with that attention comes opposition research and a look at previous tweets and statements including many that are islamophobic and homophobic. a statement that includes make no mistake about it, homosexuality is a targeted group with foul mouths, extortionists and robbers. barnett has refused to address these comments. the other candidates are reminding voters about them. one of those candidates, dr. mehmet oz. he secured president trump s endorsement. president trump said they come after you with everything they got. i have stood on my own two feet proudly and live up to the promise of my campaign. then there s former treasury official david mccormick. he has the backing of senator ted cruz and mike pompeo.
if future of the country is at stake. you need somebody with your values, pennsylvania values. somebody that under duty, honor and country instead of put america first. meanwhile the largest paper in the state, the philadelphia inquirer has come out with its endorsement in this race. absolutely nobody. philadelphia inquirer is saying that with abortion rights at stake and right-leaning candidates that can agree on the 2020 election, the inquirier has chosen not to endorse the republicans in the senate primary or the one for governor. martha? martha: rich, thank you very much. joining me now, dr. mehmet oz. dr. oz, good to have you with us today. it s very interesting to watch this race because you ve got a lot of dynamics here. president trump is supporting you. he came out to address this surge from kathy barnett. here s what he said.
trump should be restored to twitter. president trump said this on truth social. there s no way elon musk will buy twitter at a ridiculous price especially realizing it s a company based on bots or fake accounts. if it can be done, what would you have much if you have billions of dollars. what is your take on that, howie? there s such a ridiculous media freak-out over bringing trump back even though he s not going to come back. there s this effort to paint elon musk as a trump loving right wing nut job. he s distancing himself. i may want trump on twitter. he took a swipe at joe biden to be fair and balanced. the campaign of censorship is
important parts of her history. it s difficult to vet her in a way that voters will find acceptable. thankfully president trump said i m the america first candidate. he said i will never let you down. you have to be smart enough to understand the issues and what democrats are trying to do. you have to be tough to deal with the criticism of the opponent and the press like the philadelphia inquirer. the badge of honor that they don t endorse you. so you have a promise to not let people down. people have to know you ll do the right thing for them if it s a difficult decision. martha: so when you look at the polls and see how close the three of you are and the number of double digit folks undecided at this point, here s one of the theories how this could go. and it goes like this. barnett is largely splitting the maga vote with oz.
mccormick has no reason to stop her mojo. let her eat into that rural trump-loving base as much as possible. this is from david cantonese, a political writer that subtracts from oz and allows mccormick to sneak through and eek out a vehicle on the calculus of toomey republicans and a did individualed trump fact chun. what do you think about that theory, dr. oz? i don t buy it. kathy murdock is very popular in the philadelphia area. that s where she s from. she s been she s a new idea, a new people. folks are getting confused by the negative advertising. i ve had $35 million aimed at my head from outsiders. despite that i m still in the lead and we ll prevail. i m pro life, pro second amendment. i understand how much energy is to the commonwealth and make sure our country is energy