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California Governor Newsom looks into claims Dr Oz racially targeted Armenians
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California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office is reviewing reports that Mehmet Oz, better known from his reality career as Dr Oz, the US administrator of Medicare and Medicaid services, made ‘racially charged claims of fraud outside Armenian-owned businesses’ in Los Angeles.
Newsom’s office quickly pushed back against the claims, arguing the governor had cracked down on Medicaid fraud and other related violations in the state long before Oz had taken office.
Rising condemnation as unsubstantiated claims are boostedThe video has received significant attention from Democratic members of Congress from California politicians and others, with many highlighting the ethnically-targeted aspect of Oz’s claims.
As of Thursday, the impacts of Oz’s video have not just been limited to rhetorical smearing of Armenian–Americans.
‘There is no Armenian mafia going on here.