Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) said during an interview that Trump’s pick to be VA Secretary was drunk on the job according to information that his office has received.
NBC News’s Kasie Hunt tweeted:
SEN. TESTER CONFIRMS: Allegations against Jackson includes improperly dispensing drugs; being drunk while traveling on the job; and hostile work environment
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 24, 2018
TESTER: Over 20 military personnel said Jackson improperly prescribed sleep aids and wakefulness medication @npratc
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 24, 2018
TESTER: Jackson was "repeatedly drunk" while on duty when his job "was to take care of the most powerful man in the world" @npratc
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 24, 2018
TESTER tells @npratc that they didn't start the conversation about allegations against Jackson, that the tips came to them and they followed up
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie)
SEN. TESTER: Johnson was abusive toward staff, screamed toward staff, was belittling
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Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 24, 2018
>April 24, 2018
TESTER: "This is bipartisan in nature…I met with the chairman this morning, he was very concerned" @NPR
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 24, 2018
Ronny Jackson is an example of Trump choosing “the best people”
Jackson should never have been considered to run the VA. In fact, a new report from the AP on a 2012 Inspector General report found that it was recommended Jackson be removed as the president’s personal physician. Jackson’s drinking on the job may help to explain how Trump passed his physical with such flying colors because only a drunk person could look at Donald Trump and see the picture of perfect health.
Ronny Jackson is another in a long line of disastrous Trump picks. Remember, this is the same president who made Mike Flynn his National Security Advisor after he was told that he was under federal investigation and compromised by the Russians.
Trump has the worst judgment of any president in history, and his nomination of Ronny Jackson looks like an epic display of presidential unfitness.
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