Asked whether the agency had any concerns about inserting politics into the newsletter, a VA spokesperson defended the message as truthful. The newsletter that went out to veterans and their families on Tuesday, with the partisan message highlighted. Department of Veterans AffairsBreaking with past practice — and perhaps the law — the Trump administration has been happy to use the machinery of the federal government to politicize the shutdown. Some government websites showed a message blaming Democrats for the funding lapse, using similar language to the VA newsletter. Politics: Federal Workers Receive Emails Blaming Democrats For Government Shutdown“Needless to say this really pissed me off,” he said in an email.
