I'm not going to get confirmed in the Senate because I even got some of the Republicans looking the other way and, like, kind of let it happen. The reason was, is because They had already picked somebody that they wanted to be the secretary of the VA. somebody that they knew and that they controlled and that they had influence over. I wasn't that guy. You know, when I say they, I mean everybody but the president. (19:23–19:27)
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Asserts that there was a pre-selected candidate for VA secretary preferred by others.
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