Doctors You Didn't Know Were Republican

Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1935. He attended Gettysburg College and received a Bachelor's in Biology in 1957 before attending Duke University and receiving his medical degree in 1961. From 1963 to 1965, Ron Paul served in the United States Air Force as a flight surgeon. He also served as a flight surgeon in the Air National Guard from 1965 to 1968. Ron Paul opened his practice in obstetrics and gynecology after settling down in Brazoria County, Texas, in 1968. Ron Paul entered politics when the Bretton Woods exchange system was abolished by President Nixon in 1971. Ron Paul won a seat in the House Of Representatives in 1974 but lost it in the next general election. He gained his Republican seat in the House Of Representatives back and completed several terms from 1976 to 1977, 1979 to 1985, and 1997 to 2013. Ron Paul ran as a Libertarian candidate in the presidential election of 1988 but stuck with his party affiliation of being a Republican when he returned to the House Of Representatives in 1997. Ron Paul retired from his seat in the House Of Representatives at seventy-seven years old.

Although Ron Paul was never a part of Congress during President Donald Trump's term, he has expressed several points of view on political issues that align directly with those of President Donald Trump. Ron Paul is opposed, like Donald Trump, to allowing abortions to be legal unless maternal life is endangered and does not support a socialized healthcare system for the United States.

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David "Phil" Roe

David "Phil" Roe was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, in 1945. He attended Austin Peay State University and earned his Bachelor's in Biology with a chemistry minor in 1967. Phil Roe attended the University Of Tennessee, where he obtained his medical degree in 1970. Phil Roe spent two years serving in the United States Army Medical Corps shortly after receiving his medical degree. He had his OBGYN medical practice for thirty-one years in Johnson City, where he performed nearly five thousand newborn deliveries. Phil Roe leaned into politics when it became clear to him that the healthcare system in the United States needed reform. He first served as Mayor of Johnson City in Tennessee from 2007 to 2009 and got his seat in the United States House Of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, where he currently holds office.

Phil Roe has voted in agreement with President Donald Trump on various issues while he has been in office. Phil Roe voted against the bill for lowering prescription drug costs and reversing changes to the Affordable Care Act, as well as the bill for blocking the Trump administration from granting Affordable Care Act waivers to states. Phil Roe favored President Donald Trump's position by voting to support the bill for making changes to health savings accounts and allowing them to be used for over the counter medications. Phil Roe also voted to support the bill expanding eligibility for health savings accounts.

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