As their statewide campaigns move forward, Georgia’s Herschel Walker and Pennsylvania’s Mehmet Oz have quite a bit in common. They’re both political rookies running for office for the first time. They’re both Republican Senate candidates. They’re both running in states they didn’t live in until quite recently. They’re both celebrities hoping to parlay their public profiles into political power. They’ve both received endorsements from Donald Trump.
This week, however, a new similarity emerged: They’ve both been accused of making dubious claims related to medicine and health.
The New York Times reported late last year, for example, that Dr. Oz has a history of “dispensing dubious medical advice” and making “sweeping claims based on thin evidence.” The article referenced controversial comments the Republican has made about everything from weight-loss pills to apple juice to cellphones. Oz even promoted hydroxychloroquine on Fox News in 2020 as a possible Covid-19 treatment.
The Times’ article added, “In 2014, the British Medical Journal analyzed 80 recommendations on Dr. Oz’s show, and concluded that fewer than half were supported by evidence.”
As it turns out, Walker has a related problem in his record. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported:








