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Senators Demand to Know if Dr. Oz Teamed up With Election Denial Groups
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With a week to go before the midterms, a group of Democratic senators are demanding that Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), share communications his department may have had with far-right groups promoting a baseless conspiracy theory about left-wing groups stealing votes from residents of nursing homes.
Key facts
- A CMS spokesperson did not respond to questions about the agency’s communications with election denial groups but instead referred WIRED to the July 2026 memo
- That campaign was spearheaded by the Election Integrity Network, a group led by Cleta Mitchell, a former adviser to president Donald Trump
- In the letter, Warren and her colleagues specifically ask Oz about communications between CMS and Mitchell, the Election Integrity Network, and Project Civica, a New York–based election-denial group
- The Trump administration’s unfounded allegations of election fraud are inspiring election denial groups to harass nursing home residents and staff
Summary
In July, Oz’s agency issued a memo rescinding previous guidance on how staff at nursing homes could help residents to vote by assisting with mail-in voting or transporting residents to polling locations. That campaign was spearheaded by the Election Integrity Network, a group led by Cleta Mitchell, a former adviser to president Donald Trump.