Did you know that, since taking office, President Trump’s Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs, David Shulkin and his staff have fired over 500 VA employees for unsatisfactory performance?
Do you recall watching a report about this on your news show, or reading about it in a major newspaper?
I’ll bet you watched and read plenty about the still-evidenceless Trump-Russia “collusion”, though.
From Sarah Westwood’s article for the Washington Examiner:
Department of Veterans Affairs officials have fired more than 500 misbehaving employees since January, according to data posted online Friday.
VA Secretary David Shulkin touted his agency’s decision to publish its efforts to hold VA employees accountable, unveiling new requirements for updating the public on personnel actions.
“Veterans and taxpayers have a right to know what we’re doing to hold our employees accountable and make our personnel actions transparent,” Shulkin said in a statement. “Posting this information online for all to see, and updating it weekly, will do just that.”
The VA has removed 526 employees since Jan. 20, according to the accountability report released on Friday. Agency officials have demoted another 27 employees and temporarily suspended an additional 194 employees for longer than two weeks. The list does not include the employees’ names but shows their positions.
Shulkin’s predecessor, Robert McDonald, was criticized for misrepresenting the number of VA employees fired for their involvement in covering up long delays in healthcare at VA hospitals.
McDonald was caught obscuring the number of VA employees disciplined for misconduct on several occasions as his agency suffered scrutiny of the perceived lack of accountability for its employees.
What a difference – what a huge difference – in the concern being showed our Veterans under this administration, compared to the last one.
But, despite this difference, there is virtually no coverage by mainstream media.
Evidently, the story is not considered important enough…or they don’t want to give credit for this quick, decisive action to the Trump administration.
Then they wonder why Donald Trump resorts to twitter? Why?
You would think they would at least do a story on the under-staffed VA???