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Ronny Jackson: “I was the first one in my family to go to college.”

Featuring: Ronny Jackson, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, District 13

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Published | Video Starts at 08:59

I mean, really. I grew up in a hardworking blue collar family, and my dad was an electrician, my mom was a homemaker. Nobody in my family even went to college. I was the first one in my family to go to college. College. And they didn't place a lot of emphasis on higher education either. You know, my dad's attitude was like, you finish high school, you know, you get your butt out and start working and getting some seniority and. (08:59–09:01)

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