Wednesday 17 August 2022 10:52 PM Dr Oz insists he was joking when he complained Biden has made 'crudite' ... trends now
Pennsylvania Republican Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz insisted he was joking when he said his wife sent him shopping for 'crudite,' in a video that has since gone viral that was supposed to be an attack on President Joe Biden over high food prices.
Oz was interviewed by Newsmax's Shaun Kraisman Wednesday and was asked by the anchor if his highfalutin language made him 'relatable to the everyday, hardworking Americans there in Pennsylvania.'
'I rolled my sleeves up my whole life, I've taken care of patients, saved lives, invented devices, I've started foundations where we take care of tens of thousands of teens around the country trying to help wherever I can. That's what my life's been about,' Oz began.
'You know what I joke about? A crudite, which is a way of speaking about how ridiculous it is that you can't even put vegetables on a plate in the middle of a campaign,' he said.
Oz was also asked about how he bungled the grocery store's name, calling it Wegners - likely a combination of Wegman's and Redner's.
'Yeah. I was exhausted,' he said. 'Well, you're campaigning 18 hours a day. I've gotten my kids names wrong as well. I don't think that's a measure of someone's ability to lead the Commonwealth,' he said.
Oz's Senate Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, raised half a million dollars in a 24-hour period after he started mocking the grocery store video, Fetterman's campaign said Tuesday.
Pennsylvania Republican Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz insisted he was joking when he said his wife sent him shopping for 'crudite,' in a video that has since gone viral that was supposed to be an attack on President Joe Biden over high food prices
Oz (right) was interviewed by Newsmax's Shaun Kraisman (left) Wednesday and was asked by the anchor if his highfalutin language made him 'relatable to the everyday, hardworking Americans there in Pennsylvania.'
In a video from this spring, Pennsylvania Republican Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz goes shopping at a 'Wegners' for 'crudite' for his wife, with Fetterman remarking: 'In PA we call this a... veggie tray'
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'In PA we call this a... veggie tray,' Fetterman said, sharing the Oz video Monday, before repeatedly mocking the GOP hopeful on social media.
Earlier this spring, Oz had a camera film him going shopping at 'Wegners' - where he balked at the high prices of vegetables, fresh salsa and guac.
'My wife wants some vegetables for crudite, right?' Oz says.
'Here's a broccoli, that's two bucks ... here's some asparagus, that's $4, carrots, that's $4 more dollars, that's $10 of vegetables there. We need some guacamole, that's $4 more. And she loves salsa
