
In Pennsylvania, McCormick campaign keeps up attacks over Oz's Turkish ties
CNN
Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick has honed in on a closing message in the final days before the May 17 Pennsylvania primary: questioning the patriotic loyalties of his main primary opponent, Mehmet Oz.
In a Friday press briefing organized by McCormick's campaign, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke about Oz's "connection to the Turkish government." Citing the revelation of a photo this week that showed the American-born Oz, a dual citizen of the United States and his parents' native Turkey, casting a ballot in the 2018 Turkish presidential election, Pompeo called on Oz's campaign to "explain why he had time and energy and focus to vote in a Turkish election, but not in an American election."
"Maybe it's all innocent, maybe it's all straight up, but we and the people of Pennsylvania and the Americans who he will be representing as one of a hundred members of the United States Senate voting on important national security matters need to understand the scope and depth of his relationship with the Turkish government," Pompeo said.

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