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On the recordJune 4, 2019
I don't think he cares. I don't think he cares to honor those who have served. They have done something he was too afraid to do himself, I think he finds those threatening to him, he lashes out to them and minimize their service by saying things like that wasn't a real war, it wasn't fighting the Nazis, it was if Vietnam.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth expresses her belief that President Trump does not honor military service and feels threatened by veterans.

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