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As usual we have false ads coming out of Cathy for the next election. She says she is still trying to fix the VA health system. Well she has already been in Congress for 16 years now and it isn’t fixed yet … not very efficient, is she? She has also had a Republican president for 12 of those years And that included the last 4 years. That means she can’t blame Democrats her usual scapegoat!

How is she doing in Spokane? Badly, of course. The VA home on Fifth Avenue had 46 residents get COVID as well as 23 staff. Yes, 12 also died due to her negligence for 16 years.

Can she do anything right except for giving billionaires tax cuts? Apparently not. Also, veterans do not have to go to Seattle, Boise or Portland as her ad states! With no help from Cathy, Sen. Patty Murray got a veterans clinic opened in Wenatchee, much closer to Spokane.

Rick Holt

Spokane

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