DR.
RONNIE JACKSON WAS DONALD TRUMP'S NOMINEE TO LEAD THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
AND SHULKIN WAS AN INDIVIDUAL TO FIGHT AGAINST THE IDEA
OF PRIVATIZING THE VA.
JUMPED IN LIKE THAT AND GOT RID OF HIM AND SUGGESTED THAT
MAYBE RONNIE JACKSON IS A BETTER FIT.
HE SHOULD OF BEEN A LITTLE MORE VETTING OF HIM BECAUSE THERE
WERE SOME REPORTS INDICATING THAT HIS BEHAVIOR WAS INCREDIBLY
UNPROFESSIONAL RONNIE JACKSON HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW AND
THIS
IS WHY.
SO WHAT WERE THOSE ALLEGATIONS?
CENK TO TALK ABOUT
THEM YESTERDAY.
BUT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ñ CAN
YOU IMAGINE IF YOU ARE WITH
COLLEAGUES AND THERE IS A COMPANY VEHICLE THAT YOU CRASH
AFTER GETTING DRUNK AT A PARTY?
MOST PEOPLE WOULD GET FIRED
RIGHT AWAY, HE DIDN'T BUT IT IS A SERIOUS ALLEGATION.
THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, AND NO ONE WANTS TO
LIVE BUT YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE.
YOU KIND OF TREAT IT AS A ONE-OFF.
MAYBE YOU WOULD BE DISMISSED BUT ALSO MAYBE IF YOU HAVE THAT
RELATIONSHIP YOU WOULD SAY CLEAN UP YOUR ACT.
ALSO TO FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS TOLD THE WASHINGTON
POST ñ THERE IS THE REPORT THAT CAME OUT FROM CURRENT AND FORMER
COLLEAGUES, THEN SOURCES THAT SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO THE
WASHINGTON POST.
NOW HE SERVED AS THE WHITE HOUSE DOCTOR FOR THREE
ADMINISTRATIONS.
THAT IS A LOT OF COCKTAILS.
JUST SAYING.
THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO
THINK THAT HE IS ALL BAD.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR HERE BUT
I ALSO DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF DESTROYING SOMEONE'S REPUTATION.
THERE HAD TO HAVE BEEN SOME GOOD THAT HE DID WHILE SERVING THREE
DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS.
HE SAID A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT TRUMP, WHICH IS THE EASIEST
WAY TO MANIPULATE HIM WHICH IS HOW HE GOT THE NOMINATION.
IF I WAS AROUND HIM AND WANTED THINGS TO GET DONE I WOULD JUST
SAY MR.
PRES.
YOU ARE THE BIGGEST PRESIDENT EVER.
YOU ARE BIG, BEAUTIFUL PRESIDENT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPAND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, AND DO SOMETHING
ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
YEAH, YOU ARE THE MOST PRESIDENT EVER.
OKAY, BY THE WAY OTHER ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE THIS ñ MAYBE
THERE WEREN'T RETAINING FACTORS, HE SOUNDS PRETTY TERRIBLE.
THIS IS STILL JUST PART OF THE MEMORANDUM.
I WANT TO BE AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE MY
OWN BIASES AGAINST TRUMP.
YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS AND THEY ARE
SERIOUS.
SLINGING OUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER.
BUT WHEN 23 PEOPLE STEP FORWARD AND THEY VOLUNTEER AT
GREAT PERSONAL RISK TO THEIR CAREER, THAT MEANS THAT
ENVIRONMENT REALLY HAD TO BE TOXIC.
THEY FELT AN OBLIGATION, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
LAUDABLE.
THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE
VA.
AND THEY WANTED TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY WAIT A MINUTE, THIS GUY
HAS DONE THESE THINGS AND WE THINK THESE ARE CHARACTER FLAWS
THAT WILL PLAY THEMSELVES OUT IN MORE DANGEROUS WAYS.
23 OF THEM, THAT IS A PRETTY DAMNING NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO STEPPED UP.
EVEN REPUBLICANS HAD TO PAUSE AND RETHINK THE IDEA OF
CONFIRMING HIM.
TRUMP HAS RESPONDED.
HE IS UNHAPPY.
PERHAPS IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR HIM TO DO PROPER VETTING.
IT GOES FURTHER THAN SOMEONE COMPLEMENTING YOU AND
SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE DEMENTIA.
DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX AND FRIENDS TRUMP SAID THIS.
HE WOULD'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
THESE ARE ALL FALSE ACCUSATIONS.
THESE ARE FALSE ñ THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY A MAN BY THE
WAY I DID SAY WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, WELCOME TO THE SWAP,
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF POLITICS.
HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE FALSE ALLEGATIONS AT ALL OF
COURSE.
HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT LAST PART
OF HIS STATEMENT ñ YOU HAVE CREATED MORE SWAMP MONSTERS.
AND I AM NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT RONNIE JACKSON, I'M TALKING
ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HE HAS NOMINATED FOR HIS CABINET AND
ALSO MIKE POMPEO JUST GOT CONFIRMED.
MIKE POMPEO IS NOT JUST SOME GOING ROGUE PERSON WHO IS GOING
TO SHAKE THINGS UP.
IT'S NOT LIKE TRUMP CAME INTO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND
REALLY SHOOK THINGS UP.
THE ONLY THING HE DID WAS SHARE HIS BIGOTRY AND XENOPHOBIA.