Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins on Friday sharply rebuked congressional Democrats, telling Newsmax they’ve said the quiet part out loud by using veterans and working families as political leverage to extend the federal government shutdown — a move he called both “sickening” and “hypocritical.”
“It’s really sad that we’ve come to this point in time where they actually use people and veterans as leverage,” Collins said on “National Report.” “They could open back up the government — they choose not to. They’re using people as leverage.”
Collins pointed directly to comments by Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who acknowledged that Democrats are blocking a reopening despite Republican control of Congress and the White House. Collins said the admission underscored what he called “the hypocrisy” of the left’s shutdown narrative.
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