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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,900 posts)
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:04 PM Jun 2022

Ronny Jackson's 'BEST' Trump Question Backfires Spectacularly On Twitter

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) asked a question on Twitter on Wednesday, but he probably didn’t like the answers he received.

Jackson, a conspiracy theorist and Donald Trump acolyte who as White House physician once claimed the then-president could live to 200, wrote:




He received some 20,000 replies over the course of the day. However, many of them were variations on the same answer:













https://www.yahoo.com/news/wing-lawmakers-best-trump-backfires-085401924.html
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Ronny Jackson's 'BEST' Trump Question Backfires Spectacularly On Twitter (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Ronny is such an idiot PatSeg Jun 2022 #1
Lies and cover ups. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #5
Prolific perhaps, PatSeg Jun 2022 #8
It's an act. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #10
Yeah, that is true PatSeg Jun 2022 #12
So is Ben Carson. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #16
It was the Alzheimers. plimsoll Jun 2022 #27
Probably much like Trump believing PatSeg Jul 2022 #37
Yes, I've said the same thing about Reagan PatSeg Jul 2022 #36
In fairness to his audience. plimsoll Jun 2022 #25
Pro Wrestling characters Mopar151 Jun 2022 #34
If I Twitted- OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2022 #2
i had fun on that thread yesterday CatWoman Jun 2022 #3
How did these doctors get through medical school??????? Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #4
medical school hell, he was a f'ing admiral in the navy. mopinko Jun 2022 #9
I have a doctor/relative/tfg supporter and I just let it slide recently that I think she is a Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #13
i have a sister that married a ditto head. she's the only thug in the family. mopinko Jun 2022 #14
It's an act. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #11
I've wondered about the former guy supporter/relative/md that I just wrote about in the post . Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #15
Look at it this way. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #18
Good to know that when she hits 65 leftieNanner Jun 2022 #22
Oh she is a first class hypocrite. She took whatever stimulus money she could get for her practice. Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #28
The Stimulus money was just a loan - BUT leftieNanner Jun 2022 #29
Yes I think that is what she did. But I guarantee you she will accept Medicare in 4 years and her Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #33
"The love of money is the root of all evil" Totally Tunsie Jun 2022 #26
Literally the current Senator Kennedy ck4829 Jun 2022 #17
Sarah Palin is another good example. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #19
Sarah may just end up in Congress soon leftieNanner Jun 2022 #24
I'm trying to imagine what Ted Cruz will have to do to stay "relevant." plimsoll Jun 2022 #31
Normal Sarah was supposed to be ruthless and more than a little corrupt. plimsoll Jun 2022 #30
I found a video of him talking normal!!! Maraya1969 Jun 2022 #32
The best is yet to come, quack. Aviation Pro Jun 2022 #6
He was too stupid to get away with it. meadowlander Jun 2022 #7
Rubes proving they're rubes. czarjak Jun 2022 #20
Looks like Ronnie drunk-tweeted. NCjack Jun 2022 #21
The day he strokes out. niyad Jun 2022 #23
"WAS" The best thing is... reACTIONary Jun 2022 #35

PatSeg

(47,394 posts)
8. Prolific perhaps,
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:30 PM
Jun 2022

but I'm not so sure about proficient. How could anyone that stupid become a doctor?

Edit to add: And a rear admiral in the Navy? Apparently he was a White House physician under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, so he wasn't always this screwy. Trump seems to have that effect on people. Well, plus the drugs I suppose.

TwilightZone

(25,457 posts)
10. It's an act.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:34 PM
Jun 2022

All of these high-level professionals that seem to have become brain-dead morons are running a con job. They act ignorant because that's what the base wants.

Same with Trump. That same base convinced themselves that a rich Manhattan socialite was an every-man who could relate to them at their level. He knows his audience and plays them like a fiddle.

TwilightZone

(25,457 posts)
16. So is Ben Carson.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:49 PM
Jun 2022

Maybe, perhaps counter-intuitively, the education and experience better prepared them to fake it. I don't know.

It's also not a new tactic. Reagan was a master. I used to say that Reagan was a better actor as president than he ever was in Hollywood.

PatSeg

(47,394 posts)
36. Yes, I've said the same thing about Reagan
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 09:13 AM
Jul 2022

I guess that until he entered politics, he had never quite found the right role. He was truly a forgettable Hollywood actor.

Mopar151

(9,978 posts)
34. Pro Wrestling characters
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 05:51 PM
Jun 2022

Exaggeration of their own personality traits, with the suggestion of erratic and crazy, and a side of shady. Some think that's real, and Congress is fake.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,449 posts)
2. If I Twitted-
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:09 PM
Jun 2022

The best thing are the facts that he will be remembered as a 2 time popular vote loser, 2 time impeached President, and 1st pResident to lead an armed Insurrection against the United State3s of America.

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
4. How did these doctors get through medical school???????
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:16 PM
Jun 2022

But, you know after reading about how they all behaved at tfg's restaurant in Washington I can see so much of it was probably all just egos. tfg's being the biggest. His demands to be treated specially trickled down to his "friends of the day" and I'm sure they loved feeling so important.

So much so that they lose their all important connection with the actual world!

