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TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
Tue May 9, 2017, 12:59 AM May 2017

Group rips Elizabeth Warren for ignoring vets

A Dracut veterans group is turning up the heat on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, saying she’s ignored actual vets’ suffering in the Bay State while raising alarm over hypothetical deaths she says will result from an Obamacare repeal.

John MacDonald of Veterans Assisting Veterans railed against Warren in an appearance on “Fox & Friends” yesterday morning, then issued another open letter to Warren, the first of which they sent in February.

“It’s been sixty-seven days since Veterans Assisting Veterans first asked Senator Elizabeth Warren where her voice was for our nation’s veterans,” the letter reads. “While Elizabeth Warren predicts a disaster for the purpose of political hype, she has ignored the current disaster for veterans in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

MacDonald cited Herald reports last week that showed the Boston division of Veterans Affairs bungled one in six traumatic brain injury claims even after being warned by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general to improve, as well as the story of a disabled Dracut Marine whose private doctor discovered a mass on his brain that Veterans Affairs missed.

Read more: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2017/05/group_rips_elizabeth_warren_for_ignoring_vets

[font color=330099]Warren's office did not provide a comment regarding these allegations. I'm hoping that Warren or her staff addresses the complaint due to the power that the veterans constituency has on political races.[/font]

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Group rips Elizabeth Warren for ignoring vets (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2017 OP
Is this a Republican supporting group ? OnDoutside May 2017 #1
Fox News and the HErald ? JI7 May 2017 #2
I know that the sources are not favorable to liberals, TexasTowelie May 2017 #3
oh, i'm not questioning you or have a problem with you posting it JI7 May 2017 #4
Thanks for understanding and clearing things up. TexasTowelie May 2017 #5

TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
3. I know that the sources are not favorable to liberals,
Tue May 9, 2017, 01:19 AM
May 2017

but it is in the news which is why Warren or her staff needs to address the allegations. It would be a mistake to ignore the charges made by the veterans group regardless of the source of the news.

JI7

(90,524 posts)
4. oh, i'm not questioning you or have a problem with you posting it
Tue May 9, 2017, 01:20 AM
May 2017

i'm just saying the accusations are obviously political

TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
5. Thanks for understanding and clearing things up.
Tue May 9, 2017, 01:31 AM
May 2017

I agree that the accusations are partisan in nature which is why they need a forceful response. Otherwise, the lack of a response would give the allegations some validity.

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