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Kyle Mantyla

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Andrew Duehren, Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Rogers @ The New York Times: Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, President Trump and his allies have laid out a broad plan to target liberal groups, monitor speech, revoke visas and designate certain groups as domestic terrorists.

Sarah Rumpf @ Mediaite: DOJ Deletes Its Own Study From Website Showing ‘Far More’ Domestic Terrorism Committed by ‘Far-Right Extremists’

Within the past few days, the Department of Justice deleted one of its own studies from its website showing that “far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.”

Mark Silk @ Religion News Service: Charlie Kirk is fast becoming an emblem of Trump's political religion

Past leaders have used shocking events to bring us together. Trump is making Kirk a martyr to drive Americans apart.

Ron Dicker @ HuffPost: Jesse Watters Demands Charlie Kirk Protesters Get On Their Knees And Repent

The Fox News host repeatedly called for "them" to get one chance to beg for forgiveness — or else.

Jill Filipovic: Welcome to Right-Wing Reeducation Camp

The Trump regime is squashing speech and using the full force of government to enforce its ideology.

Catherine Bouris @ The Daily Beast: Karoline Leavitt Touts Bizarre Holy Sign After Charlie Kirk’s Death

President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a bizarre post on Tuesday that appeared to claim that an earthquake in Utah on the night of Charlie Kirk’s death was a sign of God’s anger.

Hunter Walker @ Talking Points Memo: Texas Congressman Says Trans People Need To Be Taken ‘Off The Streets’ After Charlie Kirk Shooting

The killing of right wing activist and influencer Charlie Kirk has prompted disturbing and questionably legal calls for a crackdown on the left from President Trump and his allies. In an appearance on the cable network Newsmax on Tuesday evening, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) took things further — way further.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @ Just Security: How Misogyny Fuels Violent Extremism

Even as the problem garners more attention, misogynistic and male supremacist violence is still often relegated to a category of “other” threats, or dismissed as the personality problems of challenged individuals, rather than addressed as an ideological belief system of its own.

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One of the 50 Republican lawmakers — all veterans — who issued a letter to 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz earlier this week "does not hold" the title he claims in the letter.

Washington Post senior political reporter Aaron Blake wrote Wednesday via X:

Trump campaign sent a letter featuring >50 vets criticizing Walz for claiming to be a 'Retired Command Sergeant Major.'

One listed signatory: 'Ronny Jackson, U.S. Representative (TX-13); Rear Admiral - U.S. Navy (Ret.)'

But Jackson does not hold that title. He was demoted.

The Texas Tribune reported in March that while Jackson, "the former White House physician turned GOP congressman, regularly touts his military bona fides," the Texas lawmaker "is no longer a retired admiral. The Navy demoted him in July 2022 following a damaging Pentagon inspector general’s report thatsubstantiated allegations about his inappropriate behavior as a White House physician, a previously unreported decision confirmed by a current defense official and a former U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive personnel move."

Furthermore, according to the Tribune, "Jackson is now a retired Navy captain" — which the the defense official noted is "a demotion that carries significant financial burden in addition to the social stigma of stripped rank in military circles."

Per Politico, the GOP letter "is signed by members of the House and Senate across the spectrum of Republicans, including longtime die-hard supporters of former President Donald Trump and more moderate members from competitive House districts."

The congressional leaders wrote: "You have violated the trust of our brothers and sisters in arms. Their blood, sweat, and sacrifice are the only reason our nation is able to exist. Until you admit you lied to them, there is no way you can be trusted to serve as Vice President."

Politico reports, "The Harris campaign early on referred to Walz as a 'retired Command Sergeant Major,' a rank he did achieve but was moved down to master sergeant before retiring in 2005. The campaign later updated his online biography."

The news outlet also notes that the Republicans' letter comes after "a statement signed Friday by 18 Democratic military veteran members of Congress defending Walz from attacks on his record."

Politico's full report is available at this link.

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twenty-two House Republicans have signed on to a motion filed in federal court requesting to be allowed to join Governor Greg Abbott in defending the Texas Republican against a federal government lawsuit alleging his 1000 feet of razor wire and floating buoys constructed of circular saw blades, designed to prevent migrants from crossing into the United States from Texas, are illegal.

They have invoked the Bible’s Book of Genesis, including Noah’s Ark, to make their case.

“In a motion filed on behalf of U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Lubbock, and other GOP members, lawyers for the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundationhave asked to be part of the case and targeted how a key law is interpreted in it,” the Houston Chronicle reports.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is the right-wing organization The New York Times last year profiled as “The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action.”

RELATED: Supreme Court in Hand, Far Right Wing Prepares to ‘Take the Reins of Government’

The buoys, deployed on the Rio Grande river, may have led to the deaths of two migrants, possibly including a child.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas called the buoys “barbaric,” and in video showed they are constructed of circular saw blades. In that video Congressman Castro also points to Governor Abbott’s razor wire fences.

