TRUMP FAMILY FINANCIAL INTERESTS ARE #1
Donald Trump is a carnival-barking huckster. To him, everything is for sale — including our national security.
We’re honoring the service of our nation’s veterans with ACTION
Our servicemembers, veterans, and their families are under attack from President Trump — and we’re laying out his entire record on these issues throughout this site. As veterans and military families, we’re putting the President on notice: We’re organizing nonstop from now until next November to elect a Commander-in-Chief and Congress deserving of our service and sacrifice.
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AT RISK
As President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Donald Trump’s chaotic “leadership” and obsession with his own ego and financial interest have combined to weaken America’s place on the world stage, embolden our enemies, and alienate our allies. Trump has refused to accept the U.S. Intelligence community’s own conclusion that Russia attacked our democracy in 2016, while cozying up to Putin and spilling classified information to the Russian Ambassador in the Oval Office. His approach to diplomacy with North Korea has yielded no substantive commitments from the regime, and has centered on a bizarre personal relationship between the two strongmen to include “love letters.” At the request of Turkey’s President, Trump ordered an unplanned and hasty withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Northern Syria — abandoning our Kurdish partners who fought side-by-side to deny ISIS a physical stronghold, and leaving the Kurds to be slaughtered. There are countless examples Trump’s erratic behavior on the world stage putting Americans at risk. But it comes down to this: those who’ve worn the uniform of our country — past and present — deserve a Commander-in-Chief worthy of their service and sacrifice, and all Americans deserve a President who puts our national security first.
TRUMP’S ATTACKS ON VETERANS
Donald Trump has disrespected and devalued the service of veterans since the beginning days of his campaign — deriding the late Senator and POW John McCain as “not a real war hero because he was captured” and claiming that avoidance of sexaully-transmitted diseases in New York City in the 80’s was his own “personal Vietnam.” But beyond his disrespect, Trump has also allowed the chaos and corruption core to his Administration to get in the way of caring for our nation’s men and women in uniform — past, present, and future. Trump allowed open warfare between his own political appointees at the White House and the Department of Veterans Affairs to throw the VA — our VA — into chaos, resulting in the firing of his first VA Secretary. Then he tried to nominate his unqualified, personal physician to run the 9,000,000+ patient healthcare system. And throughout, outsiders with financial interests in VA contracts — like the “Mar-A-Lago three” — have been putting profits ahead of patients.
When members of the military are worried that the benefits they earned won’t be there when they separate from the service, they’re not able to fully focus on the mission at hand. Donald Trump undermining the VA therefore hurts our national security.
Here are some of the scandals that Trump has allowed to harm the lives of veterans.
TRUMP HATES MILITARY FAMILIES
Before even taking office, Donald Trump made mocking Gold Star Families a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign. As President, Trump and Congressional Republicans have doubled down on their attacks against military families and families of the fallen. From spiking taxes on military death benefits to ripping money away from military school construction funding to pay for his racist wall and devaluing the service of immigrant and LGBTQ service members, Donald Trump has demeaned and degraded military families since day zero.
As morally reprehensible as these attacks are, they also impact the readiness of our force, and takes their attention away from their missions. Donald Trump’s attacks on our military families and service members make us less safe.
WHO’S PAYING FOR TRUMP’S WALL? MILITARY FAMILIES
When Congress refused to appropriate funds for Trump’s racist wall along the U.S.-Mexico border (which experts say is an ineffective waste), the President decided to declare a national emergency and rip the money away from military construction projects already approved by Congress. These projects, which take years to approve, include critical military projects that directly impact our military’s readiness and the quality of life of military families. With desperately needed improvements to military schools, childcare facilities, and community projects on the chopping block, military families are paying for Trump’s wall.
Scroll over the map below to see where Donald Trump is stealing from the military to pay for his racist border wall. Click any phone number to call.
On the map below, see where Donald Trump is stealing from the military to pay for his racist border wall. Click any phone number to call.
