Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are raising concerns about allegations involving Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, and are reviewing them to determine if they are substantial enough to upend his nomination.
Committee members have been told about allegations related to improper conduct in various stages of his career, two sources said.
The sources say the committee is in talks to delay Wednesday's confirmation hearing as they try to figure out the allegations.
None of the senators would publicly detail the specifics of the allegations. A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Senators may have not wanted to publicly detail the specifics, but they leaked out anyway.
You know the reason why all of this is so amazing is that Trump has bragged repeatedly that he "only picks the best people."Just In: 2 sources confirm to @nancycordes and @edokeefe Sen Vet Affairs Comm is reviewing allegations against Ronny Jackson which include a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job and improperly dispensing meds.— Steve Dorsey (@steve_dorsey) April 24, 2018
But as we know the ONLY reason that Trump thought that Jackson was in any way qualified for this very difficult position was because he lied for him about his most recent physical.
It seems like EVERY SINGLE person that Trump nominates for the cabinet, or hires to staff the White House, is deeply flawed in some way.
Almost like he just does not want to be the only one.
Remember how nervous he seemed as he declared T.Rump in good health? Have to wonder if T.Rump knew these allegations and used it as blackmail to force a good health report?
ReplyDeleteHe appeared to be using a substance. He did not give a good first impression. T.Rump thinks the best people are suckers he can manipulate or someone he would have something on (for blackmail when not loyal).
DeleteTrump has an affinity to picking those people who will assist him in his boondoggles.
ReplyDeleteDonald fat-fuck just needs to keep his hands out of the VA.
ReplyDeleteIf that piece of shit was in my company, he would never have made it home.
Ronnie Jackson couldn't administer his way out of a wet paper bag and Dotard wants to put him in charge of our medical needs?
Give me a Fucking break.
I agree 100%! I am a 100% service connected disabled female vet. (women are vets too).
DeleteI served during the cold war (1979-1985). I was stationed in Germany 10 miles from the check border (they were a closed communist country back then). I was on a plane to go to the Iranian hostage crisis, and then we got off the plane and life went back to the usual, and then we were called out on alert again and ended up on a plane going to panama canal....panama was hot, humid and out of control.
Like cadet bone spurs knows what vets need.
DeleteThat idiot in the white house sure knows how to pickum!!!! Talk about lack of having common sense. Vetting actually IS important, Trump!
ReplyDeleteHe will drain the swamp. Nope, pumped more sludge into it. He will hire the best people, Zinke, pruitt, Flynn, Minuchinless, Price, Carson, DeVoss. If these are the best, what do the worst look like. The tax cuts will not benefit the rich or corporations yet banks have reported record profits due to the tax breaks. Average joes? Not so much. So what promises has he kept?
ReplyDeleteNone, 9:54 AM!
DeleteAmericans need to rebel against the asshole and the awful folks in his administration. He will never be reelected - stands zero chance.
His record is more than deplorable. He and his family members are liars, cheats, mean spirited and frauds.
Trump taught them all well in being the most disliked humans/Americans in our country! Sad to say that they received zero positive influence from their mothers. Sick bunch!
Turns out he is a drunk that writes opioid prescription's like giving candy to babies. No wonder old ugly dotard likes him. Just what the VA needs more drugs and morons in charge of their care.
ReplyDeleteWe, in the VA system, are getting pretty tired of all these re-runs.
DeleteMaybe one day, somebody will get it right but it ain't gonna happen with a drunk'n Jackson.
It's bad enough that when the VA has problems with their leaders, they just move that bad person to another VA position and replace he/she with another "Sad Sack"
370,000 employees to be guided by some po-dunk dipshit that never had an original thought in his head except "198 pounds and good genes" and that surely was a talking point he received from the Dotard.
To my fellow VA patients, We're tucked AGAIN.
And why is "thank you for your service" beginning to sound more like "thoughts and prayers" ?
In trumps world it is mandatory that you must be vulnerable, flawed, a liar and able to be manipulated to get the job. Trump wants to be able to bribe, extort or threaten you into submission and bow to him. This is how he has made it this far. But not for long, he has F*cked up bigly.
ReplyDeleteExcellent post 10:20!
DeleteYou’d have to be drunk to say all that bullshit about the Orange Load’s good health.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course now that the guy’s humiliated because the Orange Turd did zero vetting, he’s throwing Dr Ronny over the side. What a completely toxic POS we have in the White House.
And where are all the vet lovers from the right wing? What a slap in the face to Veterans.
I say T.Rump or someone in the adminsitration knew Ron Jackson's vulnerabilities. They needed a good bill of health for The Rump. You can imagine how it went from there.
