Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, set the file straight on how former President Donald Trump’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ management types for America’s veterans differ throughout a marketing campaign cease in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
The Republican vice presidential nominee’s rally was held at JWF Industries, which provides “Division of Protection prime contractors with dependable, on-time fabrications and sub-assemblies,” in accordance with its web site.
Vance, himself a Marine veteran, requested the group, “When our personal residents undergo and our veterans are on the prime of that checklist, [do] you understand what an enormous distinction between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris [is]?”
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“Donald Trump desires to place Americans and American veterans first. He thinks the federal government of this nation exists to serve the folks of this nation, not individuals who should not be right here within the first place,” stated Vance. “That is among the largest variations between the management of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.”
Vance’s feedback got here on the heels of a query from a reporter asking how the Trump-Vance ticket would prioritize ending veteran homelessness in America, as Pennsylvania has the fourth-highest fee of veteran homelessness within the nation.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives at a marketing campaign occasion at JWF Industries, Saturday, in Johnstown, Pa. (AP Picture/Matt Freed)
In late August, the U.S. Division of Veterans Affairs (VA) introduced it might award over $800 million nationwide in grants by way of the Supportive Companies for Veteran Households and Homeless Suppliers Grant and Per Diem applications, with $17 million of the general grant going to Pennsylvania.Â
Based on nonprofit Mission Roll Name, a median of 35,574 veterans skilled homelessness per diem in 2023. Veteran homelessness elevated 7.4% from 2022 to 2023 through the Biden administration, in accordance with the VA.
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“Let’s be sincere right here, $17 million,” Vance stated. “Whereas it would assist, it’s not almost sufficient to satisfy the problem of the homeless veteran inhabitants on this nation.
“These guys went off to conflict. A few of them got here again with wounds, a few of them with wounds you can not see. However all of them got here again with the pleasure that they served their nation and did what our nation requested them to do,” he added. “How disgraceful is it that hundreds of thousands of our veterans are getting left behind in some type or one other, and 1000’s of them are homeless? After we’re housing unlawful aliens in first-class resorts, it is a shame.”
In New York Metropolis alone, 119 migrant shelters contracted by the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) are resorts and motels. A further 38 resorts are contracted by way of totally different businesses.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives at a marketing campaign occasion at JWF Industries in Johnstown, Pa., Saturday. (AP Picture/Matt Freed)
Veterans 4 America First Institute (V4AF), a self-described grassroots coverage group and nonprofit, responded to Vance’s feedback on Trump and Harris’ differing approaches towards veterans.
“Senator Vance is 100% right, extra must be achieved for our homeless veterans, particularly at a time beneath VP Harris when the Division of Veterans Affairs dropped the ball as veteran homelessness went up over 7% final 12 months,” Darin Selnick, V4AF founder and Air Power veteran, informed Fox Information Digital.Â
“In the meantime, the VA offers particular therapy to unlawful immigrants by processing and paying their ICE medical claims and to particular pursuits over veterans, corresponding to what is going on on the West L.A. campus the place VA has turned its again on homeless veterans whereas giving unlawful leases to UCLA, Brentwood College and an oil firm,” continued Selnick. Â
The VA was lately dominated in opposition to throughout a case in Los Angeles after it had been found that the group had “quietly offered off” land deeded in 1888 as an Previous Troopers’ Dwelling to non-public pursuits as a substitute of constructing housing items for veterans.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, gestures whereas talking at a marketing campaign occasion Saturday. (AP Picture/Matt Freed)
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Unwell., launched a invoice final December that might block VA funding for unlawful immigrants nationwide referred to as the “No VA Assets for Unlawful Aliens Act” after reviews got here out of the DHS utilizing VA funding for unlawful migrants in ICE detention.
Selnick added: “It’s time for VP Harris to stroll the stroll as a substitute of simply speaking, and to do what is correct for veterans as a substitute of utilizing veterans as a political prop.”
The Republican Nationwide Committee’s official platform for 2024 features a subsection titled “Take Care of Our Veterans,” saying, “Republicans will finish luxurious housing and Taxpayer advantages for Unlawful Immigrants and use these financial savings to shelter and deal with homeless Veterans.”
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“We’ll restore Trump Administration reforms to develop Veterans’ Healthcare Selections, defend Whistleblowers, and maintain accountable poorly performing staff not giving our Veterans the care they deserve,” the doc continued.
Representatives for Vance and the Trump marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
