Holding signs that read, “Hands off vets care” and “Impeach Trump, deport Elon,” about 100 people stood Friday afternoon on the sidewalks outside Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center to rally against the planned elimination of more than 80,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to reduce federal spending.

“It’s dangerous right now, the way everything’s getting cut back or slashed completely,” said Dianne Denenny, who worked as a nurse at the Spokane VA Medical Center for five years before retiring one year ago. “We will be seeing deaths from polio to lack of services at the VA. Some of it will be a matter of time before we see the true consequences, and everybody deserves to be taken care of. These men and women

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