Raw Story: MSNBC hosts burst into laughter at slap-down of Dr. Oz after 'absurd' hearing answer

[Dennis Donovan]

Raw Story - MSNBC hosts burst into laughter at slap-down of Dr. Oz after 'absurd' hearing answer

Tom Boggioni
March 15, 2025 9:50AM ET

The co-hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend" burst into laughter on Saturday morning after watching Dr. Mehmet Oz getting embarrassed by a Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) during a Senate hearing on his nomination to head up the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) which administers Medicare and Medicaid.

In a clip shown Saturday morning, Hassan asked Oz, a failed Republican candidate for a Senate seat representing Pennsylvania in 2022 with Donald Trump's endorsement, if he would balk at following an illegal order from the president.

Specifically, she asked, "First question that I'm asking of every nominee for this administration: if directed by the president to take action that would break the law, would you follow the law or follow the president's directive?"

"The president would never do that," Oz replied which earned him a rebuke from the Democrat who shot back, "That's absurd and it's a disappointing answer."

Following that exchange, the entire panel burst into laughter with co-host Michale Steele sarcastically pointing out, "Yeah, the convicted felon would never do that."

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[sop]

1. Obviously, if the president does it, it's not illegal.

The Supreme Court said so.

[William769]

2. That was good. Thank you!

[azureblue]

3. Oz used to run a rehab clinic

in Burbank. It was a scam - it was divided into 2 sections - one for "the poors" and the other for the "Rich". The rich side patients could come and go when they wanted to, so they would leave, score and get high, then come back. The poors section got minimal care and were booted as soon as possible, or when the up fronted money ran out.