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16. Yes, it is too much.. I just told

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 07:05 PM

Oct 2019

SunSeeker that trump & dr pos were not worthy to say Lt Colonel Vindman's name.

Also how the repubs treated Purple Star recipient, Senator John Kerry.

Again.. Thank you for posting Senator Duckworth's poignant response, she.

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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