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VA Hospital Removes Portraits of Trump & New VA Secy Hung by Vets
Fox News Insider ^ | March 15, 2017

Posted on 03/15/2017 11:56:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

When Republican congressman and Army veteran Brian Mast saw that a Florida VA hospital didn't have photographs of President Trump and Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin hanging in the lobby, he took action.

Mast and a group of local veterans brought portraits of Trump and Shulkin to the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center and demanded they be installed, and the whole thing was caught on camera.

They were successful, but within hours management at the hospital took down the pictures.

Their reason? They could not authenticate the photos and they have to follow protocol.

A VA spokeswoman said that the congressman’s actions and the actions of the veterans who accompanied him were "inappropriate."

She said that portraits on display at the VA need to come from the central office....

(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: florida; trump; va; veterans; veteransaffairs; westpalmbeach
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I smell AFGE.
1 posted on 03/15/2017 11:56:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

AFGE?


2 posted on 03/15/2017 11:57:46 AM PDT by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY! JOIN Club 300!)
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To: onyx

American Federal Government Employees Union


3 posted on 03/15/2017 11:59:13 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The government employees unions are all Democrat political power bases and should be eliminated.


4 posted on 03/15/2017 12:00:24 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: onyx

She is due reassignment.


5 posted on 03/15/2017 12:02:02 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama couldn’t be authenticated as an American citizen but they sure as hell put HIS pictures up.


6 posted on 03/15/2017 12:06:12 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Time to start punishing these people. I am tired of hearing that Trump’s people will do something soon.


7 posted on 03/15/2017 12:09:20 PM PDT by Dacula (President and CEO at Being Awesome)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

“Obama couldn’t be authenticated as an American citizen but they sure as hell put HIS pictures up.”

his picture alone makes me wanna throw up


8 posted on 03/15/2017 12:09:45 PM PDT by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: onyx

The unions (at VA) are opposed to Trump. They are opposed to any “parting out” of VA medical care. They need to be crushed.


9 posted on 03/15/2017 12:10:41 PM PDT by donozark (Lock HER up! Lock HIM up! Kick 'em out! Build the wall! GO TRUMP!!)
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To: donozark

Wouldn’t it be great if this union went on an illegal strike and President Trump fired them.


10 posted on 03/15/2017 12:13:24 PM PDT by rocksblues (The Obama administration WAS the most unlawful, corrupt administration in US history. But it's over.)
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I wonder who has the Obama- Biden portraits? Probably in the AFGE office. 👍
11 posted on 03/15/2017 12:13:32 PM PDT by keving (We are the Government)
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To: donozark

Dissolve the VA admin.

<>Time to name and shame that hospital and the individual in change.


12 posted on 03/15/2017 12:14:08 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: max americana

Just the mention of the muslim bastard’s name makes me gag. I have to fight to keep from puking.


13 posted on 03/15/2017 12:17:56 PM PDT by sport
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To: Lurkinanloomin

close it down, and rebuild it, it is the only way..


14 posted on 03/15/2017 12:20:37 PM PDT by aces (Got Jesus?)
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To: rocksblues

they cannot help a dyin chicken much less the warriors of our society, clean house, eliminate the va, and give vouchers to soldiers for private care..there fixed..if we cannot afford that health care for them we cannot afford the va for sure


15 posted on 03/15/2017 12:23:55 PM PDT by aces (Got Jesus?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is 0bama’s still up - then too, still up in classrooms across the country as well?


16 posted on 03/15/2017 12:25:03 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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Fire the traitor va administrator...then exile her.


17 posted on 03/15/2017 12:37:25 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When the VA is trying to sabotage the most popular CIC the military has had in years there is something seriously wrong.


18 posted on 03/15/2017 12:41:25 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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19 posted on 03/15/2017 12:42:31 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Ah yes. Thank you.


20 posted on 03/15/2017 12:44:16 PM PDT by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY! JOIN Club 300!)
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