Sawyer Hackett, a senior advisor to former Obama Cabinet Secretary Julián Castro, referred to the floating fences as “razor wire death trap buoys.”

“A key point to the Arrington group’s defense is whether the 1,900-mile Rio Grande should be defined as a navigable waterway despite being used by thousands of boats every year,” The Chronicle explains. “They point to a court case from 1870 that suggested that the term navigable waterway is intended to mean moving commerce from one state to another or to a different country and not just one where any small boat occasionally uses the river.”

READ MORE: Critics Blast Top US Conservative Think Tank President for Applauding Italy’s Election of ‘Neo-Fascist’ Prime Minister

That’s where the Bible and Noah’s Ark come in.

“Indeed, if one takes the Book of Genesis literally, then the entire world was once navigable by boats large enough to carry significant amounts of livestock,” the proposed amicus brief reads. “Under the federal government’s theory, these anecdotes would render any structure built anywhere in Texas an obstruction to navigation subject to federal regulation.”

Governor Abbott has had a long partnership with theTexas Public Policy Foundation.

In 2016, as NCRM reported, Abbott while at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, unveiled a major policy plan toalter the U.S. Constitution, adding nine amendments,the result of which could have lead to same-sex marriage bans and anend of LGBTQ protections.

According to Congressman Arrington, the list of signatories to his amicus brief include: Rep. Jodey Arrington, Dr. Michael Burgess, Rep. August Pfluger, Rep. Brian Babin, Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Roger Williams, Rep. Lance Gooden, Rep. Beth Van Duyne, Rep. Jake Ellzey, Rep. Vern Buchanan, Rep.Chip Roy, Rep. Nathaniel Moran, Rep. David Rouzer, Rep. Pete Sessions,Rep. Ronny Jackson, Rep. Sam Graves,Rep. Clay Higgins, Rep. Michael Cloud,Rep. Keith Self, Rep. John Carter, Rep. Jeff Duncan, Rep. Kat Cammack.

Watch the video above or at this link.

'Very scary': Former RNC staffer dishes on the more terrifying members of GOP's right-wing

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rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) is spinning a bizarre conspiracy theory about the classified documents involving President Joe Biden.

Jackson believes Democratic leaders are pushing the issue to sabotage the president. According to Jackson, Democrats may be trying to nudge Biden to resign so that he does not run for re-election in 2024. During a recent appearance on Newsmax, Jackson shared his theory.

"Thing that could be happening here, Jen, is that I've been saying for a long time that the Democrats are going to have to figure out a way to get rid of Joe Biden," Jackson said.

"They don't want this man to run for president again. He's a recipe for disaster in the next presidential election. So I think, you know, a lot of people thought it would be a cognitive issue. I thought so as well. But I thought, well, maybe they won't go down there because that's admitting defeat, that they put this cognitively incompetent man in a position like the President of the United States."

Like many other Republican lawmakers, Jackson also referenced the debacle involving Hunter Biden to add to his speculation.

"I said all along, I thought maybe they would let the Hunter Biden thing blow up a little bit, but maybe this is what they're doing. Maybe this is the first shot that they're going to fire to try to get him in a position where he ultimately has to resign or at least has to decide that he's not going to run again. Something's going on here. A lot of stuff has been exposed."=

Early Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel, Robert Hur, to investigate the documents found in Biden's old office. Biden has not been accused of wrongdoing by the Department of Justice.

Watch the video below or at this link.

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One day after the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, federal agents have executed a search warrant on a GOP member of Congress at the center of the Jan. 6 investigations.

"This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone," Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) exclusively told Fox News.

"They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish," he claimed, even though prosecutors usually prefer that subpoena route unless they fear the evidence could be destroyed or not turned over.

"I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting member of Congress," Perry complained.

While Trump's search warrant was reportedly about alleged mishandling of classified information and public documents, Perry's search may be related to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

When Perry was subpoenaed by the House select committee in December, Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) wrote that they were searching for information on the effort to install former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark as acting Attorney General.

“We have received evidence from multiple witnesses that you had an important role in the efforts to install Mr. Clark as acting Attorney General," Thompson wrote. "Acting Attorney General Rosen and acting Deputy Attorney General Donoghue have provided evidence regarding these issues, and we have received evidence that others who worked with Mr. Clark were aware of these plans. We are also aware that you had multiple text and other communications with President Trump’s former Chief of Staff regarding Mr. Clark—and we also have evidence indicating that in that time frame you sent communications to the former Chief of Staff using the encrypted Signal app.Mr. Clark has informed us that he plans to invoke his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination in anticipation of a deposition to be conducted by the Committee.When Mr. Clark decided to invoke his 5th Amendment rights, he understood that we planned to pose questions addressing his interactions with you, among a host of other topics."

