Trump Is Reportedly Whining To Sean Hannity About Dr. Oz Getting His Ass Handed To Him By John Fetterman

Uproxx ^ | 1 Aug 2020 | Matt Prigge

[Erik Latranyi]

John Fetterman may still be recuperating from a stroke, but that doesn’t mean he can’t campaign. The current lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania is running for the state’s soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat, and while he’s on the mend, he’s been able to attack his opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, online. Fetterman is very good at social media. Oz is not. Not only has the former TV star been repeatedly humiliated, sometimes by celebrity guests, but he’s also trailing in the polls. And that’s got the GOP is worried.

Sources tell Puck that Donald Trump, who enraged some of his base by supporting Oz, is now complaining to his Fox News bud Sean Hannity about his poor performance. Hannity was the one who coaxed Trump to endorse him in the first place, and throw in the fact that Hannity hasn’t had Trump on his show since April, he must be hopping mad.

Trump’s not the only one pissed. After Oz went abroad instead of campaigning, a number of people in the GOP were aghast. “No one can believe that he took a damn vacation at the end of June, after only coming back to the state on June 10,” a Republican strategist told Puck. “He screwed up with that video that was from his New Jersey house instead of Pennsylvania house. It’s really bad.”

What’s more, Politico reports that Oz’s lackluster polling and fundraising have led to panic amongst the National Republican Senatorial Committee. On a recent donor call, NRSC officials tried to mollify concerns by pointing out they may be able to flip the Senate, currently split 50-50, without Oz. Then again, they still have to defend critical seats in Wisconsin and North Caroline, all while trying to flip states like Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and New Hampshire.

In the meantime, Oz is out there on Twitter, getting dragged over his use of a Lost meme…by a co-creator of Lost himself.

[Erik Latranyi]

Santorum was conservative and was Senator from PA. Trump won PA.

If a communist can win the Senate seat, a conservative can win the Senate seat.

[kiryandil]

Except Dr Azz is Trump’s choice, not McConnel’s.

True.

But this is Pennsylvania.

It doesn't matter who Trump picked.

There are certain states where the Fix is in so hard that when we discuss stuff like this, we're just wasting our breath.

The "tells" here are 1) Pennsylvania and 2) "Thanos" Fetterman had an effing stroke.

[Erik Latranyi]

GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz misspelled the name of his Pennsylvania town in official campaign form.

[kiryandil]

GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz misspelled the name of his Pennsylvania town in official campaign form.

Gee, I wonder why a minority party like the Democrats keep winning elections?

The Stupid Party has Stupid on speed-dial.

[SgtHooper]

“What does moron Hannity have to do with anything. Who still listens to Mr. “99% of FIB are solid, decent, folks” Hannity?”

While annoying anymore, it may have encouraged some of the FIBBer whistleblowers to come out.

[Mr. K]

It’s a bit early to be in full campaign mode.

He must not be that bad of a campaigner, if he won with everyone in the media piling on against him.

[1Old Pro]

It’s a bit early to be in full campaign mode.

There's a reason that campaign messaging is geared towards a 10 year old mentality and they wait until the final moments. People are dumb with short memories.

[Antoninus]

All Dr. Oz has is celebrity and a fat wallet. Otherwise, he's the candidate that ca. 70% of PA Republicans didn't want and he gets almost no traction from Democrats.

Terrible endorsement from Trump.

[Antoninus]

All Dr. Oz has is celebrity and a fat wallet. Otherwise, he's the candidate that ca. 70% of PA Republicans didn't want and he gets almost no traction from Democrats.

Terrible endorsement from Trump.

[Antoninus]

The only reason for a “freeper” to diss Oz at this point is if they want Fetterman to win.

Or that they don't really want a Muslim version of Mitt Romney representing them in PA.

[Antoninus]

I don't know where anyone gets the idea that a hard-core conservative/nationalist can win here.

Right. So lets elect a carpet-bagger leftist who ca. 70% of the GOP rejected in the primary. Great idea.

[Erik Latranyi]

I don't know where anyone gets the idea that a hard-core conservative/nationalist can win here.

Your defeatist attitude is a bigger problem.

[Alberta's Child]

There's nothing "defeatist" about it. I'll be voting for Dr. Oz in November. I would have voted for any of the candidates who won the GOP primary.

I'm not the one who needs to be sold on these candidates, though. Your typical swing voter in PA is a suburban dingbat Karen who has been wearing a mask for more than two years and would line up for a weekly COVID booster if it existed.

[Born to Conserve]

“Or that they don’t really want a Muslim version of Mitt Romney representing them in PA.”

Only if they (you) are utter idiots.

[Antoninus]

Only if they (you) are utter idiots.

I predict that the following phrase will be coming out of Donald Trump's mouth at some point within the next 36 months: "I should never have endorsed Dr. Oz."

[Born to Conserve]

“I predict ...”

Irrelevant. Oz is the republican, Fetterman is the democrat.
If you vote for Fetterman, or don’t vote for either, you are supporting Fetterman and the democrats. You are an idiot.

[Antoninus]

If you vote for Fetterman, or don’t vote for either, you are supporting Fetterman and the democrats. You are an idiot.

Yeah, yeah. That's what partisan jack-wagons said about not voting for Flip Romney in 2012. I accept your future apology.