Dr. Oz Gets Brutalized By High Profile Backer For Mocking Fetterman's Stroke

Dr. Oz is already struggling to gain support in the Pennsylvania Senate race, and he has apparently lost the support of one of his biggest and most high-profile backers for mocking Democrat John Fetterman's stroke. That backer is Rabbi Schmuley Boteach, who laid into Oz and his campaign in emails that have now been leaked to the public, saying that Oz is engaging in the worst kind of "gutter politics" and that this campaign is a "waste." Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

Dr. Oz's campaign up in Pennsylvania continues to very slowly go down in flames. And this week it was revealed that he recently lost one of his most high profile backers and longtime friends, rabbi Schmully bow teach. Now what happened was on August 24th, rabbi Bo teach sent an email to his good friend, Dr. Oz, basically letting him know that you are a scumbag now. And as I said, these two have been friends for years and years and years ever since Oprah Winfrey promoted, both of them. You know, she's the one who put both of these individuals, both Oz and Bo teach on the national stage and they've known each other forever. They've been good friends. As I said, he's one of the most high profile backers of Dr. Oz in August 24th. He sends him this in an email that was, uh, released to the public this week. Anyone who has a modicum of self-respect will condemn the actions of a campaign that mocks a stroke victim, especially when it's the campaign of America's most famous doctor. My father died of a stroke at the beginning of COVID. This statement is a disgrace and gutter politics at its worst. I thought this campaign would inspire people. What a waste Bo teach then did a follow up interview with rolling stone, where he said, quote, the man running for Senate is not Dr. Oz. This person is unrecognizable to me.

And of course, all of this came about when Dr. Oz's campaign decided to mock John Betterman's health saying of course that if he had ever eaten a vegetable in his life, maybe he wouldn't have had a stroke. Now Oz had the opportunity when his campaign made that statement to, uh, disowned it. And when the campaign of course sent out other materials, mocking him for a stroke, he could have disowned it. He could have said, listen, a, you know, I, I don't stand by this. Somebody on my staff did it. I didn't proof it. I'm sorry. That's me. We're not gonna go there, but Oz doubled down. And I think actually that's when he made the vegetable comment. I think that came second. Um, so Oz could have walked away from that moment. He could have been the bigger man in that situation, but he said, nah, screw it.

We're we're gonna do it. We're gonna actually mock this guy's health as a doctor, I am going to mock this man's health, as you can clearly see, not only did it not sit well with the voters, but it didn't sit well with Oz's own friends who now view him as some kind of power hungry megalomaniac who will do whatever it takes to gain a little bit more power here in the United States and for what a Senate seat. I mean, let's be real for a moment here. Do you think a seat in the United States Senate is more powerful

Than the position you had on daytime TV, talking to millions of people every single day? Like, I don't even understand that you could probably ask most people in the Senate, which one you'd rather have. And they'd say I'll go for the primetime TV show because that is more powerful. That is more influential with the people. It shouldn't be, it really shouldn't be, but it is. But Oz based on what his friends have to say clearly sold his soul for the slim chance of getting put in the United States Senate. And I for one cannot wait for anything other than Dr. Oz getting his handed to him on election night, this.