“In addition, we have information indicating that you communicated at various relevant times with the White House and others involved in other relevant topics, including regarding allegations that the Dominion voting machines had been corrupted," Thompson added.

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Some of the most radical Republicans in Congress freaked out after GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania had his cell phone seized by FBI agents executing a search warrant.

"This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone," Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) exclusively told Fox News. "They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish."

"I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting member of Congress," Perry added.

Perry, the chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, has been subpoenaed by the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

And some far-right Republicans leaped to his defense, even though a federal judge found there was probable cause his cell phone contains evidence of a federal crime.

"The FBI has gone rogue and is doing the dirty work of a communist regime," tweeted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). "Who is giving these orders?"

"They've declared war!" Rep. Ronnie Jackson argued in all-caps. "Now they’re seizing the phone of a sitting member of Congress. The regime grows more tyrannical every day. If we don’t win and win big in November, our country as we know it will cease to exist!"

"The Biden regime is out of control," argued Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).

"This is America, and these Gestapo tactics are not welcome," said Rep.Lauren Boebert (R-CO). "There will be a reckoning."

"We will not be intimidated," Boebert added. "We will not back down to Biden’s thugs. Game on."

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said, "Garland has lost the trust of the American people and will answer for his abusive tactics."

Meanwhile, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) tweeted "defund the FBI" after two years of Republicans claiming Democrats are running on a "defund the police" message.

"Our country is becoming unrecognizable," Gosar said. "The FBI, and the Regime they take marching orders from, are the enemy of the American People."

"They must be stopped," Gosar demanded.

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Former President Donald Trump spoke for nearly two hours in his closing address at the CPAC summit in Dallas.

In Trump's view, America has been destroyed in the 18 months since he left office, with out-of-control crime, inflation, and oddly enough unemployment, which Trump estimates to be three times the official number.

Trump took the stage to the song "God Bless the USA" and began by thanking the "proud patriots" in attendance.

Trump said he was proud to be joined by Rep. Ronnie Jackson (R-TX), who was his White House surgeon.

"He was an admiral, a doctor, and now he's a congressman," Trump noted, saying he asked him which was the best.

"And he sort of indicated doctor, because he loved to look at my body. It was so strong and powerful," Trump said.

Trump then introduced Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

"This is no time for complacency," Trump warned. "We have to seize this opportunity to deal with the radical left socialist lunatic fascists. We have to hit them very, very hard. It has to be a crippling defeat."

He went on to complain about Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) for supporting the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed a procedural vote after Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote while Trump was speaking, resulting in harsh words for GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

"But McConnell is the most unpopular politician in the country, even more so thancrazy Nancy Pelosi, and something has to be done," Trump urged.

Trump said Biden "surrendered our strength and our everything [in Afghanistan], they surrendered our dignity."

Michael Hardy, senior editor at the Texas Monthly, was one of the local journalists covering the speech.He said that line had "echoes of the Nazi 'stab in the back theory' of losing WW1."

Trump then described crime in "Democrat-run (sic) cities" in very dark terms.

"The streets of our Democrat-run cities are drenched in the blood of innocent victims," Trump claimed. "Bullets are killing little beautiful little children who never had a chance. Car jackers lay in wait like predators."

Hardy described that as "some literal blood-and-soil rhetoric."

And Trump went on saying "we need to courage to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done," which Hardy said "is a rallying cry for street violence and worse."

Trump went on to call for a military takeover of San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Portland.

"Trump's rhetoric is significantly more extreme than even a few years ago," Hardy said. "This might be most frightening speech I've ever heard. Full-on, unapologetic fascism. Trump has either been reading Mein Kampf or having someone read it to him."

Trump repeated his lies about election fraud and teased a 2024 presidential comeback.

Former RNC official Tim Millersaid, "I know everyone in the DC GOP is just hoping Trump will die but it’s impossible to watch this CPAC speech and not come to the conclusion that he’s going to run and be very hard to beat in a primary. Sorry to be the bearer of bad weekend news."

After his speech, Trump danced on stage to the song "Hold On I'm Coming" by Sam and Dave.

"Don't you ever feel sad; lean on me when times are bad," Sam and Dave sang. "Then the day comes and you're down; in a river of trouble and about to drown. Just hold on, I'm coming. Hold on, I'm coming."

You can watch his speech here.

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Despite a highly-successful eight-day overseas trip culminating with a U.S.-Russia Summit displaying his ability to right the national "ship" on the world stage, and despite favorable response from world leaders, President Joe Biden is being asked by a group of 14 Republican congressmen, led by **Rep. Ronny Jackson** (R-TX), to take a cognitive test to judge his mental acuity.

