'I’ve been working side by side with the president': Former White House doctor touts Trump ties in House race by Katherine Doyle | February 24, 2020 09:36 PM
President Trump's former White House doctor is touting his close ties to D.C. as he pitches himself to Texas voters in the 13th Congressional District.
"I just came from the White House. I’ve been working side by side with the president. I know all the cabinet secretaries. I have their cellphones. I know the chief of staff, the national security adviser," Ronny Jackson, who is running for the House seat currently held by retiring GOP Rep. Mac Thornberry, said at a Harley-Davidson store in Wichita Falls during a candidate forum last week.
"I can pick the phone up, and I can call them," he added. "They’re all friends of mine."
Trump tapped the physician to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2018, a bid that was scuttled by charges of workplace misconduct. The president went to bat for Jackson, who cared for three presidents as West Wing physician, calling him "one of the finest people that I have met." Jackson's nomination stalled, and he withdrew when it became clear he would not be confirmed.
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