TRISH: YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T
KNOW A LOT ABOUT A SUBJECT,
SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO STAY
QUIET, THIS IS NOT GOING TO,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ, AT A NEW YORK
CITY TOWN HALL LAST WEEK.
SHE HAS BEEN SILENT RECENTLY.
SHE GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM,
RIGHTLY SO, SHE IS NOT A
VETERAN, SHE DOESN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE V.A.
AND WELL, SHE MAY BE IN A LITTLE
OVERHEAR HEAD ON THIS -- OVER
HER HEAD ON THIS ONE, SOMEONE TO
TELL YOU THAT V.A. IS VERY
BROKE.
AND NEEDS HELP.
IS NONE OTHER THAN NAVY SEAL WHO
KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN,
ROB O'NEILL GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
TRISH: WHY IS SHE WRONG?
>> BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SHE HAS
BEEN TO THE V.A., AND ANY TIME
SHE CAN SAY SOMETHING TO TRY TO
BRING THIS ADMINISTRATION DOWN
AND SAY THAT LIKE, BIG BUSINESS
AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE
ONLY PEOPLE BENEFITING FROM
THIS, SHE WILL GO OUT AND RUN
HER MOUTH.
THIS IS A LACK OF EXPERIENCE,
AND VERY POOR ADVISERS AROUND
HER.
I WOULD WELCOME HER TO GO CHECK
IT OUT, GO UNNOTICED.
IT IS LIKE WHEN AN ADMIRAL COMES
TO A BUILDING IN A MONTH IN
ADVANCE, IF SHE COULD JUST WALK
IN, IT IS LIKE GOING TO A
HOMELESS SHELTER.
TRISH: REALLY.
>> IN DC, THEY GO IN, NOT EVEN
VETERANS, I WAS PANHANDLED
BEFORE.
A GUY SAID, DO YOU HAVE 2
DOLLARS, I WANT A COFFEE, I SAID
I'M GOING TO McDONALD'S WHAT
DO YOU WANT, HE SAID OH, I DON'T
WANT McI WANT
WANT McD WANT
WANT McDONANT
WANT McDONALT
WANT McDONALD'S.
>> YOU DO --
>>S THERE A LOT OF BURG
>>S THERE A LOT BF BURG
>>S THERE A LOT BURBURG
>>S THERE A LOT BUREARG
>>S THERE A LOT BUREAUCRACY.
>> THE BUREAUCRACY IS THE
PROBLEM, THE DOCTORS AND NURSES
ARE WONDERFUL.
TO GET TO THEM IS DIFFICULT,
EVERYTHING FROM SURGERY HIS IN
DC, SURGEON CAME IN TO SEE ME
AFTER I WAS IN RECOVERY, HE
SAID, HOW ARE YOU.
HE SAID THE iPHONE ON YOUR
CHEST, IF YOU FALL ASLEEP HIDE
IT THEY WILL STEAL IT.
>> TELL US ABOUT APPOINTMENT.
>> THEY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR
YOU, THEY DECIDE WHERE IT IS AND
SEND YOU A LETTER, I MISSED SO
MANY, I DID NOT KNOW THAT I HAD
THEY THREATENED TO CUT MY
DISABILITY BENEFITS, IT SHOULD
NOT BE LIKE THAT, THERE ARE
TIMES BEFORE PEOPLE ON SUICIDE
HOT LINE GOES TO VOICEMAIL, AND
LAST --
>> DO YOU THINK IT GETTING
BETTER, PRESIDENTSIDE --
REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ V.A. IS NOT BROKEN
IT DOING GREAT BECAUSE OF THE.
>> THIS RUN BY GOVERNMENT,
PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED VETERAN
CHOICE PROGRAM IN AUGUST 2014,
HE WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING,
I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY COULD
AGREE BIPARTISAN, HELPING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID SOMETHING
LAST YEAR COMING ABOUT, IT IS
TRYING TO GET BETTER, ABOUT IN
LAST 18 MONTHS 22 I HAVE THE
RAPS
RAP-- VETERANS HAVE COMMUTE SUII
RAP-- VETERANS HAVE COMMUTE SUIE
IN THE PARKING LOT, AND LAST
MONTH IN THE WAITING ROOM.
AND SHY
AND SHE WANTS TO GIVE MONEY TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO
WORK.
I INVITE HER TO GO TO THE V.A.
IN DC.
SAYING THAT IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND
IGNORING IT LIKE IT NEVER
HAPPENED.
TRISH: ANYONE THAT IS WILLING TO
SACRIFICE THEIR LIFE FOR THIS
COUNTRY, THEY OUT OUGHT TO BE
ABLE TO GET THE BEST DARN
MEDICAL CARE.
THERE IS A LOYALTY WE OWE OUR
VETERANS FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE
FOR US.
>> A LOT OF VETERANS SURVIVE
WOUNDS, WE'RE TALKING QUADRUPLE
AMPUTEES, THAT COULD NOT BEFORE.
THEY NEED HELP NOW, MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE WANT TO, THERE ARE GREAT
PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE, BUT
THERE IS BUREAUCRACY.
TRISH: IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED.
>> I WANT PEOPLE HERE, WITH
GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTHCARE THINK
ABOUT YOUR LAST EXPERIENCE AT
DMV, THAT IS HEALTH CARE.
THAT STUFF NEEDS TO CHANGE, TO
GET TO CAREGIVERS, DOCTORS AND
NURSES ARE GREAT, A LOT OF
WORKERS ARE GREAT, BUT THE POWER
OF NO IS SURPRISING.