In an interview on MS NOW's The Weeknight, the host says Donald Trump wants to take away restitution for Camp Lejeune toxic water victims because they didn't support a Republican Senate. Roy Cooper says the cases should have been settled and the money paid to "these brave men and women" long ago, adding: "It is shameful to extort votes, especially from service members."
The receipt
- Who
- Roy Cooper
- Where
- interview - MS NOW, The Weeknight
- Original footage
- MS NOW · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 51 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
What does that say to you that the President of the United States wants to take away restitution for people who were bathing in toxic water because they didn't support a Republican Senate? Well first, these cases should have been settled long ago. This money should have been paid to these brave men and women. And they didn't sign up to serve based on partisanship or the outcome of an election. They signed up to defend our country. And it is shameful to extort votes, especially from service members. And I found it to be insulting and frustrating. North Carolina is, I believe, the most military friendly state in the country with Camp and Fort Bragg and Seymour Johnson.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.