As the words “ANTI TRUMP” appear on the screen, McCormick’s ad shows an excerpt of Oz on camera saying, “And we had absolutely no interaction with President Trump.” When his colleague Padma Lakshmi went on to say that Trump “does not seem to be interested in eating well,” Oz said, “Yes, I’m not sure this is an important focus.” Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person. And regardless, it does not exist in advertising. Asked Tuesday to comment on McCormick’s campaign allegation that Oz was against Trump, Trump’s spokesman Taylor Budovic said: “I think the president’s support speaks for itself.” Trump said in a statement that Oz was “very strong” on various issues and “was always popular, respected and smart.”
Oz’s campaign says McCormick is “lying”
The McCormick ad uses additional short Oz clips to justify other attacks. The words “PRO OBAMA” appear on the screen, for example, in a clip of Oz discussing obesity with then-First Lady Michelle Obama on his Health and Wellness TV show in 2012. But the ad does not include excerpts in which Oz expresses political support for former President Barack Obama or his administration. Oz’s campaign spokeswoman Brittany Yanick said in an email on Tuesday that McCormick was “lying about Dr. Oz’s record with these selectively edited clips”. Yanick said Oz “welcomed open, honest discussions and opinions from everyone on his show – that does not mean he shares the same beliefs and opinions with everyone on his show.” Trump, who appeared on the Oz show, appointed Oz to the Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Council in 2018. President Joe Biden ousted Oz from the board this year after the Republican entered the Senate race. invoking a policy of the administration against federal candidates serves on presidential boards.
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McCormick’s campaign spokesman Jess Szymanski defended the new ad in an email on Tuesday, saying Oz’s comment in 2019 “denounced Trump for not being active with the council” on sports, fitness and nutrition. But again, Oz’s comment that the council had no interaction with Trump did not appear to be critical. Rather, it was an explanation for why he did not bother Trump to eat healthier. Szymanski also noted that Oz said in the same 2019 response that he wanted to be on the Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Council “regardless of who was president”. claimed that Oz was “obviously trying to distance himself from Trump” here. But this is very debatable. Oz noted in that interview that he had his own health facility working to help teens, before adding: “So I’m passionate about raising children. When Dwight Eisenhower and then President Kennedy and every president since “The board was to get the kids active and to eat well. So I wanted to be on that board no matter who the chairman was.” He sent documents to CNN listing some of Oz’s comments over the years. These included his remarks in 2020 about Trump’s admission to journalist Bob Woodward that he had publicly downgraded the risk of Covid-19 (Oz said the downgrade created a “credibility gap”) and Oz’s claim on his show in 2016 that Trump had “discredited” journalist Megin Kelly after the first Republican primary debate in the 2015 presidential election (this was, again, a statement of fact; Trump did indeed discredit Kelly). No matter how convincing one finds these examples and others listed in the McCormick campaign research archives, the McCormick campaign has chosen not to use them in advertising. Instead, the campaign followed Oz, pointing out a comment that was simply not what the ad suggested.
