Homeless Veteran 'Super Happy' People Paid Attention To Him On Facebook For A Week
SEATTLE — During the height of debate over Syrian refugees, attention briefly turned to homeless veterans, making former Army Spc. and current refrigerator box tenant Micheal Schmidt "super happy that people finally cared about [him]."
"I've been homeless on the streets and begging for money for about a year and a half now," says Schmidt. "But it really felt great for a couple weeks to think 'all that is about to change.'"
At the peak of the refugee crisis in Europe and the debate within the United States over granting displaced Syrians asylum, outcry against such asylum exploded on social media, led by people who suddenly discovered there are homeless veterans.
"I don't see why we should let random foreigners come here to escape their problems when we have so many of our own," wrote avid Facebook user Kesha Williams. "Don't people know we have over a hundred thousand #HomelessVeterans?"
Williams, who is fairly certain her tax payments cover any and all of her charitable obligations, has …
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