Speaks volumes to the care given to veterans by the VA.
Via CBS 12:
Two empty picture frames in the lobby of West Palm Beach’s VA hospital got a group of local veterans so fired up, they turned to their congressman for help.
Photographs of the Commander in Chief and the Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs should hang at the entrance to the hospital.
But, they don’t.
Congressman Brian Mast, himself a veteran, brought the men and the portraits to the facility and demanded they be installed. The whole thing was caught on camera.
Mast’s office says he was contacted by several constituents who wore this country’s uniform with the same issue –
they wanted to know why President Donald Trump’s portrait and Secretary David Schulkin’s portait were not there to greet visitors at the VA hospital?[…]
Here is a statement sent to CBS 12 News from Mast’s Washington Office:
“This morning, Congressman Mast visited the West Palm Beach VA, where he gets his own healthcare, after numerous calls from constituents that there was a delay in hanging up photos of the new VA Secretary and President—photos that are hung in every VA facility across the country. While there, he addressed the concerns of these local veterans by helping to hang the official photos of Secretary Shulkin and President Trump.”
Despite Tuesday morning’s development, the VA took the portraits down shortly after Mast left. A VA spokeswoman tells CBS 12 News , the congressman’s actions and
the actions of the veterans who accompanied him were “inappropriate” and the cell phone video was not legally obtained. Additionally, the spokeswoman said
the portraits have been removed because they have not been authenticated and portraits on display at the VA need to come from the central office.
http://cbs12.com/news/local/portraits-of-president-trump-sec-of-va-taken-down-from-local-va-center