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
13. I have a doctor/relative/tfg supporter and I just let it slide recently that I think she is a
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:40 PM
Jun 2022

bumbling idiot. I actually thought she had hung up the phone after she called me "crazy"

She was always so smart. In recent years she has told me about Bill Gates putting microchips in Covid vaccines. I wonder if it was the conservative husband she married right out of high school that ruined her brain???

They do not think 2 inches in front of what they say. I remember looking up if chips can be implanted under the skin after I heard that and they can......but they are big and would never fit into a vaccine needle. They can be put in at a tattoo and piercing place.

mopinko

(70,076 posts)
14. i have a sister that married a ditto head. she's the only thug in the family.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:48 PM
Jun 2022

second marriage, and was so happy to find someone. i havent talked to her since '18. middle of campaign season. another sister's hubs died, and she was at a low boil for most of the week she was here.

TwilightZone

(25,457 posts)
11. It's an act.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:34 PM
Jun 2022

All of these high-level professionals that seem to have become brain-dead morons are running a con job. They act ignorant because that's what the base wants.

Same with Trump. That same base convinced themselves that a rich Manhattan socialite was an every-man who could relate to them at their level. He knows his audience and plays them like a fiddle.

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
15. I've wondered about the former guy supporter/relative/md that I just wrote about in the post .
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:48 PM
Jun 2022

First she would get very mad if I ever said anything, "Political" and would be very defensive and change the subject if I did.

She also told me that she didn't want "Socialist healthcare" or rather she "Didn't believe in it"

And now I am coming to the conclusion that what guides her is money. She is always talking about working and how she needs to make money blah blah when she had made plenty of money of the years and has no kids.

Could it be that a lot of it with the highly educated tfg/supporters are just motivated by greed and they don't so much mind looking like idiots because of it?

"The love of money is the root of all evil"

I wonder.

TwilightZone

(25,457 posts)
18. Look at it this way.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:57 PM
Jun 2022

The only way that one can self-justify believing in people like Trump and agreeing with those tactics and positions is if they throw away any principles they might have.

"Could it be that a lot of it with the highly educated tfg/supporters are just motivated by greed and they don't so much mind looking like idiots because of it?"

Almost certainly. And the ignorance is quite intentional. Intentional ignorance is a defense mechanism and the only way they can justify believing things that are blatantly untrue and, in some case, just flat-out horrible.

I'm actually a bit amazed at how many people can pull it off.

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
28. Oh she is a first class hypocrite. She took whatever stimulus money she could get for her practice.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:30 PM
Jun 2022

Even if it was just a loan (Can't remember except her saying she was filling out forms online when she had to close for awhile)

I said it to her then....didn't make a difference.

leftieNanner

(15,081 posts)
29. The Stimulus money was just a loan - BUT
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:32 PM
Jun 2022

If she could document that she used the money for the right things (payroll, for example) then she didn't need to pay it back.

Assuming you are talking about the Pandemic stimulus money.

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
33. Yes I think that is what she did. But I guarantee you she will accept Medicare in 4 years and her
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:52 PM
Jun 2022

husband is probably getting it already.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
26. "The love of money is the root of all evil"
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:29 PM
Jun 2022

Mark Burnett foisted this monster on the American public with his production of "The Apprentice", which brought Chump directly into the living rooms of America. The rubes were charmed, impressed, and motivated by his "Money, Money, Money", thinking that surely he'd share the wealth if he were to become their sacred ruler. Every bit of the image is a lie, but it was swallowed hook, line, and sinker.

ck4829

(35,043 posts)
17. Literally the current Senator Kennedy
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:55 PM
Jun 2022

Kennedy switched parties from Democratic to Republican and for some reason also developed a folksy accent.

It’s fake just like the rest of him, but his voters don’t seem to care about it. Textbook pandering.

TwilightZone

(25,457 posts)
19. Sarah Palin is another good example.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:00 PM
Jun 2022

People who worked with her prior to her nomination said that her entire persona during the nomination process was fake and that she was nothing like that prior to coming to national attention.

Then again, perhaps it was that "normal" Sarah that was the fake and she thought her true self would sell better to the R rubes.

plimsoll

(1,668 posts)
31. I'm trying to imagine what Ted Cruz will have to do to stay "relevant."
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:38 PM
Jun 2022

He's another one who plays the moron, but if he's trying to outdo MTG, Boebert and Palin he'll have to be start faking severe head trauma.

plimsoll

(1,668 posts)
30. Normal Sarah was supposed to be ruthless and more than a little corrupt.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:35 PM
Jun 2022

The Sarah Barracuda stuff was from high school and was not a compliment to how she played basketball.

Classic mean girl. And all the guys she would have laughed at in high school bought it because that's what they were acculturated to "desire."

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
32. I found a video of him talking normal!!!
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 04:46 PM
Jun 2022




And this is the guy running against him!

https://twitter.com/GaryChambersJr


I think I might stick this up in the Louisiana forum.

Aviation Pro

(12,149 posts)
6. The best is yet to come, quack.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:25 PM
Jun 2022

When Bloated Tick dons his orange jumpsuit and later when I get to urinate and defecate on the public toilet that is his gravesite.

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