<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Dr. Mehmet Oz, a candidate for U.S. senator and host of the long-running "The Dr. Oz Show," was fired from a presidential council, according to a statement released Wednesday by his campaign.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Oz's termination from the <a target="_blank" href="https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/presidents-council" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition</a> came a week after President Joe Biden asked him and fellow GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker to <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2022/03/24/biden-mehmet-oz-herschel-walker-presidents-council/7152919001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">resign from the council</a>. Both were appointed to their posts by former President Donald Trump.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and Walker, a former NFL star, received letters last week<strong> </strong>informing them they would be fired if they did not resign by 6 p.m. Wednesday. The candidates are running for Senate in Pennsylvania and Georgia, respectively.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:372px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2021/11/26/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry46-lfV.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2021/11/26/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry46-lfV.jpg?width=1320&height=744&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Dr. Mehmet Oz • Show: Game 3, Season 28 (Power Players)"/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"One week and three different explanations later, President Biden finally informed me today why he fired me from the Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition," Oz said in a statement released by his campaign Wednesday. "This was a political firing because I’m calling out Biden's failures on inflation, immigration, and COVID. The Woke Left will not silence or stop me from being a bold, conservative voice in the U.S. Senate."</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The statement also said that the Biden administration informed Oz in a second letter from the White House that he was removed from the Council "because it is customary to replace the council with members who share the President's priorities."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In a letter dated March 29, Gautam Raghavan, director of the White House Office of...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/30/biden-administration-fires-dr-mehmet-oz-presidential-council/7225526001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
