Posted on 06/15/2020 7:00:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
'I'm getting all sorts of excuses of why I can't give my brother the honorable service and burial that he is is entitled to. He was promised that in the event of death, this country will take care of you.'
Master Sgt. Joseph Wynne Velasquez served his country in the U. S. Army for more than 20 years. He deployed once to Macedonia, twice to Iraq, and then to Afghanistan. He has six children, a grandson, and a wife of 19 years.
Between him and his brother Phillip James Velasquez, Jr., their mother Wilma Maria endured a son in a combat zone for nearly eight long years, keeping a yellow ribbon tied in the front yard of the trailer she shares with her husband and the boys’ father Phillip James, a San Felipe Pueblo Indian who served 20 years himself, including three tours in Vietnam.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Plus...they were/are releasing Criminals from jail...because...COVID! !
Exactly!!!
https://www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-governor/
The Office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is located on the fourth floor of the New Mexico State Capitol in Room 400. Address: 490 Old Santa Fe Trail Room
Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat
E-mail, write or otherwise contact this...woman...about this totally uncaring, cold, unAmerican act of NOT allowing this family who has proudly and selflessly served the United States of America for many years of honoring their military family member who has passed.
If I were one of them, I would hate them.
Family of fallen veteran frustrated with funeral guidelines amid pandemic
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