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Amy McGrath

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1803 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

What the VA is doing here is saying you're going to have less of a rating.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

And so what that's going to do is a lot of veterans that are prescribed medication for their service related problems, medical problems, they'll cut off that medication, you know, then rather than lose compensation.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

I mean, you're putting veterans, you're making veterans take a choice, make a choice here.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

Oh, you can either get compensated or you can get treatment.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

But not both.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

100%.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

Right now, we're looking at losing all these veterans, millions of us, losing benefits.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

And how hard is it to get those benefits?

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

You don't just snap a finger.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

And, you know, people need to understand a lot of veterans, everybody has a different experience, but a lot of veterans fight for years to get the benefits that they earned and deserve from their service-connected

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

or service-related disabilities.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

I mean, this is wrong.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

I mean, usually it takes a year or so.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

Four.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

Yeah, and the other thing about this administration and these Republicans that are pushing this through is they're disregarding clear court decisions that previously have said you cannot do this.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

And this is just another way this administration is saying, eh, we don't care about the law.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

We're just going to do our own thing.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

And, of course, shutting out veterans from providing any input before they did it.

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

I mean, this is...

Truth in the Barrel
Iran's Buildup, Noem's Blankie, And The Weaponized DHS

Yeah, and they're already trying to get the VA.