GOP tweets nasty message about Duckworth

[User 1019]

Don't know if this has been posted. Didn't look, but apparently the National Republican Senatorial Committee thinks Tammy Duckworth hasn't done enough for veterans. More specifically, she hasn't done enough to "stand up" for veterans.

In case you missed it, former Army CPT Tammy Duckworth was flying a Black Hawk across Iraq when an RPG hit the "chin bubble" underneath her feet and blew her ****ing legs off.

What a group of nasty ****ing pieces of ****.


GOP Deletes Tweet Accusing Amputee of 'Not Standing Up' for Vets

 

[YankeeFan]

Max Cleland feels her pain.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Isn't it possible that Tammy Duckworth both had her legs blown off and doesn't do enough for veterans in her current position?

 

[Neutral Corner]

That's possible. It's also possible that the Republicans voted down eight bills benefiting veterans.

 

[JohnHammond]

"Benefitting" is such a nice weasel word.

 

[User 1019]

Isn't it possible that Tammy Duckworth both had her legs blown off and doesn't do enough for veterans in her current position?

It is not. Her reputation is pretty solid there.

 

[Dick Whitman]

It is not. Her reputation is pretty solid there.

I understand that. I was just pushing back against the implication that she is necessarily supportive of veterans.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I initially thought "Why do Republicans hate Kevin Duckworth?"

 

[heyabbott]

That's possible. It's also possible that the Republicans who dodged the draftvoted down eight bills benefiting veterans.

Fixed it for you

 

[TigerVols]

Isn't it possible that Tammy Duckworth both had her legs blown off and doesn't do enough for veterans in her current position?

Her current position is confined to a wheelchair, so, I guess in this day and age of Trumpism, the GOP has every right to allude to her being half a woman in their critique of her.

 

[Big Circus]

Guys. "Not standing up" is a poor-taste, ableist shot at Duckworth, but let's be better than the anti-Christie "eight bills" slam.

 

[Dick Whitman]

So is the problem that they used "standing up," that it was some sort of double entendre?

Good lord.

 

[YankeeFan]

So is the problem that they used "standing up," that it was some sort of double entendre?

Waiting for Joe Biden's response.

 

[Starman]

Guys. "Not standing up" is a poor-taste, ableist shot at Duckworth, but let's be better than the anti-Christie "eight bills" slam.

Duckworth's perceived handicap is the result of risking (and almost losing) her life in military service. Christie's is the result of 10,000 extra trips through the drive-through lane for triple cheeseburgers.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Political correctness is a disease.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I'm not certain that it was a deliberate insult. It might have just been a clueless use of a rather common expression.

The optics though, my God. Does no one pay any attention to what's going out? It just invites someone to kick them in the teeth over it.

 

[Starman]

Part of overthrowing political correctness is that you quit giving proven assholes the benefit of the doubt on **** like this.

 

[MisterCreosote]

We don't have time for basic human decency anymore. Haven't you heard?

 

[Vombatus]

So is the problem that they used "standing up," that it was some sort of double entendre?

Good lord.

 

[Starman]

Headless body ... topless bar.