{"id":4284,"date":"2026-07-16T17:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:37:37","slug":"victimhood-gop-lawmaker-loses-it-at-disabled-veterans-in-profane-tirade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4284","title":{"rendered":"‘Victimhood!’ GOP lawmaker loses it at disabled veterans in profane tirade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A GOP lawmaker went on a profane Thursday tirade insisting that disability benefits for veterans needed to be cut because they were “encouraging victimhood.”<\/p>\n

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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), a retired Navy SEAL, unloaded on the Veterans of Foreign Wars in a post on X after House Republicans were forced to pull a veterans’ benefits bill from the floor Thursday.<\/p>\n

The VFW had urged Congress to vote against the bill, helping to sink it.<\/p>\n

Republicans pulled the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act after narrowly defeating a Democratic effort to force major revisions to the proposal, 211-210, according to Politico.<\/p>\n

“Congrats to the self-serving VFW!” Crenshaw wrote on X, “They convinced a small handful of Republicans to side with Democrats to f\u2014 over combat wounded veterans and surviving spouses.”<\/p>\n

In his post, Crenshaw argued that conditions like sleep apnea and tinnitus should not qualify for disability benefits at all.<\/p>\n

“For context, losing a limb in battle was rated at 30% when I was leaving service,” he added.<\/p>\n

The bill’s centerpiece was the Major Richard Star Act, which would have boosted retirement pay for about 50,000 combat-injured veterans, Politico reported.<\/p>\n

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To pay for it, the bill would have cut disability ratings for tinnitus and sleep apnea \u2014 changes expected to save about $57 billion over a decade and affect up to 1.5 million veterans, according to the VFW.<\/p>\n

“A grateful nation pays its debts to veterans; it does not send them the invoice,” VFW National Commander Carol Whitmore said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Veterans advocacy group VoteVets wrote on X on Tuesday that Republicans “say they love veterans, but when it comes to protecting the benefits earned through our service\u2026they betray us.”<\/p>\n

In Crenshaw’s Thursday post, he also took aim at veterans’ service organizations broadly.<\/p>\n

“Too many VSOs \u2014 veterans service organizations \u2014 are relics, encouraging victim hood and stupid policy that hurts veterans and the taxpayer,” he added.<\/p>\n

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the bill would be delayed “several weeks” while leadership considered next steps, Politico reported.<\/p>\n

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