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   Veterans Assisting Veterans lambasted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D.,   
   Mass.) and other Democrats for putting illegal immigrant rights   
   above those who served their country in the military.   
      
   An open letter written by members of the VAV also targeted other   
   Democratic politicians from Massachusetts, including Sen. Edward   
   Markey, Rep. Michael Capuano, and Rep. Seth Moulton, the Boston   
   Herald reported on Saturday. Moulton is an Iraq war veteran.   
      
   Parts of the letter are directed at Warren specifically.   
      
   "Senator Warren and others like her should know the difference   
   between legal and illegal activity and chose instead to act out   
   negatively in selfish political theater," the letter reads.   
   "Where’s your rally for US Veterans, Senator Warren?"   
      
   The letter called her a "selfish political leader," and said   
   that she and other state Democrats need to "re-examine their   
   priorities."   
      
   Dennis Moschella, a VAV member who co-wrote the open letter,   
   called out Markey and Capuano.   
      
   "We want every veteran, every family member, to start making   
   calls, put them on the spot," he said. "We want to know how   
   Warren, Markey, Capuano stand on this issue."   
      
   "We need to take care of veterans first before we decide to take   
   care of people who are illegally here," John MacDonald, another   
   VAV member, said.   
      
   The letter also blasted the "selfish blatant ignorance of the   
   politicians that have chosen illegal immigrants over US   
   Veterans."   
      
   The letter targeted one Republican, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).   
      
   They wrote he has "[forgotten] about his fellow veterans and   
   deep troubles at the VA."   
      
   Warren's spokesperson Lacey Rose assured the group in a   
   statement that helping veterans is of the "utmost importance,"   
   but then spoke about immigrants.   
      
   "She also knows that standing up for our veterans and rejecting   
   President Trump’s unlawful, immoral, and irresponsible attacks   
   on immigrants are not mutually exclusive issues," Rose said.   
      
   "We have immigrants and children of immigrants who serve with   
   honor in our military, and she is committed to doing everything   
   she can to protect the rights of all of our service members,"   
   she continued.   
      
   VAV enacts therapeutic veteran programs such as horse therapy,   
   and has supplied all-terrain wheelchairs for local Massachusetts   
   vets.   
      
   http://freebeacon.com/politics/veterans-group-lambasts-sen-   
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