ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Jackson is a really interesting case. I remember when Trump nominated him for VA Secretary, and then the nomination was derailed due to his personal issues. All the Pod Save America guys who knew him from the Obama years were saying he always seemed like a nice guy and a good doctor. Then he went back to Texas and slowly transmuted into a MAGA crazy, to the point where Obama was like WTF?Ronny Jackson on twitter is a hoot. You can tell the exact point every day he starts drinking.I love how, up until a few years ago, no one would have ever thought to bring up the ideology of a candidate's doctor, but then Trump rolled out a completely unqualified hack to sign a ridiculous statement that was obviously written by Trump himself, and now all of a sudden conservatives are like, "Ya just can't trust doctors to be impartial anymore." Sideshow Bob would be proud.Or that guy that did Don who called him the healthiest president in history
My guess is that the vast majority of people share similar political views as their doctors, less because they actively seek such people out and more because of all the ideological sorting we're always hearing about. We live in towns where most of the people around us are simpatico, including the doctors. Also, if you're, say, pro-vax and your doctor starts ranting to you about Bill Gates and 5G chips -- or if you're pro-life and your OB says they perform a lot of abortions -- you'll probably switch.
At the same time, I would also guess that the majority of doctors view it as their obligation to prioritize their patients' health rather than trying to spin for the person if they were a public official. Then again, I suppose Trump finding a doctor with a complete disregard for the truth would represent the same kind of sorting I was talking about in the preceding paragraph.