It all feeds into the Fox News narrative, one blown to pieces by Biden's performance in the UK with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Queen Elizabeth, the G7 in Brussels, meeting with NATO leaders and separately with the president of Turkey, and finally to Geneva where he held the Summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Congressman Jackson, the former Obama and Trump White House physician, along with 13 other House Republicans in a letter to President Biden (below) cited a news report of an incident where Biden allegedly called Senator John Cornyn "Representative – Senator Cornyn," correcting himself.

In the letter they also claim he mixed up the time of day, and once "while on the campaign trail," Biden "grew testy" when asked if he would take a cognitive test.

They cite other news reports of Biden mispronouncing names, and saying he was allegedly unable to recite part of the Declaration of Independence.

"Most school-age children could recite that famous and revered patriotic phrase by heart, but you could not," the letter charges.

As White House physician Rep. Jackson told reporters President Trump, who he strongly supports, had "incredibly good genes" and praised his performance on a test for Alzheimers as "exceedingly well." That was the test where Trump impressed himself by being able to remember five words, in order: "person, woman, man, camera, TV," and then told a reporter he did "amazing."

In March NBC News reported that Jackson had "engaged in 'inappropriate conduct' while serving as the top White House physician, according to a Pentagon inspector general report."

"The scathing report, NBC said, "alleges abusive behavior toward subordinates including sexual harassment."

The inspector general's review, first reported by CNN, says Jackson drank alcohol, made sexual comments to subordinates and took the sedative Ambien while working as White House physician. The watchdog also found that Jackson mistreated subordinates and “disparaged, belittled, bullied and humiliated them."

Jackson had been nominated by then-President Donald Trump to become Secretary of the Veterans Administration, when it was revealed that he had handed out prescriptions "like candy," and was nicknamed “the candy man" inside the White House, CNN reported in 2018.

Democratic Senator John Tester "described reports to the Veterans' Affairs Committee that alleged that on overseas trips, Jackson would 'go down the aisle way of the airplane and say, 'All right, who wants to go to sleep?' And hand out the prescription drugs like they were candy … and put them to sleep and then give them the drugs to wake them back up again.'"

"Tester's staff told CNN that Jackson would hand out Ambien and Provigil," CNN reported. “These are called controlled substances for a reason," Tester said.

Dr. Jackson, CNN added, "also faces allegations of being drunk while overseas with then-President Barack Obama."

“If you are drunk and something happens with the President, it's very difficult to go in and treat the President," Tester said. “That's what multiple people told us, this was the case on several different trips."

Tester said there had been comments that Jackson would not be able to respond “because he had been drinking so much."

Jackson has denied all the allegations.

Here's Jackson's letter:

GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former WH physician, and 13 other House Republicans, tell Biden in a letter to "submit to a cognitive test immediately," citing his "mental decline and forgetfulness." The letter notes several of his rhetorical gaffes. pic.twitter.com/OQs9bBKZCm

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) June 17, 2021

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Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo had United States Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-Florida) as a guest on her show on Sunday and their discussion quickly unraveled into a rapid-fire validation of conspiracy theories that Bartiromo made up on the spot about President Joe Biden.

Bartiromo suggested to Jackson that Biden – whom she criticized for isolating himself while running for president during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic – is being secretly drugged by, possibly, former President Barack Obama or First Lady Jill Biden so that he can function.

"There were signs that Joe Biden was declining during the 2020 campaign. I mean, let's face it, he stayed in the basement the whole time during the campaign, uh, so who knew what when? Are they hiding this and feeding him drugs to allow him to function? I know he goes home to Delaware a lot, more than any other president. So I guess my question is, what did Obama know? What did Jill Biden know? And who is running the White House right now, and are they covering up for these mental issues?" Bartiromo asked Jackson, who revealed this week that Obama had scolded him for a tweet that he had posted disparaging Biden's cognitive health.

"Well, that's the big question everybody's asking. Who's really pulling the strings and running the country right now?" Jackson replied.

"We don't really know the answer to that. We don't know if it's [former National Security Advisor] Susan Rice or Ron Klain or if it's Jill Biden or who it is. But somebody else is doing this. They're doing exactly what you said," Jackson continued.

"They're rolling him out at specific times during the day," Jackson added of the president. "He's got good days and bad days and whether or not they have him on drugs I dunno but there are drugs out there that can increase your alertness and your memory and things of that nature, you know, to cover stuff like this up temporarily. So I'm sure some of that's going on as well but we don't know because his physician hasn't stood up and took the questions that I took when I was Trump's physician and answered those questions."

Watch below or at this link.

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ronny Lynn Jackson (born May 4, 1967) is an American physician, politician, and retired United States Navy rear admiral who is the U.S. representative for Texas's 13th congressional district.

