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McConnell says he has ‘great confidence’ in Oz
The Hill ^ | 08/29/22 5:12 PM ET | BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

Posted on 08/30/2022 8:35:12 AM PDT by RandFan

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday said he has “great confidence” in Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, despite several polls showing the television doctor trailing Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) in the Keystone State.

Asked in Kentucky about Oz’s chances to win the Senate seat, McConnell said he thinks the GOP nominee — who has been painted as an out-of-touch elite from New Jersey by Fetterman’s campaign — has “a great shot at winning.”

“I have great confidence. I think Oz has a great shot at winning,” McConnell told reporters.

The comments came after the Senate leader on Friday hosted a fundraiser for Oz, Georgia Senate candidate Hershel Walker and Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), who is running for the upper chamber in North Carolina, all of whom have the backing of former President Trump.

McConnell pointed to that event as proof that he has faith in Oz.

“I don’t think I would have had him here if I didn’t think that,” the Kentucky Republican said.

McConnell’s public votes of confidence for Oz comes despite the television doctor-turned-Republican politician consistently polling behind Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Senate race. According to FiveThirtyEight’s average of polls, Oz is trailing Fetterman, with 39.2 percent to Fetterman’s 48.2 percent.

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1 posted on 08/30/2022 8:35:12 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

To vote with Dems?


2 posted on 08/30/2022 8:36:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: RandFan

McConnell gives the kiss of death to Oz.


3 posted on 08/30/2022 8:37:24 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: RandFan

If anything shows how screwed our country is it’s the fact that a mentally and physically disabled stroke case is actually running for office at all.


4 posted on 08/30/2022 8:38:11 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: DouglasKC

Why knock the guy when he’s doing right. Knock Fetterman instead. Duh...


5 posted on 08/30/2022 8:38:23 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Seruzawa

I can see why people may prefer a sick, Communist American to a healthy capitalist Turk.


6 posted on 08/30/2022 8:40:27 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: RandFan

Oz needs the support of $$$ McConnell can provide to avoid Fetterman, the mass murdering, racial profiling, free loading frankenstein! 1. Oz is Trump backed (Trump trusts him); 2. He can win in PA; 3. MAGA cannot get elected in PA or the Northeast, we need to be realistic about this. The MAGA candidate now has to explain why he was in a confederate uniform (we know but the average voter doesnt) and why half the party has endorsed his opponent. Barnette would have not won, plain and simple. Vote for OZ!


7 posted on 08/30/2022 8:40:29 AM PDT by tbewin ( )
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To: nwrep

Lots of idiots on this site.


8 posted on 08/30/2022 8:40:55 AM PDT by tbewin ( )
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To: RandFan

Haha, the old reverse endorsement. If he were smart he would start endorsing all of Trump’s endorsements and then conservatives wouldn’t know what the heck to do!


9 posted on 08/30/2022 8:43:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: DouglasKC

I second that with these well known words “you betcha”.


10 posted on 08/30/2022 8:45:03 AM PDT by dforest
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To: nwrep

I don’t mind the Turk as much as I mind the McConnell.


11 posted on 08/30/2022 8:46:07 AM PDT by dforest
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To: RandFan
McConnell says he has ‘great confidence’ in Oz

So did Dorothy.

12 posted on 08/30/2022 8:46:26 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: Sacajaweau
Why knock the guy when he’s doing right. Knock Fetterman instead. Duh...

He's NOT doing right. He's trying to suppress the MAGA vote for the guy which is the ONLY thing that will get him elected.

13 posted on 08/30/2022 8:47:52 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: RandFan

McConnell = turd


14 posted on 08/30/2022 8:51:52 AM PDT by bantam
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To: DouglasKC
He's NOT doing right. He's trying to suppress the MAGA vote for the guy which is the ONLY thing that will get him elected.

Do you think the MAGA vote alone is a majority in Pennsylvania?

15 posted on 08/30/2022 8:55:47 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Do you think the MAGA vote alone is a majority in Pennsylvania?

I think the MAGA vote alone is the majority Republican vote in every state.

16 posted on 08/30/2022 8:58:27 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

17 posted on 08/30/2022 8:59:53 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Do you think the MAGA vote alone is a majority in Pennsylvania?

At 2am, November 4th, 2020, it was a majority in PA by about 800,000 votes.

18 posted on 08/30/2022 9:02:18 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Seruzawa

A lot of people would vote for a smeared pile of cow manure as long as it was a Democrat.


19 posted on 08/30/2022 9:05:29 AM PDT by MachIV
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To: RandFan

The Turtle just gave Oz 34 million so of course he has great faith in him.

Shrek is a train wreck that will be at the top of the ballot because he is a federal candidate. That alone will shave 3 or 4 points off the rodents’ count.


20 posted on 08/30/2022 9:37:02 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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