We salute the two Republicans who exposed the "patriotism-for-profit" of professional sports teams, which have received $6.8M of your money for military tributes.
That's how much the Department of Defense has handed out to teams including the Mets and Jets to honor veterans for their service, Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake announced in a joint oversight report this week.
We knew about the Jets already, but it's a lot more widespread than that. Since 2012, the Pentagon has signed 72 contracts with teams in five major sports leagues for patriotic gestures that were really nothing more than a paid commercial.