Jackson joined the White House Medical Unit in the mid-2000s under George W. Bush, and served as Physician to the President from 2013 to 2018 under Barack Obama and Donald Trump.^[2][3] On March 28, 2018, Trump nominated Jackson to be United States secretary of veterans affairs to succeed David Shulkin.^[3][4][5] On April 23, 2018, allegations of misconduct and mismanagement during his service in the White House were reported.^[6][7][8] The administration disputed the allegations.^[9][10] Concern was also expressed about Jackson's lack of management experience.^[3][11] On April 26, 2018, Jackson withdrew his nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.^[10][12][13]

On February 2, 2019, Trump appointed Jackson Assistant to the President and Chief Medical Advisor, a new position in the Executive Office.^[14] Jackson retired from the Navy on December 1, 2019,^[15] and on December 9, he filed to run for Congress in Texas's 13th congressional district. Placing second in the Republican primary, he won a runoff for the nomination^[16] and the November 3, 2020 general election.

Early life[

Jackson was born to Waymon and Norma Jackson and raised in Levelland, Texas. He has a brother and a sister who still live and work in Levelland.^[17] He attended Texas A&M University at Galveston, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine biology. He attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch, receiving his MD degree in 1995.^[18]

Military career[

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Rear Admiral (lower half) Ronny Jackson while serving as physician to the President, in October 2016.

Jackson departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with President Barack Obama in 2015

Jackson became a Navy officer in 1995, when he received his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch.^[19] He graduated from the Undersea Medical Officer Program in 1996.^[20] Jackson had a series of operational postings,^[20] as officer-in-charge and diving medical officer at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 at the naval base in Sigonella, Sicily and diving safety officer at the Naval Safety Center in Norfolk, Virginia.^[19] In 2001, he started a residency in emergency medicine, which he completed in 2004.^[20] He was clinical faculty physician in the Emergency Medical Residency Program in Portsmouth, Virginia for an additional year^[20] before being deployed to Iraq in 2005, where he worked as emergency medicine physician with a surgical shock trauma platoon in Taqaddum.^[19][20]

In June 2006, Jackson became a physician in the White House Medical Unit (WHMU),^[20] ultimately working under three presidents.^[21] He became WHMU director in May 2010, and in July 2013 was given the additional title of Physician to the President.^[20] In December 2014, Jackson's duties as WHMU director ended, but he continued to be Physician to the President.^[20] In January 2017, Jackson made headlines after treating a girl who was bitten by Sunny, one of the Obamas' dogs.^[22][23]

Jackson continued to be Physician to the President during the Donald Trump administration.^[20][24][21] Upon taking office, Trump gave Jackson the additional title of Deputy Assistant to the President.^[20] Jackson became close to Trump after delivering an hourlong press conference in which he gave a glowing assessment of Trump's health, praising Trump's "incredibly good genes" and his performance on a cognitive test ("exceedingly well") and claiming that "if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old."^[21][25] Jackson was criticized for the statements^[25] and accused of misstating Trump's height and weight in order to minimize his obesity.^[26] Trump appointed Jackson "Assistant to the President and Chief Medical Advisor" on February 2, 2019.^[20]

Jackson held the Navy rank of captain from May 1, 2010, to October 1, 2016, until he was promoted to**rear admiral**(lower half).^[27][20] Jackson was nominated for promotion to the two-star rank of rear admiral on March 20, 2018,^[28][29] but the Senate Committee on Armed Services returned the nomination to the president on January 3, 2019, without action.^[28] He was renominated by Trump for promotion again on January 15, 2019, but it was again returned to the president without action.^[30] Jackson retired from the Navy on December 1, 2019, as a rear admiral (lower half).^[20]

Nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs[

On March 28, 2018, Trump announced that he planned to nominate Jackson to succeed David Shulkin as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.^[3][31][32] Some senators expressed skepticism of the nomination due to Jackson's lack of management experience.^[3][11]

On April 23, 2018, the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs postponed a hearing on Jackson's nomination after current and former White House medical staff accused him of creating a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job, and dispensing medication improperly.^[33][34] Senator Jon Tester told CNN on April 24 that Jackson was known as "the candy man" at the White House, according to around 20 people who brought these concerns to the Veterans' Affairs Senate Committee, because he allegedly handed out Ambien, Provigil, and other prescription drugs "like they were candy".^[35][36]

CNN also reported that during an overseas trip in 2015, an intoxicated Jackson loudly knocked on a female employee's hotel room door so noisily that the Secret Service reportedly stopped him to prevent him potentially waking up Obama.^[37] In response to the CNN story, ABC News reported that the Secret Service had no records of any incidents involving Jackson causing commotions at hotels in 2015 when Secret Service personnel were guarding Obama.^[38] Trump responded during a news conference the next day, calling Jackson "one of the finest people that I have met" but also hinting that Jackson might drop out, while blaming Democrats for mounting an unfair attack on his record.^[34]

