Oz wants ‘unexpected star’ Fetterman to cross the aisle and become Republican

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMM) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said on a podcast Thursday that he wants Sen. John Fetterman (D), his rival in Pennsylvania’s 2022 Senate race, to cross the aisle and join the Republican party.

Oz’s comments come a day after Fetterman’s surprise video appearance at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas.

“I want everyone in the party. God works in mysterious ways, but they’re brilliant and loving ways and I’m very happy for that,” Oz said on Harry Cole’s podcast , “Harry Cole Saves the West.”

“Would you like to see him come over to Republican?” Cole asked of Fetterman.

“Of course. We as many people as are willing to be brave and push back on an orthodoxy or a rhetoric that doesn’t actually describe reality,” Oz responded.

Oz lost to Fetterman by five points, despite the Democrat suffering a stroke in the middle of the campaign.

Fetterman on Wednesday appeared in a video praising fellow Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick (R) at the midterm convention, which stirred up anger among some Democrats.

“Why am I here talking to you today?” Fetterman said in the video. “Because, well, I’m a commonsense Democrat.”

“David McCormick is the kind of senator that gets the job done,” he added, noting the two senators would work with President Trump to assist Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry.

Pittsburgh-area Rep. Chris Deluzio (D) said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the Democratic senator has been “nowhere to be found” in the state and that “he’s spending his time, frankly, going on right-wing media to bash the Democrats.”

Deluzio told Chris Stirewalt on NewNation’s “The Hill Sunday” that he may challenge Fetterman when his seat is up in 2028.

In addition to Oz’s Republican comments on Fetterman, political commentator Bill O’Reilly said Wednesday that he believes Fetterman is, “going to be a Republican,” pointing at the senator’s relationship with President Trump and McCormick.