Oz hit back against one of the most oft-repeated narratives in the race: that he's so exorbitantly wealthy that he cannot possibly understand the plight of everyday Pennsylvanians.
PITTSBURGH — In a race defined by the authenticity of two vastly different candidates, Republican U.S. Senate contender Mehmet Oz, deemed an out-of-touch millionaire by his eager critics, is leaning into his own story to audiences across the state, warning that the American dream that propelled him to a long career is much harder to achieve today.
His critics have sought to paint him into a caricature; a cartoonlike figure of the wealthy, mansion-owning elitist, seeking personal gain in politics. They’ve hoped to convince voters that Oz is not one of them, and it’s shown up in polling at times, with the candidate’s favorability rating struggling.
Nonetheless, the polls in the race are tightening, and the toplines of surveys by Fox News and Emerson College this past week show Oz cutting into Fetterman’s lead, narrowing it to within the margin of error in both cases. And there’s not enough liquified natural gas facilities to liquify it and ship it overseas, he added. Republicans leaders have argued that a lack of pipeline capability makes the U.S. more vulnerable to international market shifts, like the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The federal gas tax sits at 18.4 cents per gallon. Fetterman has also called for a greater investment in American oil. Asked about Oz’s wealth and whether it plays a role in in his ability to connect with average Pennsylvanians, Stephenson said the chamber’s endorsement process has nothing to do with an individual’s personal prosperity, adding that Oz created his own fortune and been entrepreneurial.
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