Fox News "Hannity" - Transcript: Interview with Ronny Jackson

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Here with reaction all of this, former White House physician, Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson, along with former senior advisor to President Trump, Stephen Miller.

Well, you were the medical doctor, Ronny Jackson, for two presidents -- President Trump and President Obama. We have aired tape from 2012, 2016 and 2020 of Joe Biden and now today.

Donald Trump took a cognitive test. He got 30 out of 30 right. I hear it's a very difficult test.

I do not think Joe Biden would do well on that test. Is that a fair assessment based on what I'm observing?

REP. RONNY JACKSON (R-TX): Absolutely, Sean. And I've been saying this from the very beginning. I've been saying that something's going on here. I was saying this when he was candidate Joe Biden, and I've been saying that it's only going to get worse.

And guess what? We're watching that happen right before our eyes right now.

And I'm at the point right now where, you know, I went from -- you know, telling people we should be concerned about what might potentially be going on to now saying, hey, what -- what is happening right now? Where -- where are the people in our academic medicine that were out there calling for President Trump to have a cognitive test? Where are these people?

There's something seriously going on with this man right now. And you know I think that he's either going to -- he's either going to resign, they're going to convince him to resign from office at some point in the near future for medical issues or they're going to have to use the 25th Amendment to get rid of this man right now.

There's some serious stuff going on right now and if they do that, it'll be the president's cabinet that initiates that. And if you've got to imagine -

- if you're a cabinet member right now, if you're the president of secretary of defense or secretary of treasury or his attorney general, you have to be looking at him right now and thinking to yourself like what is going on? Can I take direction from this man right now?

And I think that's going to start happening pretty soon. I think there's going to be some serious pushback from the White House and from the left to do something about what's going on. Because you mentioned in your opening, this is a national security issue at this point, Sean. It really is.

HANNITY: I don't disagree with you.

Stephen Miller, under the guise of COVID safety and protections, they kept him in the basement bunker during the campaign, and he seemed to disappear for long periods of time whenever there was going to be a big moment in the campaign, either a debate or the Democratic National Convention, and they were able to get him over these humps.

But I think now a question becomes very valid -- who, knew, what, when about Joe's cognitive decline? And why did they not speak out?

And, frankly, what about the people closest to them that knew about it, why did they allow this to continue?

STEPHEN MILLER, FORMER SENIOR ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, first of all, I don't think it's going to be sustainable for the White House to continue refusing Dr, Ronny Jackson's request that they perform a cognitive test on Joe Biden. Anybody watching that town hall last night and as you mentioned not many were, can see that his cognitive situation is deteriorating rather rapidly, and that is deeply alarming to all Americans.

You also raised the issue about these long absences, where he would disappear before a major event. What were they doing during that time period? How are they getting them ready for these events?

I'm sure a medical professional like Dr. Jackson would have some ideas about the kinds of things they could have been doing. But those questions have never been answered.

The last thing I'll say about this that's so important right now is that it has real policy implications for our country. Who's making decisions about COVID? Who's making decisions about the border? Who's making decisions about Russia and the Nord Stream pipeline? Because, clearly, it is not Joe Biden.

HANNITY: You know, I think this is a really good point. You know, we're now at the six-month mark since he's been in office, does -- what's the grade we, America would give him? I've given my grades.

For everybody who are watching tonight, what grade do you give them on immigration? What grade do you give him on energy with you know the gal -- the cost of a gallon of gasoline up about, on average, a buck a gallon?

Every -- everything you buy in every store you go to now costs more.

What grade do you give him on the economy with inflation? What grade do you give him with these extended unemployment benefits? What grade are you going to give him on China that is threatening our military bases and the, quote, reunification of Taiwan?

Or Russia, why do you fire Keystone XL pipeline workers, career jobs, high paying, and yet give Vladimir Putin a waiver to build his pipeline?

And I can keep going, Ronny Jackson. I can't think of a single thing where I'd say, he did a really good job there.

JACKSON: Absolutely not, Sean, and like you said, we don't know who's really pulling the strings there. We don't know if we're even grading Joe Biden for crying out loud.

And I'll tell you right now, we're not the only ones watching this. Our adversaries overseas, they are watching this closely. They are watching every single thing he does.

If someone out there is planning to take advantage of the United States anytime in the near future, they got to be looking at what's going on in the Joe Biden administration right now and thinking that it is a perfect time to come after us.

And that's what scares me, and I think that we really need to be worried about that right now. We need somebody who will inspire confidence in the American people and inspire the right level of fear and pause in our adversaries, and we do not have that man in the White House right now.

HANNITY: All right. I wish I had more time. Congressman Ronny Jackson, thank you.

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