Tammy Duckworth actually said...

"I've been talking about this and the threat to our national security posed by President Trump actually firing Secretary Esper and hollowing out the top levels of the Pentagon. And now we know why he d..."

"This really rash decision which will want to put our troops in harm's way. You know, President Trump just literally wants to blow everything up as he goes out the door."

"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."