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“My family has served this nation in uniform going back to the revolution. I am a daughter of the American Revolution. I’ve bled for this nation,” Duckworth said during the debate. “But I still want to be there in the Senate when the drums of war sound because people are quick to sound the drums of war and I want to be there to say this is what it costs and this is what you’re asking us to do.”
When asked to respond, Kirk appeared to be dismissive of Duckworth’s heritage, saying: “I forgot your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington.” There was no response from Duckworth, and after a few moments of silence, the moderator moved onto the next question.
Duckworth was born in Bangkok to a Thai mother, Lamai, and an American father, Frank, a U.S. Marine who traced his family’s military roots to the Revolutionary War. Frank Duckworth died in 2005.
Yeah. That’s not at all racist and dog whistling.
As a reminder folks… this is Tammy Duckworth.
Some pundits this morning were calling that a “joke” that fell flat / was ill-conceived… while in the same breath calling Kirk a “good guy”. I kid you not.
So, part 2 if the insult is failing to call out exactly what that was.
Have you seen the video tape of her death glare? Tammy Duckworth does not fuck around and she might be the last US politician I’d want to piss off.
It’s especially alarming if you’re more familiar with her as having the most electric smile in politics.
This called for an example.
I was lucky to have a chance to meet and speak with her a few years ago, and she is an incredibly warm and kind woman, and also a total badass. She’s incredibly inspiring, and an awesome leader. I can’t wait to see her future in politics, because let’s be real, she’s going to steamroll these bigots.
Even if you ignore the charismatic war hero part, I’ve seen her eviscerate people on abortion rights, refugees, and gun control. I still love the story about her smuggling cell phones onto the floor during the sit in the house by hiding other congress critters phones in her prosthetic legs because the republicans tried to ban them from the house floor to keep them from getting publicity.
On Monday, Richard “Dick” Yuengling Jr., the fifth-generation owner of Yuengling, America’s oldest beer company, gave Eric Trump a brewery tour before pledging allegiance to his father. In response, former-Yuengling drinkers are now publicly denounced the beer brand. This isn’t even the first boycott of Yuengling in recent history. People called for one in 2013.
