Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee and television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz said Tuesday that had he been in the Senate on Jan. 6, he would have voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election but would have voted to acquit former President Donald Trump in the aftermath.
Oz made the comments at a Philadelphia press conference alongside Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), whose seat Oz is seeking. Toomey did vote to convict Trump on the article of impeachment tied to his efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory.
Oz told NBC that he “would not have objected to” certifying the election results in 2020.
“By the time the delegates and those reports were sent to the U.S. Senate, our job was to approve it, which is what I would have done,” Oz said.
The follow-up to this:
NBC: Did you support Sen. Toomey's vote to convict Donald Trump during the impeachment proceedings following January 6?
Oz: I would not have voted in favor of impeaching President Trump. I think the President was already leaving office by then. https://t.co/sP7IHYGIva
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) September 6, 2022
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