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Viral image stated on August 18, 2024 in a Facebook post Video shows a CNN segment about “veterans cancelling their auto insurance.” Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall “Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.” Mike Bost stated on April 26, 2023 in a House floor speech Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs, "I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it." Blake Masters stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.” Tim Westley stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview "We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months. Kevin Nicholson stated on March 28, 2022 in Fundraising email “Over the course of two months, Tony Evers refused to remove (Curtis Schmitt Jr.) from the (state’s veterans) Board despite having the authority to do (so).” Viral image stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post “Biden orders VA to withhold benefits from unvaccinated veterans.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.” Facebook posts stated on May 7, 2021 in a Facebook post Congress created “a generous mortgage relief program” for veterans. Tom Cotton stated on April 8, 2021 in a tweet “New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.” Jim Justice stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post “West Virginia has one of the greatest percentages of veterans in any state.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate Says Joe Biden “had 308,000 military people dying because you couldn’t provide them proper healthcare in the military.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in website profiteeringpeters.com Says Gary Peters "fought against funding for the VA, veterans housing programs, military pay raises, and health care and research for veterans and their families. He also fought against funding for processing veterans’ disability claims.” Sid Miller stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester. Pete Buttigieg stated on November 20, 2019 in Democratic primary debate in Atlanta "The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans." Sid Miller stated on November 9, 2019 in a Facebook post "Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957." Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS. Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2019 in a post on Facebook Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War." Viral image stated on May 4, 2015 in a Facebook post Says Brooke Baldwin said, "Don’t hire veterans! They’re too damaged to be trusted with authority." Viral image stated on June 4, 2019 in a Facebook post Says Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president in 56 years to not attend a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day. Load more
Viral image stated on August 18, 2024 in a Facebook post Video shows a CNN segment about “veterans cancelling their auto insurance.”
Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall “Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”
Mike Bost stated on April 26, 2023 in a House floor speech Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs, "I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it."
Blake Masters stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.”
Tim Westley stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview "We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.
Kevin Nicholson stated on March 28, 2022 in Fundraising email “Over the course of two months, Tony Evers refused to remove (Curtis Schmitt Jr.) from the (state’s veterans) Board despite having the authority to do (so).”
Viral image stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post “Biden orders VA to withhold benefits from unvaccinated veterans.”
The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.”
Facebook posts stated on May 7, 2021 in a Facebook post Congress created “a generous mortgage relief program” for veterans.
Tom Cotton stated on April 8, 2021 in a tweet “New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.”
Jim Justice stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post “West Virginia has one of the greatest percentages of veterans in any state.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate Says Joe Biden “had 308,000 military people dying because you couldn’t provide them proper healthcare in the military.”
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in website profiteeringpeters.com Says Gary Peters "fought against funding for the VA, veterans housing programs, military pay raises, and health care and research for veterans and their families. He also fought against funding for processing veterans’ disability claims.”
Sid Miller stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.
Pete Buttigieg stated on November 20, 2019 in Democratic primary debate in Atlanta "The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."
Sid Miller stated on November 9, 2019 in a Facebook post "Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."
Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS.
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2019 in a post on Facebook Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."
Viral image stated on May 4, 2015 in a Facebook post Says Brooke Baldwin said, "Don’t hire veterans! They’re too damaged to be trusted with authority."
Viral image stated on June 4, 2019 in a Facebook post Says Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president in 56 years to not attend a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day.
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