Tammy Duckworth actually said...

"He is putting his own personal vendettas, his own personal fragile ego ahead of the well-being and the security of our nation."

"And that silence is deafening. That silence is not good for our national security. That silence on the part of my colleagues is not good for a small 'D' democracy."

"the president of the United States firing the defense secretary this soon after the election, this soon after a major transition destabilizes our national security. There's no way to get around it, an..."

"Exactly. The oath that you swear when you join the military is to support and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. So, it's not to carry out the president's orders, it's to d..."