What candidates is Oprah Winfrey endorsing
Before the midterm elections, Oprah Winfrey hosted “A Virtual Voting Conversation,” where she revealed which senator candidate she would support.
Once again, Oprah Winfrey is making a public stir with a desire for her political voice to be heard. During the Town Hall open dialogue, Winfrey stressed having a plan and voting accordingly, as well as the issues at stake.
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“If we do not show up to vote, if we do not get fired up in this moment, the people who will be in power will begin making decisions for us,” she said. “Decisions about how we care for our bodies, how we care for our kids, what books your children can read, who gets protected by the police and who gets targeted.”
During the event, Oprah also came out in support of John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for senate in Pennsylvania who is running against Mehmet Oz, MD.
John Karl Fetterman is an American politician who has served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of Braddock from 2006 to 2019. Fetterman is the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania’s 2022 United States Senate election.
Oprah announced Fetterman’s support:” If I lived in Pennsylvania, I would have already cast my vote for John Fetterman. There are clear choices and some dynamic candidates who are working to represent the values that so many of us hold dear—like inclusion, compassion, and community. So I ask that voters use discernment and choose wisely for the democracy of our country.”