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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Biden defends Tammy Duckworth amid attacks on her patriotism
Joe Biden on Tuesday defended Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who is considered to be a top vice presidential candidate, after her patriotism was recently questioned by President Donald Trump's campaign and leading conservative commentator Tucker Carlson.
Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, was awarded the Purple Heart after she lost her legs in 2004 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the helicopter she was co-piloting during the Iraq War. She eventually retired from the Illinois Army National Guard as a lieutenant colonel.
"I can't tell you how I felt today when I heard the President of the United States, Donald Trump, questioning your patriotism," Biden said to Duckworth during a fundraiser Tuesday night, according to a pool report, though it was actually a statement from the Trump campaign that said Duckworth was using her military service to deflect from other issues.
"I found it virtually disgusting, sickening. I know you can handle yourself. I said, 'I'm glad I wasn't standing next to him,' " continued Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, adding that "it's a reflection of the depravity of what's going on in the White House right now."
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still_one
(92,219 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)raging moderate
(4,305 posts)I will never forget their depraved treatment of Max Cleland, the war hero who had lost three limbs. And he seemed to be such a great guy, too. How is he doing, anyway?
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)Republican support for the military is nothing more than window dressing.
still_one
(92,219 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)still_one
(92,219 posts)Warpy
(111,277 posts)I watched the segment in which he used his insult a day calendar on Duckworth and you could tell he knew it was a low point, even for him.