Dr. Mehmet Oz, the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania Senate, jumped over a rail and rushed into a crowd to help a woman who appeared to have collapsed in Bucks County, according to his campaign and reporters on the scene.
Later, Oz told the crowd, “Rita, God bless her, is doing okay,” referring to the woman’s name, according to reporters. Photos published online appeared to show Oz with the woman.
A spokesperson for Oz’s campaign said the woman fainted and Oz, a retired cardiothoracic surgeon who has long appeared on television, tended to her until paramedics arrived. The woman was conscious and was taken from the event, the campaign told the Philly Inquirer….