Mehmet Oz blamed his fundraising gap on the abortion decision. He was trailing well before that.

Mehmet Oz had an explanation when he was asked Monday night about the fund-raising gap between himself and John Fetterman. Only it glossed over months of data.

Oz, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that the millions of campaign dollars separating him and Fetterman, the Democratic nominee, are because Democrats have ginned up supporters over issues like abortion and guns.

“The Democrats have very cleverly taken all these issues that came up over the summer, the Dobbs decision, the concerns about guns, and...