CLAIM: 'McCain didn't get the job done for our great vets,' Trump said Wednesday. 'I got it done.' FACT: Actually, McCain got it done.
Actually, McCain got it done.
THE FACTS: What Trump got done was an expansion of the program achieved by McCain and Sen. Bernie Sanders, most prominent among the lawmakers who advanced the legislation signed by Obama. Congress approved the expansion in May and Trump signed the legislation in June. It's named after three veterans who served in Congress.It's called the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018.
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