Veterans Affairs scandal deniers still consume the swamp

In yet another example of her accuracy-challenged policy analysis, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., waxed poetic while endorsing the quality of healthcare administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying, “The VA does know what it’s doing,” and, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Sadly, President Trump agreed with Ocasio-Cortez, tweeting: “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is correct, the VA is not broken, it is doing great.”

To the perennial defenders of the VA’s bureaucracy, the scandal which began at one of its Phoenix facilities in 2014 was a minor, isolated incident that did not represent the whole department. Those protestations rang hollow in the face of similar scandals in state after state.