Jackson withdrew himself from consideration for Secretary of Veterans Affairs on April 26, 2018, after the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs began formally investigating the allegations.^[39][40] He insisted that the allegations were "completely false and fabricated" and said he was withdrawing because the controversy had become a distraction for Trump and his agenda.^[40] Jackson returned to work in the White House Medical Unit but did not return to his position as Trump's personal physician;^[20][41] he was replaced in that position by Navy officer Sean Conley, who took over that role a month earlier in acting capacity.^[41] The 115th Congress returned this nomination to Trump on January 3, 2019, without it being considered in the Senate Committee on Armed Services.^[42]

Inspector General investigation and report[

In May 2018, after receiving 12 complaints about Jackson's conduct, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG) opened an investigation. The investigation stalled from October 2018 to August 2019 because the Trump White House Counsel's Office objected to the investigation and considered invoking executive privilege, but ultimately did not.^[20][43]

OIG investigators interviewed Jackson and 78 witnesses.^[20][44] The OIG found that its interview of Jackson "was limited in scope and unproductive" because lawyers in the Trump White House Counsel's office insisted upon participating in the interview and "instructed Jackson not to answer any questions concerning events after his appointment as the Physician to the President in July 2013."^[20] The OIG report was issued in March 2021.^[20]

On March 2, 2021, the inspector general of the Department of Defense briefed members of Congress on its review. Its report documented Jackson's inappropriate interactions with subordinates and improper use of alcohol while on duty.^[45]

The OIG concluded, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Jackson had "made sexual and denigrating statements about one of his female medical subordinates to another of his subordinates"; that Jackson "drank alcohol with his subordinates in Manila, became intoxicated, and, while in his hotel room, engaged in behavior that witnesses described as screaming and yelling, and behavior that some complained might wake the President"; and that Jackson took Ambien (a sleep medication) during official travel, "raising concerns about his potential incapacity to provide proper medical care during this travel."^[20][46] In addition to findings that Jackson had "engaged in inappropriate conduct involving the use of alcohol" during two presidential trips, the report also found that he "disparaged, belittled, bullied, and humiliated subordinates"; "created a negative WHMU work environment"; and "failed to conduct himself in an exemplary manner and made an unfavorable impact on the overall WHMU command climate."^[20][47]

After the report was issued, Jackson said that the allegations were a "political hit job because I stood with President Trump" and that they "resurrected those same false allegations from my years with the Obama Administration because I have refused to turn my back on President Trump."^[44][48]

U.S. House of Representatives[

Elections[

2020[

On December 9, 2019, Jackson filed to run for Congress in Texas's 13th congressional district. The seat came open when 13-term incumbent Republican Mac Thornberry announced he would not seek reelection in 2020.^[49][50] Jackson finished in second place in the Republican primary–the real contest in this heavily Republican district–behind former Texas Cattle Feeders Association lobbyist Josh Winegarner, and the two faced off in a July 14 runoff election for the nomination.^[51][52] Jackson defeated Winegarner, 55.58% to 44.42%.^[53] According to The New York Times, Jackson "ran a campaign based on his close relationship with President Trump." He leveraged that relationship to obtain assistance from two top officials with Trump's reelection campaign, Justin Clark and Bill Stepien.^[53]

In May 2020, Jackson claimed without evidence that Obama had spied on the Trump campaign,^[53] and accused him of "[weaponizing] the highest levels of our government to spy on President Trump."^[54] Jackson added, "Every Deep State traitor deserves to be brought to justice for their heinous actions."^[54]

Jackson opposes mask mandates to halt the spread of COVID-19.^[55] He has said, "I think that wearing a mask is a personal choice, and I don't particularly want my government telling me that I have to wear a mask."^[55]

Jackson won the general election, taking 79.4% of the vote to Democratic nominee Gus Trujillo's 18.5%. Since Thornberry was elected in the 1994 Republican wave, no Democrat has crossed the 40% mark in the district, and only three have managed 30%.

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Jackson attended the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally at the White House Ellipse.^[56] During the January 6 attack, he was inside the Capitol when members of the Oath Keepers militia allegedly exchanged text messages about protecting Jackson who had "critical data." Oathkeeper leader Stewart Rhodes replied, writing: "Give him my cell". Rhodes was later charged with seditious conspiracy.^[57][58] That same day, during the certification of the 2020 election, Jackson objected to certifying Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes.

