{"id":1003612,"date":"2019-02-05T21:28:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T01:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003612"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:01","slug":"the-real-state-of-the-union-student-veteran-it-kind-of-puts-me-into-survival-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-student-veteran-it-kind-of-puts-me-into-survival-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Student Veteran: It Kind Of Puts Me \u2018Into Survival Mode\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union. Watch student veteran Hillari Brandt talk about how she is struggling to pay her tuition after delays at Trump\u2019s VA prevented her from getting the benefits she needed and deserved.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe GI Bill pays my tuition and for my classes and then they pay me a monthly stipend so I can eat and pay for my housing. \u2026 Which kind of put me into survival mode.\u201d &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1064997300341227528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1064997300341227528&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982870468000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuKhRDvaSbvBUX3neYrMXcLLRHtQ\"> Student veteran Hillari Brandt<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1064997300341227528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1064997300341227528&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982870468000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuKhRDvaSbvBUX3neYrMXcLLRHtQ\">WATCH HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1064997300341227528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1064997300341227528&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982870468000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuKhRDvaSbvBUX3neYrMXcLLRHtQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/XpsgBSP4QjZRmQ6eEFh4dUSeXee21mCP5_JCIK_KzgxA-ah27moVEEcERd8Ww0ENIvPcQfo4uQCKlRjoWXPN5ZlXi3mjzefD2jdFynHRjYjN8kNCasAkCcULM27pQHfB5FVqgu3w\" width=\"521\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union. Watch student veteran Hillari Brandt talk about how she is struggling to pay her tuition after delays at Trump\u2019s VA prevented her from getting the benefits she needed and deserved. \u201cThe GI Bill pays my tuition and for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Student Veteran: It Kind Of Puts Me \u2018Into Survival Mode\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-student-veteran-it-kind-of-puts-me-into-survival-mode\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-06T01:28:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/XpsgBSP4QjZRmQ6eEFh4dUSeXee21mCP5_JCIK_KzgxA-ah27moVEEcERd8Ww0ENIvPcQfo4uQCKlRjoWXPN5ZlXi3mjzefD2jdFynHRjYjN8kNCasAkCcULM27pQHfB5FVqgu3w\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-student-veteran-it-kind-of-puts-me-into-survival-mode\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-student-veteran-it-kind-of-puts-me-into-survival-mode\/\",\"name\":\"THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Student Veteran: It Kind Of Puts Me \u2018Into Survival Mode\u2019 - 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