But we were Unable to get them fired because they were protected by unions and by civil service. And I had it passed in Congress, which people have also been trying to get. And We were able to fire 9,000 people out of the VA and replace them with people that love our heroes. As opposed to. As opposed to sadists. We had sadists. We had sick. We had sick people. We had sadists in there that really harmed our great people, our great veterans. (47:54–48:01)
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Asserts that his administration fired 9,000 VA employees and replaced them with more suitable staff.
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