Derrick Van Orden: “Every dollar that is fraudulently spent at the Veterans…”

“Because every single dollar that is fraudulently spent at the Department of Defense is not a dollar that can be applied to putting a warhead on a forehead. Right. Then Every dollar that is fraudulently spent at the Veterans Affairs Administration is a dollar that cannot go to educating a veteran, cannot go to a veterans healthcare, cannot go to supporting our Gold Star families. And that's wrong. And the left is gonna play it like this. Oh, look at these guys. They wanna cut veterans benefits. Mike, look, I get all my healthcare through the va, and I love the va.” (43:56–44:09)

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