Sen. Tammy Duckworth [View all]

When I was bleeding out on that dusty field in Iraq, I didn’t care where the American troops that rescued me were born—I only cared that they had American flags on their shoulders. - Sen. Tammy Duckworth

FYI: Tammy Duckworth is Asian-American. Tammy Duckworth was born on March 12, 1968, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth [View all]	sheshe2	Oct 2019	OP
Thank you for Senator Duckworth's	Cha	Oct 2019	#1
I assume she's referring to Trump/GOP bashing Vindman because he was born in Ukraine.	SunSeeker	Oct 2019	#3
Oh wow.. Mahalo, SunSeeker!	Cha	Oct 2019	#5
His family are Jewish refugees (a lot of antisemitism in Eastern Europe).	SunSeeker	Oct 2019	#8
Thank you..	Cha	Oct 2019	#14
SunSeeker is correct.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#10
Yes, it is too much.. I just told	Cha	Oct 2019	#16
"I only cared that they had American flags on their shoulders"	crazytown	Oct 2019	#19
I know..	Cha	Oct 2019	#24
A tweet from Sen Duckworth on Purple Hearts in 2016..	Cha	Oct 2019	#29
Points of Light	crazytown	Oct 2019	#32
You're welcome,	Cha	Oct 2019	#34
I know, crazytown.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#40
Thanks, Cha.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#21
They serve themselves and that chicken-shit FIVE deferment coward in the WH.	Haggis for Breakfast	Oct 2019	#26
Thanks for reminding us about Sen Tammy's Purple Heart,	Cha	Oct 2019	#27
I found it	MustLoveBeagles	Oct 2019	#39
Thanks...	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#44
A tweet from Sen Duckworth in August 2016..	Cha	Oct 2019	#31
And this.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#42
Wow.. I love reading her story! Sen	Cha	Oct 2019	#48
It's not the first time	soldierant	Oct 2019	#57
I think this may be in response to	leftieNanner	Oct 2019	#4
Thanks, leftieNanner!	Cha	Oct 2019	#9
Talk about sacrifice. 🇺🇸💖	LakeArenal	Oct 2019	#2
Shes a natural born citizen though, right?	Tiggeroshii	Oct 2019	#6
Here is a little more about her.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#15
She gave both her legs for America.	calimary	Oct 2019	#23
Super confusing. One article i found said he was a US Marine	Tiggeroshii	Oct 2019	#25
Here is the UPI Bio, slightly different	whistler162	Oct 2019	#38
She's been my choice for VP for a year	rurallib	Oct 2019	#52
I am looking forward to "conservatives" being put back under their rock	Cary	Oct 2019	#7
(personally, I look forward to them being crushed under their rock.....)	lastlib	Oct 2019	#12
Yep	Cary	Oct 2019	#18
With ya,Cary.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#13
With you too she.	Cary	Oct 2019	#20
Thank You Senator. Well said.	Evolve Dammit	Oct 2019	#11
K&R	brer cat	Oct 2019	#17
Senator Duckworth conveyed "Cadet Bone Spurs" on the Cowardly Don	Hermit-The-Prog	Oct 2019	#22
This one was epic.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#33
OMG! I missed that one. Thanks!	Hermit-The-Prog	Oct 2019	#35
I wouldn't want to be in the line of her fire.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#46
the author of that piece should be informed that she's SENATOR Duckworth	Hermit-The-Prog	Oct 2019	#45
Thanks...missed that.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#47
I reread her Bio.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#62
thanks, I hadn't even noticed the date on the article	Hermit-The-Prog	Oct 2019	#63
My eyesight is not what it use to be.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#64
for years these people have been patriot shaming to the point it hurts .	AllaN01Bear	Oct 2019	#28
She is wonderful for speaking out. Of course, she's wonderful anyway. K&R	crickets	Oct 2019	#30
Over and over, she can be counted on to speak up.	JohnnyLib2	Oct 2019	#36
In the GOP's battlefield invironment, it'll just be white conservative men	ffr	Oct 2019	#37
That's my senator!	greatauntoftriplets	Oct 2019	#41
Same here	MustLoveBeagles	Oct 2019	#43
I have Warren and Markey.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#51
Lucky You!	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#49
Tammy has class, smarts, and she is a hero. Edit I forgot she is a mama too.	Botany	Oct 2019	#50
AND the lower photo shows her using the recent ADA accessible entrance to the building!	FailureToCommunicate	Oct 2019	#65
Tammy has no bone spurs	RicROC	Oct 2019	#53
thank you	llashram	Oct 2019	#54
I thank you for responding.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#60
She lost two and a half limbs in Iraq, recovered, and has been elected to the United States Senate!!	George II	Oct 2019	#55
She also carried her baby to the Senate floor.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#58
I loved that she did this.	efhmc	Oct 2019	#66
Thank you! This, and the thoughts below, make the point about this country in stark	PatrickforO	Oct 2019	#56
Hey PatrickO.	sheshe2	Oct 2019	#61
Something Trump doesn't understand is	patphil	Oct 2019	#59