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Dr. Oz accused of inciting bigotry in blue state
['Matthew Chapman', 'John Casey', 'Thom Hartmann', 'Jordan Green', 'Investigative Reporter']
Raw Story
Gavin Newsom (D-CA) accused President Donald Trump's Medicare and Medicaid administrator on Wednesday of inciting racial bigotry against Armenian-owned businesses in his state.
"Our office is reviewing reports that Dr. Mehmet Oz targeted the Armenian American community in Southern California recently — making racially charged claims of fraud outside Armenian-owned businesses, including a popular bakery," Newsom's press office account stated on X.
It echoes efforts by the Trump administration to single out the Somalian diaspora community in Minneapolis for a benefits fraud scheme that had already been prosecuted years ago by the Biden administration.
"California cracked down years ago — Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law BANNING all new hospice licenses in 2021 to curb fraud.
Newsom wrote, linking to reports about how the Trump administration blocked a federal crackdown on questionable hospice care payments last year.