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Senator Tammy Duckworth Says Trump Has A ‘Yellow Streak Down His Back’
The military veteran called out the president for what he said to Piers Morgan about not serving in the Vietnam War.
"Bone-spurs" didn't prevent Trump from playing sports in his school at draft age. The baseball and basketball teams.
Ouch. That left a mark and rightfully so. I agree with Lieutenant Colonel/Senator Duckworth 110%. Trump is a total poltroon who purchased his personal safety at the expense of others.
Related: Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?
The military veteran called out the president for what he said to Piers Morgan about not serving in the Vietnam War.
"Bone-spurs" didn't prevent Trump from playing sports in his school at draft age. The baseball and basketball teams.
6/6/19
A senator who lost both her legs while serving in the military during the Iraq War isn’t impressed by the comments of a president who skipped out of an earlier war because of bone spurs. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump told “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan that he “would not have minded serving” in the Vietnam War. At the time, however, he managed to avoid the draft when a podiatrist diagnosed him with bone spurs that he may not actually have had. (The podiatrist’s daughters recently suggested that it was all a favor to their dad’s landlord, who happened to be Trump’s father.) Trump’s remarks inspired the ire of Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who had both legs amputated due to injuries suffered in Iraq in 2004. First, she called out the president for avoiding military service to his country.....
Tammy Duckworth ✔
@SenDuckworth
#CadetBoneSpurs: no one cares whether you were a “fan” of the Vietnam War. No one
believes you were medically unfit to serve. You used your wealth & privilege to avoid
serving your country five times, forcing another American to serve in your place each time.
11:53 AM - 5 Jun 2019
Then she went after Trump for taking money away from current military members and their families in order to pay for his pet projects.....
Tammy Duckworth ✔
@SenDuckworth
Now, you're stealing billions from @DeptofDefense's budget to fund a wall you promised Mexico
would pay for. You're failing to support military families by taking away caregiver funding. You're
kicking out Americans who *are* willing to serve only because they're transgender.
2:26 PM - Jun 5, 2019
Then for all intents and purposes, she called the president a coward ― though not in those exact words.....
Tammy Duckworth ✔
@SenDuckworth
These comments only make one thing clear: @realDonaldTrump got his deferments for the wrong thing.
They shouldn't have been for his disappearing, imaginary bone spurs—they should have been for that
yellow streak down his back. At least that would have been a real condition.
2:26 PM - Jun 5, 2019
So far, Trump hasn’t responded ― but it’s just a matter of when, right?
Ouch. That left a mark and rightfully so. I agree with Lieutenant Colonel/Senator Duckworth 110%. Trump is a total poltroon who purchased his personal safety at the expense of others.
Related: Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?