Trump Calls For Tester’s Resignation Over Jackson Investigation

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President Donald Trump continued his crusade against Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) Saturday, accusing him of slandering White House physician Ronny Jackson and calling for his resignation.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah reportedly echoed this line of attack on Friday. “Sen. Jon Tester engaged in character assassination against a decorated rear admiral in the United States Navy, and he didn’t have a shred of evidence to back it up,” he said according to a Saturday morning Washington Post report.

The White House’s reaction appears to be spurred by a statement sent out by the Secret Service on Friday denying that one particular allegation about Jackson—that he got drunk and pounded on the door of a female coworker, causing the Secret Service to intervene—was true.

“A thorough review of internal documents related to all Presidential foreign travel that occurred in 2015, in addition to interviews of personnel who were present during foreign travel that occurred during the same time frame, has resulted in no information that would indicate the allegation is accurate,” the statement reportedly reads.

The White House also contends that internal investigations have proven another Jackson allegation false, that he drunkenly crashed a government vehicle at a Secret Service going away party.

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  1. No one is a bigger snowflake than Don the Con. No one.

  2. The answer to everything for Republicans is to banish others whether they be immigrants, House Chaplains or duly elected representatives of the people. They would really like to get rid of elections entirely and allow the Russians to appoint some of their Russia Mafia stooges. Opps. They already have.

  3. Avatar for msm msm says:

    Tester was just doing his job, something pretty foreign to Trump.

  4. Donny boy really hates to be beaten, doesn’t he? This is all about dominance, as usual. And, of course, he can’t help but lie, as this statement, " (in fact they deny)," is false. They do not deny it; they simply do not confirm it.

  5. Tester should tweet back a long list of Trump failures and outright lies and then call for Trump’s resignation.

    Yes, I know, it would be a long multi part tweet.

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