Don rips Dr. Oz rival

Former President Donald Trump has urged Pennsylvania Republicans to reject surging Senate candidate Kathy Barnette in the state’s Tuesday primary, claiming she’s “very risky.”

Trump has backed TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz in a three-way race with businessman David McCormick and Barnette, a firebrand political commentator and failed 2020 House candidate.

“She lost her race as a congressional candidate by more than 20 points. She was really hit hard,” Trump said in Thursday-night teleconference remarks circulated by Oz’s campaign.

“The problem is nobody knows what she is, what she stands for, who she is. It’s very risky, because you’re going to win this with Oz.”

Barnette tweeted on Friday, “Remember when they told you President Trump was unelectable and then he won? . . . The ‘experts’ have no idea.”

Barnette, who would be the state’s first black senator, is essentially tied with Oz and McCormick in recent polls.

She has won a following with her blunt talk on social issues, such as abortion, but is facing criticism as reports have emerged of her past remarks against Islam and homosexuality.