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Trump-Loving GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson Gets Schooled Over Weird 'MAGA King' Fantasy

The Texas Republican is celebrating another kind of royalty.
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As Brits mourn the loss of Queen Elizabeth II and celebrate the accession of King Charles III to the throne, one American lawmaker wants the U.S. to have its own royalty.  

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) wants Donald Trump to be the nation’s “MAGA King.” 

Jackson, who has openly embraced some of Trump’s favorite lies and conspiracy theories, tweeted: 

The phrase is a play on President Joe Biden’s critical nickname for Trump earlier this year, when he dismissed the former president by sarcastically referring to him as “the great MAGA king.” 

But if anyone is ready to embrace that title for Trump, it may be Jackson, the former White House physician so gaga for the former president that he once declared Trump might live to 200.

Now, he’s taking it even further.

Jackson’s critics on Twitter were quick to point out that few things are less American than kings: 

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