crew targeted Oz for owning a residence in New Jersey and claiming he doesn’t represent Pennsylvanians.
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“Oz continues to bring in fellow out-of-stateers to try and save his failing campaign because he wants to distract from the fact that he’s a complete fraud who doesn’t know anything about what Pennsylanians’ lives are actually like,” Jack Doyle, a Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson, told the Inquirer.
Fetterman is slated to speak at an event in Montgomery County with a top Planned Parenthood official on Sunday to underscore his pro-abortion stance.
