Allegations against Jackson: hostile work environment, drinking on job, improperly dispensing meds

[highplainsdem]

Being reported by Rachel Maddow, the scoop from CBS.

Tweet from Steve Dorsey of CBS:

Link to tweet

Just In: 2 sources confirm to @nancycordes and @edokeefe Sen Vet Affairs Comm is reviewing allegations against Ronny Jackson which include a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job and improperly dispensing meds.

[gratuitous]

1. That explains why he thinks Donald Trump weighs 239 pounds

#sciencefact

[highplainsdem]

4. The Dorsey tweet mentions "excessive drinking" which I'd think would be necessary to believe

the weight Jackson gave for Trump. Or maybe to believe he could get away with that lie.

I didn't include the "excessive" adjective in the subject line because it didn't fit.

But it left me wondering just how much drinking he has to have been doing for that to be mentioned. I'd think that ANY drinking on the job would be considered a problem.

[yardwork]

10. Where I work, any drinking on the job is considered excessive.

[Aristus]

38. You and me both. In clinical medicine, any drinking is excessive drinking.

I watched the guys in Mad Men hit the liquor cart first thing in the morning. I realized that they were creative types, and no lives were at stake.

But still, to get a buzz on first thing in the morning at work, and to maintain the buzz all day; it hardly seems like a job at all.

[LisaM]

13. LOL, I just read your comment while riding on a bus.

Now I look like the crazy laughing person on the bus!

[sprinkleeninow]

37. Laugh away. The joke is on those who still stick with schlumpy

no matter what. They're just begging for derision.

Every day. Every day. Farther and deeper into the realm of disgustingville. But, just when you think, that 's gotta be it.... Nooo, here comes some more down the pike.

Stay safe and be well, my friend.

[LisaM]

39. I went home and laughed all the way through Antiques Roadshow.

It was set in Green Bay and it was the damnedest thing you ever saw

[sprinkleeninow]

40. Hub almost watched it tonite. Don't know if it was the same episode.

Why was it so hilarious?! ☺

[LisaM]

41. Packers stuff, a necklace from a gangster,

A saxophone a woman's grandfather got at the dump, a cannibal fork (!), and two women who were separately assaulted getting scarves at different Elvis concerts. You know, the usual.

[dalton99a]

2. 2 am tomorrow: "Fake News! I can state unequivocally that Ronny Jackson is the best individual ever

nominated for the VA job"

[panader0]

3. Excessive drinking on the job?

Wouldn't any drinking be verboten?

[hlthe2b]

5. yeah, that's the one that really shocks me... Maybe not 40 years ago, but today? JHC!

[HipChick]

7. In Europe, folks often grab a beer or two at lunch...

I guess it's not done in US....

[panader0]

9. I was a bricklayer for 45 years.

Having a few beers on the job was SOP.

[marylandblue]

11. Some people do drink a beer during lunch

But "drinking on the job" usually means he was noticably drunk while working. Also, you can't bring alcohol onto federal property, so maybe he broke that rule a few times.

[guillaumeb]

15. From the Federal Code of Ethical Conduct:

Intoxicants
An employee is prohibited from habitually using alcohol or other intoxicants to excess. Components may have more specific guidance and limitations, including for off-duty alcohol use. Employees must know and adhere to the specific limitations that apply to the employee.
5 USC 7352

Some agencies specifically prohibit the use of alcohol while on duty and/or on premises, but at his position this would not be enforced.

[Major Nikon]

30. Only for medicinal purposes

[Iliyah]

6. He's perfect for t-rump's cabinet

[highplainsdem]

19. Yep. Except for Mattis, they're all unqualified and/or unethical.

[RainCaster]

36. So is Mad Dog

Where did his backbone go? He is as bad as Kelly Anne or Scaramuchi.

[AdamGG]

20. nah, he's incompetent, but hasn't yet exhibited the epic levels of corruption needed to qualify

[marylandblue]

8. Too bad there is nothing about falsifying medical reports.

[torius]

12. I would drink too

if I had to see Trump naked.

