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Swede

(33,277 posts) Thu Jul 28, 2022, 09:08 AM Jul 2022

Senate Republicans blocked the PACT Act, leaving sick veterans out, again.

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Senate Republicans blocked the PACT Act, leaving sick veterans out, again. (Original Post) Swede Jul 2022 OP

Some have sacrificed greatly for our country and want you to know it. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #1

Retaliation for BBB Freddie Jul 2022 #2

Yep, they're mad at Manchin's "betrayal" gratuitous Jul 2022 #3

keithbvadu2

(36,876 posts)

1. Some have sacrificed greatly for our country and want you to know it.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2022, 10:16 AM

Jul 2022

Some have sacrificed greatly for our country and want you to know it.

The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'.

Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's 'sacrifices,' he writes

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Visit+to+Arlington+Cemetery+reminded+Donald+Trump+Jr.+of+all+his+family%27s+%27sacrifices%2C%27+he+writes+

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212910508

"I gave up my life to move to Washington to help Americans," Ivanka Trump says in Davos interview.

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Poor babies!

Freddie

(9,273 posts)

2. Retaliation for BBB

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2022, 10:52 AM

Jul 2022

They don’t GAF if they’re retaliating with the lives of injured veterans.

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(82,849 posts)

3. Yep, they're mad at Manchin's "betrayal"

Reply to Freddie (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 28, 2022, 11:19 AM

Jul 2022

And Senate Republicans are taking it out on disabled veterans. If only there was some way to tell the American people about this in digestible and understandable terms. But how???

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