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China
In 2007, McCormick spoke as a member of the Bush administration in Beijing, China where he said that “When China succeeds, the United States succeeds...” and that the United States owes “much of the strength and vitality of our economic relationship today to the remarkable success of China’s economic development over the last three decades...”[37] As a member of the Bush administration, McCormick pushed China to appreciate their currency, but opposed protectionist policies such as tariffs.[23] However, McCormick shifted his position on China in 2020 praising the efforts take by the Trump administration to counter China.[37]

Free trade
McCormick has vouched in support of globalism and free trade stating in 2008 that “the key to remaining competitive in today’s changing world is embracing openness to trade, to investment, and to people.”[37] He has argued that the benefits of free trade outweigh the downside of displacing American workers and has suggested retraining those who whose jobs have become obsolete.[37] McCormick supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership.[37]

Globalism
McCormick has championed the role of a strong United States on the world stage and has advocated for the idea that the United States can focus on addressing domestic issues while also leading global efforts to promote human rights.[23] In 2016 he stated, “If we are to promote equality and pluralism around the world, we must walk towards, rather than away from, our unique success in advancing these values at home while still embracing the idea that America is, and always will be, a work in progress...”[23]

Immigration
McCormick has called for increasing skilled immigration to the United States and supports building a border wall on the US-Mexico border.[31][38]

LGBTQ rights
In 2013, McCormick joined 131 other Republicans in signing an amicus brief filed at the United States Supreme Court supporting the legalization of gay marriage prior to Obergefell v. Hodges.[39] During McCormick’s tenure as CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the company’s policy was to fully pay for gender transition surgery.[40] However, during his campaign for Senate, McCormick stated that he opposes federal funding towards gender transition surgeries and transgender girls participating in sports.[40]

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A super PAC that supports Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick has been flooding the airwaves in the Keystone State with ads attacking his opponent, cardiac surgeon and TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, as a “Hollywood liberal” and RINO, or Republican in Name Only.

The ads tie Oz to the widespread hiring of immigrants who are in the country illegally, saying, “Oz’s family company hired illegal immigrants.” Oz is a shareholder but had no role in running the company.

The ads also point to prior statements Oz has made on the Affordable Care Act, abortion and gun laws. Oz has taken public positions in the campaign contrary to those past statements.

One of the ads also accuses Oz of being “liberal” and “woke” because he “posted about Black Lives Matter on social media.” Oz posted a message about “systemic racism” in the medical field that creates “disparities in the health outcomes of black people.” The post linked to a video about health that briefly mentions and shows protests over the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. But Oz said he does “not support the actions being taken by the Black Lives Matter organization and its leadership” and that “BLM has the wrong approach at every level.”

Oz and McCormick, and groups supporting them, have been trading attack ads on the Pennsylvania airwaves for weeks. (See our analysis of some of the attack ad claims being levied by the Oz camp against McCormick here.)

According to a recent Trafalgar Group poll, Oz is the leading candidate in the Republican primary, with McCormick running second in a very crowded Republican primary field. Other candidates include: Carla Sands, former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Denmark; conservative commentator Kathy Barnette; and real estate investor Jeff Bartos. They are seeking to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Pat Toomey.

The ads targeting Oz come from Honor Pennsylvania, a super PAC supporting McCormick. Many of the claims in the ads are the same, and seek to portray Oz as a liberal masquerading as a conservative. We’ll provide some context about the claims.

Abortion
All three ads seek to portray Oz as an abortion rights supporter, based on comments he made in a radio interview in 2019.

Oz’s campaign website says Oz “is 100% Pro-Life.” He got a little more specific in an interview with WGAL in Pennsylvania on Dec. 1, saying, “I’m pro-life with the three usual exceptions, especially the health of the mother, but incest and rape as well.” Asked if he believed the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion should be overturned, Oz said, “I’m OK with the Supreme Court making the right decision based on what they think the Constitution says.”

Oz reiterated that position in a Fox News interview in December. Asked when he believes life begins, Oz said, “If I’m pro-life, then that’s a decision that comes back to the sanctity of when you think life does begin. And I believe that begins when you’re in the mother’s womb.”

Oz later provided Newsweek a statement to clarify, “I believe life begins at conception.”

“My whole life has been about saving lives,” Oz told Newsweek. “As a heart surgeon, I have held a beating heart in my hand, and I understand how precious life is—it’s why I am pro-life. As the Senator for Pennsylvania, I will vote to protect the sanctity of life and the unborn.”

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/ads-attacking-dr-oz/