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Raw Story reports:
Former President Donald Trump revived one of his go-to lies about his record on veteran policy during a Fourth of July message to supporters this week.
“Our military, we do, as you know, we did choice, Veterans Choice, where, for our V.A., where we had the highest rating that, I think, anybody’s ever had, we’re at 92 percent,” said Trump in “leaked video” footage obtained by the anti-Trump account Patriot Takes.
Veterans Choice, a program that allows veterans experiencing long wait times in the V.A. medical system to seek care at private facilities, was actually signed into law by former President Barack Obama in 2014.
Read the full article. Trump famously walked out of a 2020 press conference when a CBS reporter called out his lie about having enacted Veterans Choice. Video of that moment is below.
During a July 4th zoom call with veterans, Trump took credit for Veterans Choice, a bill signed into law by President Obama. pic.twitter.com/WNEjWfkLyD
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 5, 2024
Trump abruptly ended his Q&A when @PaulaReidCBS asked him this: “Why do you keep saying that you passed Veterans Choice? It was passed in 2014. But it was a false statement, sir.” pic.twitter.com/roJ3ngGUdI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 8, 2020