About this episode
The episode discusses the diversion of funds from VA healthcare to support violent actions by extremists.
Republicans have made a choice: to dump billions of money that previously went into healthcare, including VA care, to pay goons who are shooting people dead in Minneapolis and elsewhere. They've literally taken money used to fund VA care to pay goons who shot VA nurse Alex Pretti in the back. Read more: https://emptywheel.net/marco-rubio-will-let-2-5-million-children-die-so-sarah-rogers-can-fund-far-right-extremists-in-europe/ Subscribe to emptywheel and support the cause: https://emptywheel.net/support/ Produced by LOLGOP Studios: https://www.patreon.com/lolgopstudios
People in this episode
Host: Marcy Wheeler
Topics covered
- VA care
- healthcare funding
- gun violence
- political choices
- true crime
Keywords
- VA care
- Republicans
- gun violence
- healthcare funding
- political choices
Sponsors
LOLGOP Studios
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Republicans
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