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Mehmet Oz responds to viral crudite video, says he’s made life better for everyday people

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz defended his record of “making life better” for everyday people after his Democratic opponent mocked him for a grocery store video in which the doctor purchased foods for a crudité platter.

Mr. Oz, a Republican, was responding for the first time to the uproar over his video, in which he tried to highlight the cost of everyday goods but appeared to mix up the name of the store and used a fancy term for assorted raw vegetables served as an hors d’oeuvre.

Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman used the video to fuel his claims that Mr.