DeleteLet's not forget not only did he lie about donnie's weight, but he made that stupid comment about trump having good genes, that he could live to be 200.
ReplyDeleteGosh wonder who wrote that for him?
At least Macron managed to troll donnie by gifting him a tree, trump won't be able to steal it when he leaves the WH.
ReplyDeleteI am sure Macron really enjoyed his framed upholstery from a chair, who came up with this stupid idea?
[T]rump might have the tree cut down by the time he leaves office.
DeleteBeaglemom
Not happening...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/24/trump-just-threw-his-own-va-secretary-nominee-under-the-bus.html
"Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s nomination to be Veterans Affairs secretary may be in trouble, according to senators and aides in both parties."
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/23/ronny-jackson-veterans-affairs-nomination-hearing-546408
Bobble head dotard don picked dandruff off of the French macaroony shoulder like an ape. They kissed and kissed while the women watched. And so insecure that he could not answer a stupid question about his lawyer.
ReplyDeleteI knew this guy was a quack when he stood at a podium and gushed about Trump's incredibly good health and great genes.
ReplyDeletePos, rand paul.
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs to just relax.
ReplyDeleteIts obvious he merely ran out of heinz ketchup for his chateaubriand.
Trump has a thing about alcohol so drinking on the job isn't going to sit well with him. I doubt he cares that much about the meds since they are prescription so not "illegal". As for the hostile work environment, I'm sure for Trump that is a plus.
ReplyDeleteThis is the guy who LIED to the American people about the state of Trump's health. This appointment was supposed to be his "payment" for "playing along."
Proof positive once again of Donnie's one way loyalty. This guy must stay loyal to him but Donnie is gonna throw him under the bus.
I think that a lot of the original group chosen but the trump Administration were hand picked by Steve Bannon as the most likely individuals to cause the most mayhem in whatever department or agency they were to head. Think Tillerson and the disintegration of the State Department, Pruitt and ruination of the EPA, Zinke and the turnover of federal lands and national parks to oil and mineral interests, Betsy Devos wantonly turning public education into charter school education for all. And then there's Ben Carson - in a class by himself. The remaining cabinet members and other agency heads are also the worst possible picks possible. And now, just wait for Bolton and Pompeo to blow up the world. Just what Steve Bannon wanted - chaos in the federal government.
ReplyDeleteBeaglemom
Kakistocracy.
DeleteRonny Jackson’s alleged day drinking ‘might explain’ his bizarre press conference claiming Trump’s not obese: MSNBC
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/ronny-jacksons-alleged-day-drinking-might-explain-bizarre-press-conference-claiming-trumps-not-obese-msnbc/
Wanna bet he is still confirmed.
ReplyDeleteNotice they keep mentioning he was an Obama pick
ReplyDeleteIt is all Obama's fault.
Surely it wasn't all Obama's fault, but Jackson did get the nickname "The Candyman," during his time with the Obama Administration.
DeleteRonny went to the White House for a meeting on Tuesday and is not withdrawing his nomination. So the White House is going to double down and support him.
ReplyDeleteUntil the wind shifts or something. Who knows?
Doctor Feelgood!
ReplyDelete'The ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Tuesday night that people in the White House used to refer to the president’s personal physician, Adm. Ronny Jackson, as “the Candyman” due to his habit of over-prescribing sleeping medication.
“He was the ‘Candyman’ because he handed out prescription drugs like they were candy,” Sen. John Tester (D-MT) told the host...'
'...“Adm. Jackson was the primary health care provider for the president,” the Montana senator told Cooper. “And if you’re drunk and something happens with the president, it’s difficult to treat the president. So this is totally unacceptable, and multiple people told us this was the case.”
-Any enlisted man in these circumstances would get the boot tout de suite! Looks like Jackson, like *preznidint Grabersnatch, was the poster boy for the peter principle. And that water seeks its own level.
Oh, and here's another tidbit about Jackson, in case you all had not heard yet...
'New details about the alleged conduct of White House physician Ronny Jackson emerged on Tuesday night, nearly 24 hours after the first public allegations against him came to light. including a claim that he banged on the hotel-room door of a female employee while intoxicated.
According to four people familiar with a 2015 incident involving Jackson, the doctor allegedly caused a ruckus by banging on the door of one employee's hotel room during an overseas trip, CNN reported. Jackson reportedly caused so much of a scene that the Secret Service intervened out of concern that he would wake then-President Barack Obama.'
http://www.businessinsider.com/ronny-jackson-drunk-rumors-hotel-veterans-affairs-2018-4?r=UK&IR=T