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stated on September 13, 2021 a Facebook post
“Biden orders VA to withhold benefits from unvaccinated veterans.”
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September 14, 2021
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stated on June 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president in 56 years to not attend a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day.
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By Samantha Putterman • June 10, 2019
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stated on February 26, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We must block Trump from stopping the return of the heroic Alabama mother from ISIS. In many ways she is more of a hero then our veterans. Welcome home sister!"
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February 27, 2019
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stated on February 13, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Beto O’Rourke as saying, "If I could throw two kinds of people in the garbage it would be the elderly and wounded veterans. When a tool breaks you don’t fix it, you throw it in the damn trash."
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February 14, 2019
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Tdtalliance.com
stated on December 12, 2016 an article on a fake news website
"Obama orders ban on Christmas cards to military."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2016 a press conference in New York
"I wanted to keep it private, because I don't think it's anybody's business if I want to send money to the vets."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2016
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on September 19, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.
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By Steve Contorno • September 25, 2014
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stated on May 30, 2014 messages on the Internet
Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.
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By Shannon Beckham • May 30, 2014
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
stated on May 21, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
Obamacare is "one big fat VA system."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2014
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on November 12, 2013 a Web post
Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"
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By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013
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stated on November 28, 2011 a message via the Internet
While CEOs of some large charities have big salaries, the heads of some veterans groups do the job for free.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 11, 2011
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stated on June 22, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says that President Obama said, "Nobody made these guys go to war. ... Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?" 
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Steve Kagen
Steve Kagen
stated on December 13, 2010 a newspaper article
"Already, the mayor of Green Bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new VA center."
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By James B. Nelson • December 16, 2010
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stated on April 9, 2010 chain e-mail
Obama said troops "whine about bearing the costs" of going to war.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 9, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on August 25, 2009 a Fox News interview
The Department of Veterans Affairs has "a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like, 'Are you really of value to your community?' You know, encouraging them to commit suicide."
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August 25, 2009