{"id":35982,"date":"2019-04-23T18:17:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T01:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=35982"},"modified":"2019-04-23T18:17:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T01:17:15","slug":"aoc-praises-the-va-if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it-vets-disagree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/aoc-praises-the-va-if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it-vets-disagree\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Praises the VA: \u201cIf It Ain\u2019t Broke, Don\u2019t Fix It\u201d, Vets DISAGREE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nRep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the three new Reps now RUNNING the democrat party, had nothing but praise for the VA aka govt run healthcare. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gU6k5ypsN3s?rel=0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn her quest to sound profound and look important AOC never took the time to speak to actual veterans as to what they think of the VA.  She would learn that many are disgusted with the system, are quite critical of the care they receive&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nAOC thinks the VA is quality care. This veteran thinks you\u2019re an idiot. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MABA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MABA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b3isxBnhlS\">pic.twitter.com\/b3isxBnhlS<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biggs (@Rambobiggs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rambobiggs\/status\/1120710180558311424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nShe just hit peak socialist stupid<\/p>\n<p>Those of us who get medical care from the VA tell people it&#8217;s the perfect example why govt healthcare is a death trap<\/p>\n<p>You Go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AOC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AOC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lar6uAu3H0\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lar6uAu3H0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uncle_Jimbo\/status\/1120459676393648128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nWho dis? <\/p>\n<p>Comrade <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> knows nothing about the VA. Defends system failing vets every single day.<\/p>\n<p>Just another hack politician echoing what the government unions want her to say.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwoman of the people\u201d should try VA healthcare. But she won\u2019t, because she\u2019s a fraud. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mJBE3KUa5L\">https:\/\/t.co\/mJBE3KUa5L<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteHegseth\/status\/1120481921564278790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptVetAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeptVetAffairs<\/a> is garbage, it\u2019s time to explode it. Our vets deserve privatized medicine like everyone else. Get the government out of my healthcare <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>! Enough is enough <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JackPosobiec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonaldJTrumpJr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheriffClarke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SheriffClarke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatewaypundit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gatewaypundit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gehrig38?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gehrig38<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilWMcCabe2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NeilWMcCabe2<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Kolfage (@BrianKolfage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianKolfage\/status\/1114255244379209729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nWhat kind of stupid has infiltrated our congress <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mwq4FAXf7Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mwq4FAXf7Y<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Johnny_Joey\/status\/1120447179922071554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nClearly, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> has never made a phone call to the VA, let alone actually gotten medical treatment from them. I\u2019ll say this plainly &#8230; hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a>, shut up. You don\u2019t have the faintest idea what you\u2019re talking about. Just shut up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/58gYCM1zJ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/58gYCM1zJ1<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Zinno (@MarkZinno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkZinno\/status\/1120446654031777792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and it must be pointed out that the very system she praises veterans have DIED WAITING TO SEE A DOCTOR. Some, approximately 22 per day, are getting such bad treatment and besides themselves are committing suicide! AOC knows this and if by some miracle she doesn&#8217;t it&#8217;s just one more example as to why she has no business being in Congress. <\/p>\n<p>What do you expect from a child who apparently earned a degree from Boston U but the only job she could get was bartending, who ended up AUDITIONED for a &#8220;job&#8221; to represent a radical leftist group in Congress! And it&#8217;s also reported she wants VA type care for EVERYONE!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LPJy5wcDQwo?start=94&amp;end=161\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe socialists running the DNC cannot be permitted to hold majority power ever again. They are perfectly fine with govt controlled healthcare (really govt controlled everything) that will lead to death and starvation like we see in every nation under socialism, ie Venezuela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the three new Reps now RUNNING the democrat party, had nothing but praise for the VA aka govt run healthcare. &nbsp; In her quest to sound profound and look&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[257,44675,9987],"tags":[45963,38335,44677,11999],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/AOC-Praises-the-VA-\u201cIf-It-Ain\u2019t-Broke-Don\u2019t-Fix-It\u201d-Vets-DISAGREE.png?fit=633%2C390","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35984,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982\/revisions\/35984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}