Derrick Van Orden: “The Department of Veterans Affairs told Americans in a press…”

“And second, the appropriations process rather. And the second, by trying to subvert the Constitution and remove veterans second amendment rights. As Republicans worked to responsibly raise the debt ceiling, The Department of Veterans Affairs told Americans in a press release that Republicans wanted to gut those benefits for those that served our country. And this was simply not factual. When I returned to my district, I held a roundtable for my fellow veterans. And then in an American Legion in Sparta, Wisconsin, a 96 year old Vietnam veteran named …” (01:01–01:11)

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