Rep. David Scott gives impassioned call for VA secretary's firing [video]

Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) gave an impassioned call on the House floor today for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to be fired, citing among other things a pattern of patient suicides under Shinseki’s watch.

Rep David Scott is on House floor giving a rousing speech re: Shinseki should go and all the lies told about vets who have committed suicide

— Laura McGinnis (@TxsleuthUSA) May 21, 2014

CLIP: @repdavidscott (D-GA) calls for Secretary Shinseki's resignation http://t.co/R60DA2ha12 #VAScandal #VA pic.twitter.com/OBXev21G8O

— CSPAN (@cspan) May 21, 2014

The best remarks on why we need the VA Accountability Mgmt Act came from Dem @repdavidscott: http://t.co/E41R730W58. #VAaccountability

— Dan Caldwell (@dandcaldwell) May 21, 2014

Dem Rep David Scott is 'disappointed' in Pres. Obama, rips the VA: 'They told a damn lie!' -> https://t.co/mNmPyqwBrN #VAScandal

— Cortney O'Brien (@obrienc2) May 21, 2014

GA Dem Rep. David Scott on #VA Scandal: VA Admins "told a damn lie!" http://t.co/2dFj4EwIL4

— WhiteHousePressCorps (@whpresscorps) May 21, 2014

While the president claimed to be “mad as hell” over the VA scandal earlier today, his voice didn’t show it like Scott’s did.

Thanks to Rep. David Scott (D-Ga) for standing up to the President on VA. #NoSenseOfUrgency

— Hugh Munn-Bean (@TedInATL) May 21, 2014

Thank you David Scott – Dem for calling out the VA Scandal.

— ReclaimAmericaNow (@iReclaimAmerica) May 21, 2014

https://twitter.com/SHARKEE69/status/469194882045575169

Maybe they should have loaded David Scott's speech on Obama's teleprompter. #tcot #p2

— Brian Skinner (@Rushlimbang) May 21, 2014