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EXCLUSIVE: Six Republican Senate Candidates Reveal What They Agree On With Biden

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Diana Glebova White House Correspondent
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Republican Senate candidates from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Colorado, Florida and Georgia told the Daily Caller the points on which they agree with President Joe Biden, as they face elections which could decide the fate of the Senate.

In the current split Senate, Biden has had to negotiate with moderates like Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine to push legislation through Congress. With polls indicating a Republican-leaning Senate may be looming, Biden could soon have to jostle even more to reach any agreement.

Dr. Mehemet Oz, who is facing a tight race against Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, has previously gone head-to-head with Biden after the White House fired him from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, saying that “Joe Biden can’t be around anyone who doesn’t completely fall in line with his fear-mongering authoritarian one-size-fits-all COVID handling.”

Oz’s communications team told the Caller the one policy the Pennsylvania candidate and Biden both support is protecting same-sex marriage.

“Dr. Oz recently signed onto a letter supporting the Respect for Marriage Act, which would protect the rights of same-sex couples to legally marry. Dr. Oz would be proud to support measures to protect same-sex marriage in the U.S. Senate,” Brittany Yanick, Oz’s communications director, told the Caller.

GREENSBURG, PA – MAY 06: Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks at a rally in support of his campaign sponsored by former President Donald Trump at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds on May 6, 2022 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Former President Trump endorsed Dr. Oz in the Pennsylvania Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate over his top opponent David McCormick. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Ohio’s JD Vance has slammed Biden’s border policies, and his campaign spokesperson said “there’s not much common ground between JD and the president.”

The spokesperson went on to note that, although Vance and Biden don’t agree on much currently, some of Biden’s past positions are in line with those of the “Hillbilly Elegy” author, who is running a close race with Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan.

“Joe Biden opposed taxpayer-funded abortion back in 1994 and supported securing our southern border in 2006. JD definitely supports those positions, but needless to say, Joe Biden has given up on them to the detriment of the American people,” the spokesperson told the Caller.

Ron Johnson, who has a slight lead against Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes according to the Real Clear Politics polling average, has criticized Biden on illegal immigration, Social Security and Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings.

Johnson spokesperson Alexa Henning said Biden’s promise to unify the country resonated with the senator, but that Johnson finds it “disappointing” that the president has done the “exact opposite.”

“Senator Johnson attended President Biden’s inauguration and heard him say repeatedly his number one goal was to unify and heal our country. Senator Johnson whole heartily [sic] agreed with that goal, and finds it highly disappointing that President Biden has done the exact opposite – instead becoming America’s Divider in Chief,” Henning told the Caller.

Joe O’Dea of Colorado, who is running against Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, called Biden a “lousy president” and didn’t say there were any points of agreement between him and Biden.

“He’s a lousy President. He shouldn’t run in 2024. Biden and his yes man, Michael Bennet, own the mess they’ve made – supercharged inflation, a broken border, rampant crime, and a war on American energy. Now, when I’m in the Senate, I will work with anyone who wants to give working Americans a voice. Bottom line, if it’s good for Colorado, I’ll be at the table,” O’Dea said.

Georgia’s Herschel Walker told the Caller that Biden “seems to eat a lot of ice cream and I like ice cream, that’s probably about it though,” alluding to his previous ice cream comment about the president. (RELATED: Warnock, Walker Clash Over Support For Joe Biden, Scandals)

Biden told reporters that his assessment of Walker was “negative” after a report alleged that the Georgia candidate paid his ex-girlfriend to get an abortion. Walker has repeatedly criticized his opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, for supporting the president.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s communications team responded to the Caller by noting that, during his Tuesday debate with Democratic challenger Rep. Val Demings, Rubio gave a nod to the Biden administration for reinstating part of former President Donald Trump’s border policy by expanding Title 42 to Venezuela. Rubio’s team did not mention any other points of agreement between the two-term senator and Biden.