"I forgot that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve with George Washington (VIDEO)

[RandySF]

&feature=youtu.be

[LeftInTX]

1. WTF???????

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Holy SH*T. The racism will out when you give Republicans half a chance. eom

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Context please?

I apologize, but I do not know what this is in reference to.

[longship]

5. Mark Kirk's comment about his senate opponent Tammy Duckworth.

[anneboleyn]

10. This needs to go everywhere -- when did this happen? Honestly I am shocked. That is SO beyond

belief -- what an ass!

[Avalux]

7. Debate between Kirk and Duckworth.

Tammy Duckworth is an IL Congressman, is Asian-American, and an Iraq War veteran who lost both her legs in the war. She is challenging Kirk's Illinois Senate seat. What a racist asshole he is!

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Jesus H Chrysler.

That's astounding.

[IronLionZion]

25. Duckworth is a legit daughter of the American Revolution

her father's family has served in the US military back to the revolution

She's mixed, Thai and White. Sen. Kirk has always been an idiot but is now openly racist. Kirk has been called out for his fake war stories and stolen valor so he's probably feeling very insecure losing to a wounded Iraq veteran who is female and doesn't look like the type of Americans that Trump's supporters envision to make this country white great again.

https://politicalwire.com/2016/10/27/dumbest-response-debate-yet/

Here's a lighter note:

[anneboleyn]

4. OP, some context please? These posts that assume that every poster is familiar

with every senate race, congressional race, etc etc are not helpful. It would be helpful to know where/when this occurred and its possible impact on the senate race.

[tclambert]

18. Tammy Duckworth's opponent seemed to think both her parents were Thai.

Her mother was Thai, of Chinese ancestry. Her father was an American Army veteran, who could trace his lineage all the way back to the American Revolution. She mentioned that she was a "daughter of the American Revolution," and her opponent tried to fact check her in a racist way . . . and failed.

[Blue Idaho]

6. Instant Karma's gonna kick his ass.

What a dirtbag.

[VMA131Marine]

9. That is truly deplorable.

He needs to be shamed for that remark.

[niyad]

11. is there any level at which that makes the slightest bit of sense?

[renegade000]

13. yeah, that's what really gets me

Obviously, as a part Asian-American myself, the racism is deplorable. But this is just bafflingly dumb as well.
Like, "you never even bothered to read the wikipedia page of your opponent"-level dumb and incompetent.

[demigoddess]

22. some, republicans have little awareness that people have two parents,

no knowledge of biology, genealogy or genetics. They are science deniers. This guy is s-t-u-p-i-d and racist. Also little knowledge of the military where a lot of men marry women from Japan, Korea, Spain, France, England, etc. Karma, bite him bigly please!!!!!

[Siwsan]

26. It was a juvenile response, unworthy of a United States Senator. Kirk needs to go.

He is a pitiful fool.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Kirk was finished anyway

Now it's just painful.

This might end up hurting Bob Dold, though, which would be nice. Let's get Schneider back in the House.

[ILFightinDem]

27. This...

And I live in IL10, so this hits home. Sadly, most of the signs I see in my neck of the woods are for Dold.

I wish the clip had gone on a little longer, showing Tammy's pause and non-comment on Kirk's idiotic statement - classy on her part.

BTW, the 'lighter side' YT video link by the other poster - funny!

[geek tragedy]

14. The opposite of going with dignity nt

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

15. Based on Five Thirty Eight she's whooping his ass

So he'll be history soon, lol.

[denbot]

16. How did she keep herself from back handing him!

I would have just cracked him across the chops!

[Vilis Veritas]

31. She has the class and the composure of a future Presidential candidate.

I bow to her metal.

[LynneSin]

34. When they go low we go high!

Tammy Duckworth is all class

[Cha]

17. Thank you, Randy!

[geardaddy]

19. Prick

I'm sure his ancestors either weren't here at the time of the Revolution or were Tories.

[Stuart G]

20. Private Kirk..........you are fired from the good ship....Enterprise..oops.

that is the good ship .........U.S. Senate.........

[rurallib]

21. Kirk no doubt had that line well rehearsed and must have thought it would be a winner

Wouldn't you think that someone in his staff would know enough to tall him not to use it?
What a bunch of fucking bullies.

So good to see another bully getting his ass whupped and whupped good by a 'gurl'

[keithbvadu2]

23. A fellow 'comrade-in-arms' pal of Kirk

A fellow 'comrade-in-arms' pal of Kirk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/10/28/he-lied-about-being-a-marine-sniper-to-get-a-lighter-sentence-then-officials-dug-deeper/?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1

"He lied about being a Marine sniper to get a lighter sentence. Then officials dug deeper. "

(He never served at all but claimed he served in Iraq like Kirk claimed)

[Mendocino]

24. Kirk=REMF

The RE means rear echelon, the MF explains itself.

[saltpoint]

28. There are a lot of people in Illinois,

and they come from all over the world, or their parents might have, or their grandparents, etc.

All of them are Senator Kirk's constituents, and he owes a broader apology than the one he gave for his bigoted remarks to Tammy Duckworth.

[Squaredeal]

29. What a F N racist

The people of Illinois must be proud of this jerk.
My long-deceased neighbor used to remark, "Not all Republicans are racists, but all racists are Republicans."

[wolfie001]

30. Hateful words from a lying coward!!! nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. This is what happens when the white conservative guy assumes he's superior.

[Gabi Hayes]

33. happy to say, from my soon to be former senator. now, for more important things:

Cubs......three in arrow!!!