Post from Truth Social

I get reports every day of those in our lives, especially the lives of veterans, who are no longer with us. Some have actually went on VA property and taken their own life. No matter what number you use, I'm firmly convinced that one is too many. I'm firmly convinced that if we as a society and we as a government call the VA do not care, then the rest of the world will not give a damn about us. It is us that has to take the priority. It is this VA that has to take priority, and it is you in back home, in your communities, in your town halls, in your places where you go to worship, in your places of laws, everywhere you go, you've got to take the accountability for each other because if we don't, then we'll continue to lose them. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twelve, twelve, sixteen, seventeen. At the end of this day, we'll not be with us anymore. Not every week, not every month, today. So as we gather to celebrate, the Legion coming together, the VA doing what it's supposed to do, and that's to take care of veterans and quit worrying about the bureaucracy. I challenge each of you. When you get up in the morning, or before you go to bed in the evening, count to 17, and then say, "I will be the one." I won't take "I'm fine" for an answer any longer, and I'll commit to you. As Secretary of the VA, I will wake up every day with one thing and one thing on my mind, is how do I do what the President told me to do? I'm going to take care of veterans, and that's all I'm going to do.

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