[guillaumeb]

16. I would not stop.

Poor Melania, no wonder she always looks angry.

[guillaumeb]

14. Improperly dispensing medications?

To the President?

[highplainsdem]

18. Important question.

[machoneman]

32. Mueller needs to interview this fellow. Imagine: it was Trump he was illegally dispensing drugs...

..to. If he were Trump's personal physician AT THE TIME, that's a tough one to prove. But, if not, giving anyone drugs BEFORE he was tagged as Trump's guy, then he's in trouble.

[stuffmatters]

42. My first thought too.

[mnmoderatedem]

17. well if he were drinking on the job

that would at least explain his slobbering assessment of trump's health a while back.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. I think he drank a fifth to be able withstand seeing tRump nekkid. . . nt

[former9thward]

22. Why would President Obama appoint such a person to that job?

I assume he vetted him.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Maybe he didn't start drinking on the job until he had to work for Trump.

[former9thward]

24. No one "has" to work for Trump.

A person in that position has no end of options.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. True. I guess we'll just have to see what develops.

I'm sure Obama wouldn't knowingly hire a doctor with a drinking problem, but many alcoholics with high-level jobs are able to conceal their drinking for a long time.

[fountainofyouth]

27. He has been a White House physician since 2006

He leads a small staff of doctors, in a role that began under Obama

Edited to clarify: He has been the President's dedicated personal physician since 2013, but his work in the White House predates that

[former9thward]

47. So why did Obama make such a horrible person his personal doctor?

[LanternWaste]

46. Possibly his appointment in 2006 happened prior to his current behavior

Possibly his appointment in 2006 happened prior to his current behavior...

[catbyte]

25. I'm really curious to know what meds he improperly dispensed & to whom.

[GusBob]

29. This to me is the most egregious act

I really hope he was not drinking while providing patient care.

I am guessing he got drunk as social occasions that were part off his job, not during working hours. Just to give him the benefit of the doubt

But handing out pills is a dangerous way to operate

[Hekate]

35. I'm guessing that includes Patient #1

You know, the guy who is just the right weight for his age and height.

[EffieBlack]

28. No wonder Trump loves him

[BobTheSubgenius]

31. Excuse me???

"Excessive drinking on the job???" There's an acceptable amount of drinking on the job??? For a DOCTOR? Well, almost anyone really, but doctors are held to pretty rigorous standards.

A friend of my parents was an eye surgeon, and he gave up caffeinated drinks, let alone alcohol. Granted, the margin of error in his job was literally minuscule, but still....

[BigmanPigman]

33. Didn't the staff play drinking games with cold Stoli?

Someone (I forget who it was since so many people get fired/resign in the WH) was recently canned due to his staff having drinking games while at work.... hiding cold alcoholic drinks of some kind. I thought drinking at the WH was part of the job these days. I wonder if the doctor prescribed diet meds for the moron like he used to get in the 80s? His diet doesn't seem to have trimmed off any pounds but I doubt he was actually on it for more than a few days.

[Hekate]

34. That's two out of three for Donald liking him.In addition, he must have a real talent for schmoozing

...and for generally sucking up to the boss, because the report all along has been about how well-liked Dr. Ronny always has been.

Obviously not everybody likes him, or there would not be complaints of a hostile work environment. But as Donald could attest, those are only underlings.

The best thing about this is, he will not get to ruin the VA.

[OnDoutside]

43. Why is this coming out now and why didn't it come out sooner ?

[stuffmatters]

44. I hope all Vets pay attention: This is how little Trump cares about them or their VA Healthcare

He "loves the Vets"but nominated an unvetted,incompetent, substance abusing, Script Writer to manage the Healthcare System on which their very health and life depend. Trump obviously gives less than a sit about "The Vets".

Trump's pattern of totally unqualified (and often ideologically hostile) leaders is beginning to make clear Koch Bros/ALEC sense:
Cripple an Agency from the top in order to destroy it (eg EPA) or privatize it (Dept of Ed, The VA)

[lamp_shade]

45. Precisely... and the #1 reason for giving him no consideration.