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Biden speaks via FaceTime with, sends pizza to veterans protesting for burn pit bill
President Biden sent pizza to protestors while TFG sent the military
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President Biden spoke via FaceTime with veterans who are camping out at the Capitol building until the Senate passes a bill to expand care for veterans with burn pit injuries, and sent them pizza on Saturday.
Biden tweeted that he was originally planning to visit them in person to meet with veterans and their families supporting the Sgt. 1st Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act, but he needed to cancel after testing positive for COVID-19.
He said he instead had Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough bring them pizza and facilitate a FaceTime call with them.
“These heroes fought for our country — they shouldn’t have to fight for health care, too,” McDonough’s office said in a tweet. “The Senate must pass the PACT Act now.”
Biden said on the FaceTime call that the country has a “sacred obligation” to care for those who go to war and care for them and their families after they return. He said opposing the legislation is “despicable,” and he has to believe that the bill’s opponents are “going to make up for the mistake they made.”
Biden tweeted that he was originally planning to visit them in person to meet with veterans and their families supporting the Sgt. 1st Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act, but he needed to cancel after testing positive for COVID-19.
He said he instead had Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough bring them pizza and facilitate a FaceTime call with them.
“These heroes fought for our country — they shouldn’t have to fight for health care, too,” McDonough’s office said in a tweet. “The Senate must pass the PACT Act now.”
Biden said on the FaceTime call that the country has a “sacred obligation” to care for those who go to war and care for them and their families after they return. He said opposing the legislation is “despicable,” and he has to believe that the bill’s opponents are “going to make up for the mistake they made.”
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BRILLIANT!!!!! 
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