On May 19, 2021, Jackson voted against legislation to establish the formation of a January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol.^[59] On May 2, 2022, the January 6 committee released a letter to Jackson requesting he meet with the committee; in response, Jackson released a statement calling the committee "illegitimate".^[56]

In late February 2021, Jackson and a dozen other Republican House members skipped votes and enlisted others to vote for them, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But he and the other members were actually attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the same time as their absences.^[60] In response, the Campaign for Accountability, an ethics watchdog group, filed a complaint with the House Committee on Ethics and requested an investigation into Jackson and the other lawmakers.^[61]

Jackson, along with all other Senate and House Republicans, voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.^[62]

In June 2021, Jackson was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or Juneteenth, as a federal holiday.^[63]

In November 2021, Jackson created a conspiracy theory that Democrats made up the Omicron variant of COVID-19 (he called it "MEV - the Midterm Election Variant") as "a reason to push unsolicited nationwide mail-in ballots" and to "cheat" in the upcoming midterm elections.^[64]

In May 2022, the Office of Congressional Ethics reported that there was "substantial reason" to believe that Jackson had used campaign funds for personal use, to pay for unlimited access for himself and his wife to the Amarillo Club, a private dining club in Amarillo, Texas. Jackson refused to cooperate with the Congressional investigation, and his campaign's treasurer and accounting firm refused to provide documents to investigators.^[65]

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Jackson has a wife, Jane, and three children.^[17]

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Texas Cattle Feeders Assn $20,300 $5,300 $15,000

Club for Growth $20,235 $20,235 $0

American Crystal Sugar $20,000 $0 $20,000

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Retired $2,143,123 $2,143,123 $0

Republican/Conservative $316,414 $262,914 $53,500

Health Professionals $230,853 $108,353 $122,500

Real Estate $171,096 $158,096 $13,000

Livestock $153,042 $119,542 $33,500

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Fairly Group $20,000 $20,000 $0

Bar-G Feedyard $19,200 $19,200 $0

Supporting Electing American Leaders $19,000 $0 $19,000

Sudberry Properties $17,800 $17,800 $0

Ams $17,600 $17,600 $0

American Society of Anesthesiologists $17,500 $0 $17,500

National Cotton Council $17,000 $0 $17,000

1st Financial Bank Usa $16,900 $16,900 $0

American Assn of Orthopaedic Surgeons $16,000 $0 $16,000

Cpc $15,700 $15,700 $0

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NorPAC $15,100 $14,600 $500

American Academy of Emergency Medicine $15,000 $0 $15,000

Eye of the Tiger PAC $15,000 $0 $15,000

Huck PAC $15,000 $0 $15,000

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uses dr cred to spread covid conspir BS:

https://www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/maria-bartiromo-spreading-midterm-variant-conspiracy-theory-she-got

despite purportedly working on the “straight news” side of Fox Business’ programming, anchor Maria Bartiromo has been steadily pushing a conspiracy theory in which public health guidance about COVID-19 is just a smoke screen for Democrats to commit voter fraud in the upcoming midterm elections. Bartiromo picked up the term “midterm variant” from Republican politicians — and she’s not alone at the network in spreading the idea, either.

This claim is also tied to the network’s long-running attempts to lie about mail-in voting, after Fox News spread the Trump administration’s discredited claims. Fox painted lurid fantasies about mail-in voting in the run-up to the 2020 election, claiming it leads to fraud, then attempted to invalidate hundreds of thousands of votes in order to support Trump’s effort to subvert the election.

Now, it seems, the network is dusting off its playbook to undermine the upcoming midterm elections. Bartiromo communicated directly with the Trump White House in its efforts to subvert the 2020 election, and she also had discussions with Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich (and now-U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker) about sending supposed election thieves to prison. (Voting technology firm Smartmatic is now suing Fox News for $2.7 billion — and has named Bartiromo as a defendant for her role in promoting the conspiracy theory which said that the company altered the 2020 election result.)

In this latest instance, it appears that Bartiromo picked up the talking point about a “midterm variant” from a different Republican politician — and she has since made it her own. [vid]

missouri Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt appeared to introduce the idea of the “midterm variant” to Maria Baritomo when he accused President Joe Biden of attempting to seize control of election procedures: “If he can't get federal — and he can't federalize the elections, there will be a midterm variant, watch, that's coming, where he empowers administrative agencies.” In a later segment, he said, “And by the way, get ready — no, and get ready for the midterm variant. That's what's coming, right.” On both occasions, Bartiromo applauded the point, initially calling it a “great point” and later commenting, “You know, I'm laughing but it's not funny.” Fox News, *Sunday Morning Futures*, [1/16/22; Fox Business, Mornings with Maria, 1/28/22]

