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Tammy Duckworth

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Tammy Duckworth is a United States Senator from Illinois, serving since January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Duckworth is a veteran of the Iraq War, where she became the first female double amputee from the conflict, an experience that has shaped her advocacy for veterans and military families. She has been a strong proponent of healthcare reform, women's rights, and disability rights throughout her political career.

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Sep 7, 2020

He has never done anything that was a service in something greater than himself. He is a transactional, narcissistic, egotistical human being who thinks only about himself first and foremost, and what is in it for him.

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Sep 7, 2020

He has done a number of other things that are very consistent that shows that he is not fit to be Commander-in-Chief.

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Jan 22, 2020

Mulvaney has actually said on record in a press interview that there was quid pro quo, right? He said, hey, we do this all the time, get used to it.

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Jan 22, 2020

I can tell you, Anderson, I watched the House trial, and the way that the House managers have actually presented the evidence in chronological order was new to me.

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Jan 22, 2020

Well, then allow us to subpoena the additional evidence that the White House is hiding from the American people. The evidence that we've shown so far has holes in it that the White House can fill.

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Jan 22, 2020

If anybody has denigrated America, it's President Trump. It is certainly not Colonel Vindman. He, in fact, has talked about how great this nation is, how grateful he is that his father escaped Soviet Union to come to the United States, how…

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Jan 22, 2020

I am just appalled that that is what she has said, that she would actually attack a veteran, a man of honor, a man who in his remarks when he testified under oath was that here in the United States, right matter. And that is why he spoke…

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Jan 8, 2020

I am here to speak on two matters. The first is the nomination for Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand of Michael DeSombre. The Kingdom of Thailand has been a longtime U.S. ally and is a key partner for our efforts in the Southeast Asia…

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Jan 6, 2020

All is not well. I think that we need to be very much on alert for threats to American assets, American troops, American personnel.

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Jan 6, 2020

In fact, what he has achieved is to give Iran everything they want in the end.

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Jan 6, 2020

I don't think it's clear at all, Anderson. I don't think they have an idea because I think there are many factions within the administration so far.

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Jan 6, 2020

I think we need to have a measured response. First and foremost, I want to know what the administration's plan is.

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Jan 6, 2020

What this situation needs is a lot less chest thumping and actual diplomacy to be put into place.

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Jan 6, 2020

I think there is chance of de-escalation. Now, the question is, do we have the people, the competence here on our side in the White House to work towards de-escalation? I don't know.

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Jan 6, 2020

They have to do it for the Iranian street, you know, in order to maintain their legitimacy with their people.

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Oct 15, 2019

But here's the deal, Anderson. There's one person and one person alone who can fix this and that is Donald Trump. And he's the guy that made this decision. He's the guy that basically green lighted Turkey to conduct this invasion. All of…

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Oct 15, 2019

By abandoning the Kurdish allies who we've told is we've told people in the region, don't work with Americans because we will abandon you.

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Oct 15, 2019

Well, it's very clear there's no strategy involved, whatsoever, and the President just did this on his own.

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Oct 15, 2019

I don't think any of those things are an America first policy and I don't think any of those things make America great again.

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Jul 18, 2019

By exempting the Foxconn development from critical environmental review requirements, Wisconsin increased the likelihood of flooding along the Des Plaines River and passed the consequences downstream to our communities.

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Jul 18, 2019

Personally, I have written a letter to the new Wisconsin governor, Tony Evers, joined by my colleagues Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, urging the governor to submit the development to thorough…

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Jun 4, 2019

If you are a true patriot, you respond when your nation calls you to duty. This president did not go.

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Jun 4, 2019

This is a president that tries to convince people that he is a patriot, yet he is stealing money from the Department of Defense to pursue his own political agenda.

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