Former President Donald Trump was mocked on social media after seemingly mistaking the workplace GOP Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz is operating for on Friday night time.

The movie star doctor, who is thought for The Dr. Oz Present, is operating to exchange retiring Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey, who's a Republican. Trump endorsed Oz's Senate run forward of the Could 17 main and held a rally in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to help him and different candidates he has endorsed in the important thing swing state.

Nonetheless, through the rally, the previous president appeared to mistake the workplace Oz was operating for, praising his spouse, Lisa Oz, as Pennsylvania's future "nice" first girl.

"By the best way, your spouse is so unbelievable," Trump mentioned. "You are going to get an amazing first girl within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, you are going to get a primary girl. I do know her properly and he or she's unbelievable—and does she love her household, her husband and her household? So thanks very a lot for being right here and standing, particularly the primary girl."

The title of "first girl" refers back to the spouse of a state's governor, not the spouse of a senator. Presently, Frances Wolf, who's the spouse of Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, holds the title of the primary girl of Pennsylvania.

A video of the gaffe amassed greater than 125,000 views on Twitter by Saturday morning, prompting some to make enjoyable of Trump for mistaking the 2 workplaces.

"Wow, Oz goes to be each the Senator from and the Governor of PA on the identical time. Guess that is the way you make authorities smaller," wrote Twitter consumer @Brucethegolfer.

Twitter consumer @whyknotmeagain2 wrote: "He would not even know what the man he endorsed is operating for does he? That is the person they suppose their god selected."

The comment got here in the identical rally the place Trump attacked President Joe Biden's cognitive means—a longtime assault utilized by the previous president—and demanded that he take a cognitive take a look at "to place the query to relaxation," including that "I do not suppose we actually have to know the reply."

He additionally accused Biden of getting "no thought what's taking place," and mocked him for stuttering, a situation that has nothing to do with the president's cognitive talents.

Trump seemingly mistakes office Oz running for
Former President Donald Trump was mocked for showing to mistake the workplace Dr. Mehmet Oz is operating for throughout a rally in Pennsylvania Friday night time. Above, Trump speaks on the rally on the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds.Jeff Swensen/Getty Pictures

Final week, many viewers additionally observed one other gaffe Trump made throughout his rally in Ohio, the place he mentioned he endorsed "J.D. Mandel," combining the names of Ohio Senate candidates J.D. Vance and Josh Mandel. He really endorsed Vance, who received the GOP main final week.

The previous president endorsed Oz in April, praising him as a candidate who will do properly in Democratic strongholds of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, whereas angering some Republicans who don't imagine Oz to be conservative sufficient.

Newsweek reached out to Trump's workplace for remark.