While talking to Fox contributor Dr. Marty Makary, Bartiromo predicted, “Well, it certainly feels like it's all about power for these politicians, honestly. I'm waiting patiently for the quote, unquote, ‘midterms variant,’ OK. We're going to see the midterm variant coming up soon. They'll call it something else ahead of the midterm elections.” Fox Business, *Mornings with Maria*, [4/12/22]
After ranting about the government allegedly censoring the truth about the origins of COVID-19, Bartiromo claimed, “So, is this all by design going into the midterm elections, and I mean it about the midterm variant.” Fox Business, *Mornings with Maria*, [4/29/22]
While discussing the impact of the Roe draft leak Bartiromo said, “If this doesn't work for them, there's always the midterms variant,” adding “Maybe that keeps us all home from voting and forcing us to do mail-in.” Fox Business, *Mornings with Maria*, [5/3/22]
While discussing the GOP’s agenda after the midterm elections, Bartiromo posited that the midterms will be impacted by “the midterms variant,” saying, “How about if the Republicans take over? Because The Washington Post is reporting more COVID on the horizon in the fall. As I've been predicting, the midterms variant is on the way.” Fox Business, *Mornings with Maria*, [5/9/22]

Other Fox hosts are apparently not to be outdone. On the Monday night edition of Fox’s The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham hearkened back to her early role in pushing conspiracy theories against the “scam” expansion of mail-in voting, all the way back in April 2020.

Previously, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) called the omicron variant the “Midterm Election Variant” in a tweet back in December 2021, reiterating his claims during an appearance on Fox News Primetime with host Pete Hegseth. “I mean, they’re looking at the poll numbers that have been plummeting like crazy over the last few months and they’re getting desperate right now,” Jackson claimed. “This unsolicited mail-in balloting worked so well for them in the last election, they need to come up with a reason to be able to do this again. They need to keep the fear level at a certain point so that they can justify this.”

The truth, however, is that it’s Fox that has to keep the “fear level” up surrounding elections. Both on the air and in the courtroom, Fox appears determined to keep lying about the 2020 election — and to keep casting doubt on all the elections to come.

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Ex-Trump Doc Ronny Jackson Shoots Himself in Foot With Ill-Timed Video on Guns

Dan Ladden-Hall

In the latest addition to the pantheon of tough-guy gun-toting GOP grandstanding videos, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) spoke up in defense of gun rights on Monday in a clip of him wielding two assault rifles—one of which was aimed at his own right foot.

“I have a message for the Biden administration,” Jackson, the former physician to President Donald Trump, said in his video shared on Twitter, which racked up over a million views in under 24 hours.

“If you’re thinking about taking our ARs, you can start here in Texas. On behalf of all the law-abiding gun owners in the state of Texas, I just want to say: come and get it.”

Captioning the video, Jackson added: “I will NEVER give up my firearms. I will NEVER surrender my AR-15. If Democrats want to push an insane gun-grab, they can COME AND TAKE IT!”

His impassioned defense of assault rifles came on the same day that a damning report was published explaining what an assault rifle did to 19 children and two teachers in a school in his state in May. It was also the same day a rifle-wielding gunman shot three people dead in a food court in an Indiana mall.

Jackson’s video came ahead of a House vote this week on the first assault weapon ban in nearly three decades. If passed into law, the bill would limit the import and sale of semi-automatic weapons with certain “military features,” but it would not call for the confiscation of guns that enthusiasts already own.

Social media users reacted to Jackson’s show of force with both dismay and amusement, with some pointing out the dangerous way he was holding his rifles, at least one of which appeared to be loaded. This isn’t the first time the former Navy admiral has come in for ridicule.

Jackson joined the White House Medical Unit as a physician in 2006 and served under three presidents, but it was Trump who made him an ally and gave credence to Jackson’s political aspirations.

In 2018, Jackson curried favor with the then-president by using a press briefing to say Trump was in “excellent health,” praise his “incredibly good genes” and make the ridiculous assertion that “if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old.”

Trump was so enamored with Jackson that he nominated the good doctor to become Secretary of Veterans Affairs. But Jackson ultimately withdrew himself from consideration for the job after a slew of accusations of wrongdoing made against him came to light. Jackson was reportedly known among White House medical staff as the “candy man” for the way in which he would hand out powerful drugs to lawmakers “like candy.” A searing 2021 report from the Defense Department’s inspector general also concluded that Jackson had smelled of alcohol while at work and had “disparaged, belittled, bullied, and humiliated” his subordinates, including making sexual remarks about a junior female colleague. In response, Jackson said he’d been “the subject of a political hit job because I stood with President Trump.”

In May, the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol asked Jackson about messages exchanged between members of the far-right Oath Keepers. The texts said the group needed to protect Jackson because he had “critical data.” Jackson refused to take part in the Congressional panel’s investigation, calling it “illegitimate” and a “ruthless crusade against President Trump and his allies.”

Jackson’s rifle-loving clip comes after ex-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens released a Senate campaign video in which he wielded a shotgun, saying “We’re going RINO hunting,” referring to “Republicans in name only” who are despised by the hardcore MAGA right.