Texas MAGA Congressman and former Navy Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson is actually a former Navy Captain after the Department of Defense retroactively demoted him in 2022 following an inspector general’s report on his boozing, free distribution of controlled substances, and general assclownery while serving as the Trump White House’s chief physician, the Washington Post reports.
Jackson, who officially retired from the Navy in December 2019 ahead of his successful run for Texas’s 13th District, now earns $15,000 less per year in pension as a result of the demotion. Navy spokesman Lt Cmdr Joe Keiley confirmed to the Post the demotion without specifying how far down Jackson had been busted down. “The substantiated allegations in the DoDIG investigation of Rear Adm (lower half) Ronny Jackson are not in keeping with the standards the Navy requires of its leaders and, as such, the Secretary of the Navy took administrative action in July 2022,” Keily wrote.
Jackson of course continues to lie on his official House and campaign websites that he’s a retired rear admiral, but that’s a smaller issue than the overall context in which it occurs, as Jackson had held the position during the Obama Administration. Which makes him the go-to for the right wing media on his “inside knowledge” of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s health histories.
Meaning it seems like this reporting and last week’s Rolling Stone story on Jackson handing out speed and Xanax like they were candy to Trump White House staffers is meant to undermine his credibility when he’s supposed to be spewing all sorts of bullshit about how Biden is demented while Trump has the mind and body of a 22 year old Olympian skier/MIT grad student. Good on the Biden White House for getting aggressive with this son of a bitch. It’s not really a “hit job” when it’s true.
Additional notes by Jack: Texas’s “stolen valor” law punishes individuals who lie or exaggerate about their military record, barring false claims to “obtain a promotion, compensation, or other benefit, or an increase in compensation or other benefit, in employment or in the practice of a trade, profession, or occupation.” Jackson’s website continues to knowingly promote his false rank as a rear admiral, which should put him in line for charges, but indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office will never seek charges.