Fight over Dr. Oz's Turkish citizenship is latest twist in Pennsylvania Senate race [View all]
Celebrity surgeon and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz said that he will renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected.
“My dual citizenship has become a distraction in this campaign,” Oz said in a statement to Yahoo News and other outlets late Wednesday. “I maintained it to care for my ailing mother, but after several weeks of discussions with my family, I’m committing that before I am sworn in as the next U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania I will only be a U.S. citizen.”
Oz is running for the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat. The race is shaping up to be one of the most expensive and important in the country this year.
His promise to surrender his Turkish passport came after a local outlet, PoliticsPA, reported earlier this week that Oz would forgo security clearances if necessary in order to maintain his dual citizenship with Turkey.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fight-over-dr-oz-s-turkish-citizenship-is-latest-twist-in-pennsylvania-senate-race/ar-AAVcvXB
= new reply since forum marked as read