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Alabama – $5,200,000
$5,200,000 – Anniston Army Depot Weapon Maintenance Shop
Senator Richard Shelby
(202) 224-5744
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Alaska – $99,400,000
$75,400,000 – Eielson Air Force Base Central Heat / Boiler Repair
$19,000,000 – Improved CATM Range
$8,000,000 – Missile Field Expansion
Senator Lisa Murkowski
(202)-224-6665
Senator Dan Sullivan
(202) 224-3004
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Arizona – $30,000,000
$30,000,000 – Fort Huachuca Ground Transport Equipment Building
Senator Martha McSally
(202) 224-2235
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California – $8,000,000
$8,000,000 – Channel Islands C130-J Flight Simulator Facility
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Florida – $17,000,000
$17,000,000 – Tyndall Air Force Base Fire & Crash Rescue Station
Senator Rick Scott
(202) 224-5274
Senator Marco Rubio
(202) 224-3041
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Hawaii – $31,492,000
$5,500,000 – Pearl Harbor Training Facility
$26,492,000 – Kaneohe Bay Security Improvements
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Indiana – $24,000,000
$16,000,000 – Crane Army Ammunition Plant Railcar Holding Area
$8,000,000 – Hulman Regional Airport Small Arms Range
Senator Todd Young
(202) 224-5623
Senator Mike Braun
(202) 224-4814
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Louisiana – $39,000,000
$15,000,000 – U.S. Northern Command Alert Apron
$24,000,000 – U.S. Northern Command Alert Facilities
Senator Bill Cassidy
(202) 224-5824
Senator John Kennedy
(202) 224-4623
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Kentucky – $62,634,000
$62,634,000 – Fort Campbell Middle School
Senator Mitch McConnell
(202) 224-2541
Senator Rand Paul
(202) 224-4343
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Maryland – $66,500,000
$16,500,000 – Fort Meade Cantonment Roads
$37,000,000 – Joint Base Andrews PAR Relocate Haz Cargo Pad
$13,000,000 – Child Development Center
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Mississippi – $8,000,000
$8,000,000 – Jackson Air National Guard Base Small Arms Range
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
(202) 224-5054
Senator Roger Wicker
(202) 224-6253
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New Mexico – $125,000,000
$85,000,000 – Holloman Air Force Base MQ-9 FTU Operations Facility
$40,000,000 – White Sands Information Systems Facility
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New York – $160,000,000
$95,000,000 – West Point Engineering Center
$65,000,000 – West Point Parking Facility
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North Carolina – $80,294,000
$25,650,000 – Camp LeJuene 2nd Radio Battalion Complex
$15,300,000 – Ambulatory Care Center Addition
$32,944,000 – Fort Bragg Elementary School Replacement
$6,400,000 – Seymour Johnson Air Force Base KC-46A ADAL for All Mission Storage
Senator Thom Tillis
(202) 224-6342
Senator Richard Burr
(202) 224-3154
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Oklahoma – $8,000,000
$8,000,000 – Tulsa Iap Small Arms Range
Senator James Inhofe
(202) 224-4721
Senator James Lankford
(202) 224-5754
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Oregon – $10,500,000
$8,000,000 – Klamath Falls IAP Indoor Range
$2,500,000 – Replace Fuel Facilities
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South Carolina – $10,750,000
$10,750,000 – Beaufort (Laurel Bay) Fire Station Replacement
Senator Lindsey Graham
(202) 224-5972
Senator Tim Scott
(202) 224-6121
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Texas – $38,500,000
$20,000,000 – Fort Bliss Defense Access Roads
$18,500,000 – Joint Base San Antonio Camp Bullis DFAC
Senator Ted Cruz
(202) 224-5922
Senator John Cornyn
(202) 224-2934
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Utah – $54,000,000
$26,000,000 – Hill Air Force Base Aircraft Antenna Calibration Facility
$28,000,000 – UTTR Consolidated Mission Control Center
Senator Mike Lee
(202) 224-5444
Senator Mitt Romney
(202) 224-5251
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Virginia – $79,231,000
$10,000,000 – Joint Base Langley-Eustis Cyber Ops Facility
$18,500,000 – Norfolk Hazardous Materials Warehouse
$22,500,000 – Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility
$22,500,000 – Portsmouth Hazard Materials Warehouse
$26,120,000 – Portsmouth Ship Maintenance Facility
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Washington – $88,960,000
$88,960,000 – Bangor Pier Maintenance Facility
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