I’m filled with righteous rage tonight over the PACT Act so here’s a super thread of Senate Republicans voted to let Veterans just die using us for photo ops. It’s the ultimate #stolenvalor really.
@SenJohnBarrasso of WY likes to take pictures with Veterans but voted to let us die today.
@MarshaBlackburn of TN likes to take pictures with Veterans but voted to let us die today.
@RoyBlunt of MO likes to take pictures with Veterans and call us heroes in his snappy social media graphics but voted to let us die today.
@SenatorBraun of IN likes to take pictures with Veterans and thank us for our service in the press but voted to let us die today.
@SenatorBurr of NC has a whole video of Veterans supporting him but he voted to let us die today.
@SenBillCassidy of LA uses images of Military members and Veterans in his campaign ads but voted to let us die today.
@JohnCornyn of TX has photos of himself shaking hands with Veterans on his website but voted to let us die today.
Veteran and fake Army Ranger @TomCottonAR of AR has cushy Congressional health insurance unlike most Veterans but voted to let the rest of us die today.
@SenKevinCramer of ND likes to put pictures of Veteran graves in his campaign materials. Maybe that’s why he voted to let us just die today.
@SenTedCruz of TX loves to do feel good Veteran PR stunts but voted to let us die today.
@SteveDaines of MT made his very first Senate ad about honoring Veterans and protecting our healthcare but voted to let us die today.
Pro-Trump Veteran @joniernst of IA wants to spend money on a GWOT memorial but voted to let Veterans who don’t have Congressional healthcare keep dying today.
Multi-millionaire @SenatorFischer of NE loves a good photo with young troops but voted to let us die today.
@BillHagertyTN of TN Tweeted that he’s behind our Veterans 120% but today he voted to let us die.
@HawleyMO of MO touted on Twitter that his sister is in the Navy. Makes it even more mind blowing he voted to let Veterans die today.
@cindyhydesmith offered Veterans “deep gratitude” for our service last Veterans Day but voted to let us die today.
@JimInhofe sure does love taking pictures with Veterans but he voted to let us die today.
@RonJohnsonWI of WI, rated by Washingtonian magazine as “the most clueless Senator” doesn’t have many photos with Veterans. He’s consistent. He ignored whistleblowers about serious VA facility issues back in 2016 and today he voted to just let us die.
@JohnKennedyLA is tough to search because it’s mostly JFK results but he did thank Veterans for our service and pledge to protect women and protect life. But I’m a Veteran, I’m a woman, and I’m a live and today he voted to just let us die.
@jameslankford of OK likes to take sentimental photos of himself staring at the boots that represent our deaths. Maybe that’s why he voted to let us just keep dying today.
Ah yes and of course there’s @MikeLeeforUtah of UT who made a cool photo gallery of Veterans but voted to let us die today.
@SenLummis thanks Military members and Veterans for their work at a local Air Force base on her website but voted to let us die today.
@RogerMarshallMD of KS is apparently an MD and spent 7 years in the Army Reserves where he trained mobile hospital support units but voted to let Veterans die without healthcare today.
@LeaderMcConnell can’t tell the difference between military satire articles and military reports but I doubt he was confused when he voted to Veterans die today.
@robportman of OH “honored” Veterans outside a museum about us but today he dishonored us by voting to let us die.
@SenatorRisch takes photos with Veterans and even acknowledged Vietnam Veteran’s Day but voted to let Veterans die from Agent Orange without healthcare today.
@MittRomney loves a photo op with Veterans but voted to let us die today.
@SenatorRounds has been campaigning on fighting for better Veteran healthcare but today he voted to let us die because his bosses said so.
@BenSasse of NE takes photos with Veterans and thanks us for our service but voted to let us die today.
Damn my hands are getting tired. How did Donald Trump tweet so much? Maybe it’s easier with the small hands.
Next up @SenRickScott who touts that he spent an entire 29 months in the Navy but voted to let Veterans who are NOT worth over $300 million die without healthcare today.
@SenatorTimScott of SC was glad that Veterans campaigned for him but voted to let Veterans die today.
@SenShelby of AL has been thanking us for our service at least since I was deployed in 2013 breathing burn out fumes, but today he voted to let Veterans die.
@DanSullivan_AK of AK speaks at Veteran’s day ceremonies but today he voted to let Veterans die.
@SenJohnThune of SD invites Veterans to his Senate office for discussion but today on the Senate floor, he voted to let us die.
@ThomTillis of NC said in his statement that he voted to let Veterans die because the VA doesn’t currently have the capacity to care for all the sick Veterans that’s been sending to war since 2015.
@SenToomey of PA put together a nice table to commemorate “service” “valor” “sacrifice” but voted to let Veterans die today.
@SenTuberville sits on the @DeptVetAffairs committee and writes statements about keeping Veterans “front of mind” but today he voted to let us die.
@RogerWicker takes photos with Veterans but today he voted to let us die.
Last but certainly not least, millionaire and Veteran @ToddYoungIN of IN visits recruiting stations to take pictures and writes about how he swore to remain faithful to those who served by his side, but today he voted to let us die.
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Good morning NYC! We are two weeks from the Congressional primary elections and I know there are several important races, but only #NY11 could be the difference between keeping and losing the house!
As a Veteran, I’m in shock and struggling to find words. 3.5 million of us were exposed to toxic fumes from burn pits. Advocates for this bill have literally died waiting for it to finally come to a vote and they voted to just let us die…
I took this photo in 2013 and spent months breathing the toxic fumes and I don’t even have health insurance right now because I can’t afford it like over 2 million other Veterans (conservatively)...
But these so-called “pro-life” Republicans who love to wave flags and put us in their photo ops and use us as political props when it’s convenient clearly don’t care about the lives of us Veterans who have sacrificed more for their greed than any of them could possibly repay…
Today is #ArmedForcesDay- too often a day where politicians offer platitudes about sacrifice and gratitude while they continue to send our troops to kill and die in endless wars for profit and power- not justice or freedom. #NoMoreWar /1
They pat us on the back while they line their pockets with corporate "Defense" industry campaign donations and ignore the the hunger, houselessness, and avoidable traumas our families are grappling with. #ArmedForcesDay#22aDay#MoralInjury#HousingFirst#HousingIsAHumanRight 3/