A top Republican Party lawmaker has called for President Joe Biden to resign immediately.
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, said the concerns over Biden’s cognitive abilities should warrant his immediate resignation.
But this isn’t just any GOP lawmaker.
Jackson served as a White House physician during the Obama and Trump administrations and has experience with the mental and physical rigors of the Oval Office.
Jackson took to social media to share his thoughts on Friday.
“Biden doesn’t know what’s going on with Ukraine. He doesn’t know what’s going on with ANYTHING!” Jackson wrote on Twitter.
“He’s not cognitively capable of leading. He needs to RESIGN before our country suffers any more.”
Biden doesn’t know what’s going on with Ukraine. He doesn’t know what’s going on with ANYTHING! He’s not cognitively capable of leading. He needs to RESIGN before our country suffers any more.
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) March 11, 2022
Prior to serving as the White House physician, Jackson served in the U.S. Navy for 24 years and retired at the rank of Rear Admiral.
In 2018, Trump nominated Jackson to lead the Veterans Affairs Department. After allegations emerged that Jackson had created a hostile work environment and improperly distributed prescription drugs, the White House withdrew the nomination.
Jackson claimed that he was unfairly targeted — and then benefitted from Trump’s endorsement to fuel a victory in a crowded GOP primary race to represent a district in northeastern Texas. He then easily won the seat in November 2020.
Jackson denied all of the allegations about his conduct and said in a statement at the time that “My entire professional life has been defined by duty and service.”
“I have not and will not ever conduct myself in a way that undermines the sincerity with which I take my oath to my country or my constituents,” Jackson said.
Jackson was well liked by most members of the Obama and Trump staffs and grew close to both presidents. He drew national attention and became the subject of late night comedians’ jokes in early 2018 when he declared that Trump “has incredibly good genes, and it’s just the way God made him.”
“I told the president that if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years he might live to be 200 years old,” Jackson said then.
Since being elected, Jackson has repeatedly questioned Biden’s ability to handle the job of the presidency and has called for the president to be tested for mental fitness.
“I was at the White House during the Bush administration, the Obama administration, and the Trump administration,” Jackson told Fox News in February. “I was there for 14 years as the White House physician.”
“I know exactly what it takes mentally and physically to do that job, and I think it’s on full display for everybody in the country and everybody in this world to see right now that President Biden does not have the cognitive ability to do his job right now. He’s continued to get worse and worse.”
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