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Uncle Joe

(62,248 posts)
5. I liked this response from Senator Duckworth
Sat May 26, 2018, 05:01 PM
May 2018


(snip)


In January 2018, following a federal government shut down after the Senate could not agree on a funding bill, Duckworth responded to President Trump's accusations that the Democrats were putting “unlawful immigrants” ahead of the military:

“I spent my entire adult life looking out for the well-being, the training, the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible. Sadly, this is something that the current occupant of the Oval Office does not seem to care to do — and I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger. And I have a message for Cadet Bone Spurs: If you cared about our military, you'd stop baiting Kim Jong Un into a war that could put 85,000 American troops, and millions of innocent civilians, in danger."[60]

Duckworth became the first U.S. Senator to give birth while in office in 2018.[61] Shortly afterward, rules were changed so that a Senator has the right to bring a child under one year old on the Senate floor and breastfeed them during votes.[62] The day after those rules were changed, Maile became the first baby on the Senate floor when Duckworth brought her.[62][63]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth



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I read...then stared...then read again...then stared again. ret5hd May 2018 #1
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #2
You're welcome. I almost didn't post it as I felt sure everyone would have seen it by now. japple May 2018 #3
It was posted before, murielm99 May 2018 #4
I am proud of your senator, too, muriel. Being from Georgia, we can't be japple May 2018 #12
I liked this response from Senator Duckworth Uncle Joe May 2018 #5
Run, Tammy, run! For President!!! Squinch May 2018 #6
If she doesn't I would hope she'd get much consideration for VP rurallib May 2018 #10
Perfect. oasis May 2018 #7
Remembering her GOP opponent ... left-of-center2012 May 2018 #8
Walsh also said Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #22
Don't forget this famous response in her debate with senator kirk before she took his job: mucifer May 2018 #26
She is wicked smart. kag May 2018 #29
Powerful. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #9
This is what America is supposed to be about. Pepsidog May 2018 #11
Go Senator Duckworth! Who among us can criticize her right to hold those hard won beliefs? FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #13
This one post..expressing truth, has now made Tammy a national figure...now and always.. Stuart G May 2018 #14
I would love to warmfeet May 2018 #15
It reads.."A Proud Recipient of an "F" Rating From the NRA." at the top of Tammy's account Stuart G May 2018 #16
Hey! Donald had leg problems too. keithbvadu2 May 2018 #17
Powerful. H2O Man May 2018 #18
I agree. I get a flutter in my heart when I see the flag and I believe in someone-else's.... marble falls May 2018 #19
Blessings on her! mcar May 2018 #20
This should shut them up. She gave her legs for this country...... a kennedy May 2018 #21
It should, but I doubt that it will. Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #23
No, but making a comment like that does make you mnhtnbb May 2018 #24
Wow.. she knows how to get to the Cha May 2018 #25
She should be President... Mike Nelson May 2018 #27
Imagine being preggers and walking on those stilts. Ligyron May 2018 #28
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