Struggling Pennsylvania GOP Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz insisted on Thursday morning that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wasn’t referencing him when lamenting about the “candidate quality” of some of the party’s nominees.
Downplaying expectations of a “red wave” sweeping Democrats out of the Senate majority, McConnell said last week that “there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate.” Without naming names, the Kentucky lawmaker suggested a host of inexperienced Trump-backed candidates will weigh down the GOP’s chances.
“Senate races are just different—they're statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” he flatly told the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
