(Free Beacon) Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz skipped a Senate primary election in June 2018, but cast his ballot in the Turkish presidential race days later, according to voter records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Voting records from New Jersey, where Oz lived until last year, show the TV physician did not participate in the Republican Senate primary election on June 5, 2018. The records, obtained through a public records request, show he voted in seven general elections and primaries in New Jersey since November 2014. He voted in the primary and general elections in 2016, but only in the general election in November 2018.
Former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo referenced Oz’s voting discrepancy during a press conference on Friday organized by the campaign of Dave McCormick, a Republican businessman running against Oz. Pompeo said Oz’s links to Turkey pose national security concerns and that his vote in the Turkish election raises questions about his “priorities.”
