Political candidates rely on endorsements from influential supporters to help get crucial votes, and Dr. Oz may be about to get a much-needed boost for his Senate run from a top conservative voice. Former President Donald Trump hasn’t yet named his choice for the Pennsylvania Senate race, but according to an unnamed Republican source who spoke to NBC News, his wife Melania Trump is said to be nudging him behind the scenes. “The first lady has let the president know she likes Dr. Oz. And that matters,” said the source.
The insider added that the former first lady isn’t the only woman who could help lead Dr. Oz to victory: “There are a lot of Melanias out there,” the source said. “There are a lot of women in whose living room and bedroom TVs Dr. Oz has been for a decade. They have a very personal relationship with Dr. Oz.”
NBC News notes that Dr. Oz’s closest competitor, David McCormick “has a bevy of Trump advisers and influential figures working in his campaign and super PAC” including his own wife, who was a national security adviser to the former president. However, Trump may be more inclined to endorse someone who gets the green light from his wife. Former communications director Sean Spicer was quoted in the book “The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump,” (as excerpted in The Washington Post), “Melania is very behind-the-scenes but unbelievably influential. She … lets the president know what she thinks, and he takes her views very seriously.”
