Republican Representative Ronny Jackson knocked to the ground by police after he tried to help a girl with a medical emergency at a Texas rodeo, new video shows
Republican Representative Ronny Jackson knocked to the ground by police after he tried to help a girl with a medical emergency at a Texas rodeo, new video shows
- “You’re totally fucking!” the Texan Republican told an officer who knocked him to the ground. “Better calculate you bastard!”
- “I’m going to call the governor tomorrow and I’m going to talk to him about this s— because this is ridiculously ridiculous,” Jackson exclaimed. ‘F–in’ ridiculous’
- “I’m glad the video is out. It shows the incompetence of the authorities and their complete disregard for the young girl in distress,” Jackson wrote on X.
GOP Representative Ronny Jackson cursed police when they slammed his body to the ground as the former emergency room doctor tried to help a girl grabbing a Texas rodeo, newly released footage revealed.
“You’re totally fucking!” the Texan Republican told an officer who knocked him to the ground. “Better calculate you bastard!”
Jackson, who attended to Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump at the White House, had stepped in to assist the teenage girl who was going through a medical episode.
The state agent, identified as Officer Young, told Jackson that several people had asked him to step aside while EMS took over. Jackson continued to yell at Young and was restrained by two other people as he stepped toward the trooper.
Jackson then threatened to call Governor Greg Abbott about the incident.
In this screenshot of body camera footage released by the Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday, August 14, 2023, U.S. Representative Ronny Jackson of Texas can be seen arguing with officers outside a rodeo near Amarillo, Texas
The video shows Jackson being pinned to the ground by officers and verbally berating them
“I’m going to call the governor tomorrow and I’m going to talk to him about this s— because this is ridiculously ridiculous,” Jackson exclaimed. “F–in” ridiculous.”
“I asked you to go back and you didn’t come back,” the officer said. Jackson later replied that he was “just trying to help” and denied hearing anyone tell him to come back.
Jackson said in a series of tweets Monday night that he was glad the body cam footage came out and would not apologize for his actions.
“I’m glad the video is out. It shows the incompetence of the authorities and their complete disregard for the young girl in distress,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter. “We have the best sheriffs in the country here in the Panhandle and North Texas. Unfortunately, the sheriff in Carson County is not there.
“I will apologize for my language, but I will not apologize for getting upset and speaking my mind given the circumstances.
“If I had to do it over again, I would still get up and act in a life-threatening situation. I will ALWAYS help someone in need. I will NOT apologize for that.’
A police report released Friday includes accounts of multiple officers who responded to the scene at the White Deer Rodeo on July 29. Some alleged that Jackson had threatened to beat up the officer and later threatened to go after him politically in a phone conversation with Carson County Sheriff Tam Terry.
Jackson’s office has maintained that the congressman was not drinking, even though an officer said Jackson was seen backstage at the rodeo event.
Ronny Jackson is seen with fan Riley Ridling at the White Deer Rodeo in a photo posted Sunday, July 30
“I believe Ronnie Jackson had been drinking because of his bellicose actions,” Young wrote in an email describing the incident obtained by DailyMail.com.
“I know you’re here to help, right? But I have EMS on site,” Young told Jackson at one point. “I said, ‘Hey, there’s a car coming.’ Several people took to the road. You fell to your knees and someone tried to put something in her mouth that wasn’t necessary. We asked not to do that, right?’
He was referring to Jackson putting a gumball in the 15-year-old’s mouth as a way to raise her blood sugar — which Jackson told Young he did because she might be hypoglycemic.
Young said the girl was anemic and Jackson told Young he didn’t have the medical knowledge to know.
After the confrontation, bystanders can be heard asking who Jackson is. “Someone said he’s a senator,” said one. Young appeared to be unfamiliar with Jackson.
Two bystanders, Chris and Jodi Jordan, told the Associated Press they were “shocked” by the incident.
“We were just shocked,” said Chris Jordan, 48. “I didn’t understand the beating at all.”
Jackson was first elected in 2020 and is an ardent supporter of former President Trump.