WH official: Jackson vouching for Trump's health on TV helped him get VA job

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the tee vee 'president' qualifies his nomination by how well he appeared on teevee.

Washington (CNN)White House physician Ronny Jackson's performance during an extended grilling over President Donald Trump's health and cognitive fitness played a part in his nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs, a White House official told CNN Wednesday.

The official said Trump liked the way Jackson handled himself with reporters during the briefing in January.

Trump's selection of Jackson, his personal physician, to replace Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin immediately raised questions about Jackson's experience and qualifications, according to multiple veterans groups and Capitol Hill sources.

Asked how Jackson is qualified to oversee medical care for US veterans, the White House official noted Jackson brings with him both a medical and military background to the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as past praise for his work in previous administrations.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/ronny-jackson-medical-exam-trump/index.html

[Shrike47]

1. Confirmation hearings? Did you weigh the President? Did you measure him? Wearing shoes?

Could be fun.

[Girard442]

2. So, Trump bribed Jackson with a job offer to get a fake clean bill of health?

This is what I'm hearing.

[madaboutharry]

3. The shallowness is astounding.

Trump hires people because of the way they look. He hires people because they're tall, or blonde, or pretty, or because he likes their nickname. He hires people as if he were a casting director for a television show.

This country is so fucked right now. The upcoming elections can't come soon enough. And this ignoramus must be voted out in 2020, if he hasn't been impeached by then.

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5. 40% of Americans support this fraud of man..

it's just fucking stunning.

[flibbitygiblets]

8. The silver lining here is that he is just as shitty at hiring lawyers

as important positions. May the karmic irony of that fact bring justice for us all very soon!

[hatrack]

4. I hereby dub him Sec. 239

.

[gibraltar72]

6. Lying to the nation

has its own payoff.

[Takket]

7. I bet the doc thought he was kidding when he said

Lie about my weight and I'll make you head of the Va. now if he can get drumpf an erection he will be surgeon general next