Transcript of Military Families Tear into Trump and Hegseth!

All while service members are accusing the administration of, once again, not listening to them. Once again, abandoning them in the Middle East. I have all the latest right now. Make sure, if you can, to subscribe, support this work, like, comment, share. The more you do, the more people see. And I want to get started because while you were sleeping over the past 24 hours, Republicans in the House of Representatives quietly passed the largest cut to veteran benefits in our nation's history, and they did it on Veterans Day.

According to Congressman Mark Tacano, the chairman—or the incoming chairman—of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, he says House Republicans passed the largest cut to veterans benefits in our nation's history, and they did it on Veterans Day. They did it by voice vote in seconds, with no roll call and no names. They did it that way because they knew they could not defend it. That tells you everything. The veterans who now stand to lose benefits did not get a vote, he says. They gave this country everything they had, and Republicans repaid them by cutting $57 billion from the disability benefits of future veterans, nearly tripling the VA Streamlined financing fee.

All of it to pay for a bill veterans did not ask for, while the bill they did ask for sits blocked. Quote, "Every member of the House should be outraged on this day of all days. I know damn sure." And Democrats are ready to pass the clean, major Richard Star Act tomorrow. Bring it to the floor. Let every Republican vote for it on the record. And while this is happening, families are furious, demanding the resignation of Pete Hegseth, demanding accountability, because according to MS Now, there was a town hall of 500 family members of service members aboard the USS George H.W.

Bush carrier strike group. Navy leaders said Iranian attacks continue to pepper U.S. ships, enforcing the blockade of Iran, and informing families that their deployed loved ones would not be returning home for the holidays. This is significant. One person in the audience called the war "unsanctioned." Another audience told Navy leaders in the room, "Trust within the force among our families is heavily strained right now, between record-breaking stretches without relief, shifting timelines, and the feeling that communication downplays the reality on the ground."

Families are burning out under the immense strain. At times, family members yelled at Navy leaders, saying that they were not answering their questions and were giving them the runaround. One family member asked what the Navy was doing to push back on President Trump so the conflict would not become another forever war. Family members are furious. They are fed up. Veterans are fed up. Service members are fed up. And now the Trump administration is facing mounting investigations from Congress, a Congress that is refusing to back down despite increasing threats to that very Congress.

Here is what Congressman Robert Garcia had to say about that.

But now Donald Trump has sent his White House counsel to essentially threaten me and other Democrats because we are standing up and ensuring that there's going to actually be accountability and real oversight. The truth is that the Trumps are billions of dollars richer as the American public are struggling to pay the gas, the groceries, and the rent. We will not be intimidated by Donald Trump, by any billionaire, or any powerful person in this country or around the world that is trying to stop our work.

Thanks so much.

And the American voters spoke. They want us to focus on not just affordability and lowering costs, but also to take on corruption, folks that are breaking the law, and certainly to take on the crimes that are happening across this country by the administration.

Here's what we're trying to do to help you and your family. Think about this, Sean. Right now, the average age of a first-time home buyer is 39 years old. We'd like to lower that. And how do you do that? There's things in the tax code that can incentivize people, and housing stock increases, and all those things you can do that are going to help that young family. And here's the other thing I'm excited about. Although it was a tough night for us a week and a half ago, we got 35 new Republicans coming in. Amazing people. This newer, younger generation of Republicans that I think are going to help us re-energize our party. People like Austin Rogers from Florida, Michael Alfonso, 26-year-old from northern Wisconsin, Sidney Gruters from Tampa, Florida.

We got all these young people. Jessica Steinman, a lawyer from Texas. All these new young people coming into our party who are going to help us show the American people why we're fighting for them. Even though Democrats say it, they're going to do all this crazy lawfare stuff and these crazy investigations, we're going to be fighting for American families.

It's something that we did. All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this. I had the courage to believe in Mississippi. I had the courage to understand that we could show the country that Mississippi matters.