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Don’t forget that Trump has no concept of competence or use for experience. He has never had to consider his own lack of competence. We should all just stop expecting it from him.

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I’m betting on an Executive Order out of the box cutting VHA by 25% and letting veterans go “free range” to private healthcare if they have outside insurance. If they don’t, the VA will offer sub-Medicaid reimbursement for care nobody will provide.

Closure of the CBOCs are guaranteed.

Veterans get screwed under the BEST of circumstances. Here, they’re gonna get treated like welfare queens in camo.

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Nov 15Liked by FPWellman

Fred has laid out a damning indictment of the treatment of veterans under Trump 1.0.

Democrats had 4 years to connect the freaking dots for veterans.

Even now, Hakeem Jeffries is blathering about Madisonian democracy and NOT connecting the freaking dots.

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Hakeem Jeffries did an excellent job even as minority leader in the house. He kept all the Dems together. If it wasn't for him our country would have shut down in the past few months! The repubs under Johnson have not even finished passing the budget. Even though we didn't win back the house Jeffries is an excellent leader and we still have a whole lot of control because the margin again will be small.

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I can't name one memorable speech Jeffries gave to the country, outlining Democrats plans for easing inflation and pointing specifically to Republican obstruction.

I don't discount his efforts to hold the coalition together, but it's literally the baseline of his job.

Communicating effectively to voters is of greater consequence.

He could have blanketed every podcast and YT channel in the country over the past 4 years.

Think of the impact if Jeffries (and every other elected Democrat had done this for the past 4 years).

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I disagree. He got up and gave many speeches. I watch cspan. Not cable news. He has proactively worked with members on getting the infrastructue, chips act, clean energy bills passed. That legislation is what created new jobs, manufacturing and now the inflation is at 2.3 % from 7%! Gas is cheaper. We have the best economy in the world right now. He has controlled the votes to stop the shut down that the maga house members wanted. He is a good leader. Now trump is going to crash our economy and the bond market is already reacting because of trumps stupid tariff plan. He also fought hard for that Pact act for the military that the repubs tried to kill.

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Nov 16·edited Nov 16

You are in the minority.. I wish it were otherwise.

The vast majority of the country doesn't watch c-span.

If you fail to go where the people are...you've failed in an essential leadership role: communication.

I understand what's coming. Democratic leadership should have understood.

When a wall of misinformation can't be penetratrated by usual means, you get creative.

You don't assume me the status quo will magically reassert itself.

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Collins was a major sycophant

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It saddens me deeply that some Veterans voted for this.

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Doug Collins is a former US congressman from Georgia.

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Thanks! I screwed that up.

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Oh boy, look out. I know what a bunch of pissed off veterans can do. They will not have any lack of leadership like the rest of government, that's for sure.

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