At 6:03 p.m. Wednesday, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) were given on Twitter to ensure other people would know he helps U.S. army provider contributors.
“I used to be commemorated to enroll in [the United Service Organizations] these days and make care applications for our courageous army contributors in gratitude in their sacrifice and repair to our country,” Scott wrote, along pictures of him at an tournament hosted by means of the nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., that day.
Mins later, Scott joined different Senate Republicans in balloting to dam development of the PACT Act, a bipartisan invoice that will increase well being care and incapacity advantages for veterans who had been uncovered to poisonous chemical substances and burn pits all over their army provider.
Scott wasn’t the one Republican who hailed veterans simply prior to status in the way in which of regulation that will fortify their lives.
GOP Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (Omit.) additionally posted pictures of themselves on the USO tournament. “Participants of our army are some of the country’s highest and brightest,” Romney wrote.
“Each little bit is helping, and I’m satisfied I were given to play a small phase in supporting our troops,” Hyde-Smith mentioned in her publish.
About an hour prior to casting his “no” vote, Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) tweeted about assembly with the Montana Impartial Dwelling Mission that day to listen to about “the necessary paintings they’re doing to enhance disabled Montanans, veterans and seniors.”
In general, greater than 40 Republicans, together with Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (Ky.), voted towards sending the invoice to a last vote.
At a information convention with veterans Thursday morning on Capitol Hill, a visibly incensed Jon Stewart — the comic who has turn out to be a vocal suggest for vets — skewered Scott for his tweet about striking in combination care applications.
“It’s stunning,” Stewart ironically mentioned of Scott’s publish. “Did you get the bundle? I believe it has M&M’s in it, and a few cookies and a few wet towelettes. In truth, I don’t even know what to mention. I’ve been coming down right here 10, 15 years ― I’m used to the hypocrisy.”
“None of them care — aside from to tweet,” Stewart added. “Boy, they’ll tweet it. Can’t wait to peer what they get a hold of on Veterans Day, on Memorial Day. Smartly, that is the truth of it.”
In a observation following Wednesday’s vote, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) mentioned Republicans had selected to “rob generations of toxic-exposed veterans throughout this nation of the well being care and advantages they so desperately want ― and make no mistake, extra veterans will endure and die because of this.”
“This eleventh-hour act of cowardice will actively hurt this nation’s veterans and their households,” he mentioned.