Re: [Military Environmental Forum] VOCs, VETERANS: "Trump ties Camp Lejeune toxic water settlements to GOP midterm results, " NC

[Emily Donovan <esdonovan@gmail.com>]

I know Jerry Ensminger and his daughters, one of them is my age and a good friend. The entire family is outraged that their pain and years of advocacy would be used as a political pawn. I'm begging everyone in this listserv please do not let this headline be another news clipping. Please consider publicly denouncing it. 

Lines should have been drawn a long time ago but they weren't. This one feels like a really good place to start.

With gratitude,

Emily Donovan

Co-Founder

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"Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins." 1 Peter 4:8

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:

Trump ties Camp Lejeune toxic water settlements to GOP midterm results

BY ELLEN MITCHELL
The Hill
October 21, 2026

resident Trump told an audience in North Carolina that if Republicans retain control of Congress in the upcoming November midterm elections, he would direct the Justice Department to quickly settle “all remaining legitimate claims” related to contaminated water at the nearby Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, where thousands of cases remain unresolved.

“If we don’t win, there’s no money,” Trump said Tuesday night at a campaign rally in Greenville. “If we do win, you’re getting it. It’s going to be finally over with, that nightmare that’s been going on for so many years. We will never abandon the heroes who served America.”

Camp Lejeune is notorious for its toxic water, which service members and their families drank and bathed in from 1953 to 1987. The water supply was contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE), a colorless solvent that was widely used in industry to clean metal starting in the 1920s. It can remain in groundwater for long periods of time and sicken those who are exposed to it with serious illnesses including cancer and Parkinson’s disease. 

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For the entire article, see
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6163013-gop-midterm-water-settlements/

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