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Acosta and medical doc say 'former doctor' Ronny Jackson has 'become an embarrassment'
November 28, 2021
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) was denounced after tweeting that the new COVID variant was nothing more than an election ploy. Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta on Sunday, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, said that he doesn't even consider Jackson to be a doctor anymore. He's a "former doctor."
Dr. Reiner, who serves as a professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University, explained that misinformation coming from Jackson is the key reason 50 million Americans continue to refuse to get vaccinated.
"It comes from people like Ronny Jackson, people who doubt the severity of this pandemic, people who have doubted the consequences of not getting vaccinated, people who have doubted the efficacy of masks," he continued. "So now as a new potentially dangerous variant is identified, you see this anti-science coming from a former doctor. I call him 'former doctor' because that's how he behaves. He behaves as a former doctor."
Acosta jumped in saying, that such a comment isn't typical for people like Dr. Reiner. Doctors don't generally trash their colleagues.
Dr. Reiner noted that Jackson is the kind of conspiracy theorist who called former President Barack Obama "a deep state traitor" when Obama was serving as his commander in chief at the time. Obama was also the president who promoted Jackson to a "flag rank." So, if Jackson is going to make such complaints about Obama, he certainly accepted promotions from the person he purports to hate so much.
"We're still dealing with disinformation," said Acosta. "That's probably the biggest threat out there right now." He went on to say that Jackson has become "the doctor of disinformation for the far right."
"I mean, he's betrayed so much. He's become an embarrassment," Acosta closed.
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Even during Donald Trump's administration, Roger Stone was convicted of felony counts of witness tampering, obstructing an official proceeding, and making false statements to Congress. He was ultimately pardoned by the ex-president. But even without Trump's Justice Department, Stone complained that they've continued to come after law-breakers.
According to Stone, however, it's all because of President Joe Biden, not because people broke the law. Speaking to WABC 770 AM radio on Sunday, Stone even complained about the group that claims to have Biden's daughter's stolen diary that surfaced after her home was broken into, The New York Daily News said.
"We have a group of politicized thugs at the top of the FBI who are using the FBI … as Joe Biden's personal Gestapo," he said.
"If a journalist has [Biden's] daughter's diary, particularly if the journalist hasn't even published it, or commented on it, why would you search their home? Why would you seize their computers? It's very chilling," Stone continued. Presumably, the FBI is investigating if the diary is real, how the far-right group managed to obtain it after Biden's home was broken into.
Stone then complained about being subpoenaed by Congress for his observations around Jan. 6. Stone isn't being accused of a crime, he's merely being called to Congress to testify.
"I immediately began thinking how many of my 'Roger Stone Still Did Nothing Wrong' T-shirts can I sell to raise the money for my legal defense," said Stone. "This is epically expensive. I've gotten 11 harassment civil suits against me — all baseless, unsubstantiated, but tremendously sensationalized — dismissed."
He went on to say that out of the 11 he has six left, but said that the Congressional subpoena was "a new level of harassment." He claimed that Congress puts "enormous financial pressure on you." Given Stone isn't being accused of a crime, it's unclear why he'd need a lawyer to talk to them or why it would cost him anything. Congress doesn't hand out fines.
"Isn't it interesting that they released the subpoena on me to the press before my lawyers even received it and had a chance to read it. What's that about?" he asked.
The announcement of Stone's subpoena came along with several others. A press release doesn't need any legal paperwork to issue, where a subpoena does.
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'They're making a mockery out of it': Mike Lindell despairs on live TV over his election lawsuit flop
November 28, 2021
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell expressed despair over the weekend after his proposed election lawsuit failed to get the support of a single state attorney general.
During his 96-hour "Thanks-A-Thon" broadcast on Sunday, Lindell admitted that he was "frustrated" after he had lashed out at a Christian radio network just one day earlier.
"You know how many people have worked hard giving up everything they had because they know this country is gone," Lindell opined. "I was angry, it came out wrong -- probably came out wrong -- angry and I'm frustrated. I've had it."
"It's like we've worked so hard here," he continued, "working so hard to get to something that should have been so simple. Open up the [voting] machines. Of course, every state was illegal."
Lindell then held up a copy of the lawsuit for his would-be "Supreme Court case."
"Here's what's frustrating," he said. "We've worked hard on this and they're making a mockery out of it right now on Facebook and stuff, the media over here, the attack media. So where's our media? Where's our media?"
"Oh, Mike doesn't have an attorney general yet!" Lindell said in a mocking tone. "They wanted some more time because they were helping our country and helping those kids so they didn't have to get [Covid-19] shots."
Lindell had previously claimed that multiple state attorneys general would file the lawsuit with the Supreme Court by Nov. 23.
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