Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) said he wasn’t completely sold on his vote to support Dr. Mehmet Oz after President-elect Trump picked his former political rival to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). “Freakouts are rarely ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) rebuked critics who found his bipartisan spirit toward Dr. Mehmet Oz, the incoming Trump administration’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, distasteful.

“If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude,” Sen. Fetterman posted on social media platform X. His remark was in response to a post by CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju, who suggested the senator indicated he was “very much open” to voting to confirm Oz.