Joe Biden defends Tammy Duckworth amid attacks on her patriotism

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Joe Biden on Tuesday defended Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who is considered to be a top vice presidential candidate, after her patriotism was recently questioned by President Donald Trump's campaign and leading conservative commentator Tucker Carlson.

Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, was awarded the Purple Heart after she lost her legs in 2004 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the helicopter she was co-piloting during the Iraq War. She eventually retired from the Illinois Army National Guard as a lieutenant colonel.

"I can't tell you how I felt today when I heard the President of the United States, Donald Trump, questioning your patriotism," Biden said to Duckworth during a fundraiser Tuesday night, according to a pool report, though it was actually a statement from the Trump campaign that said Duckworth was using her military service to deflect from other issues.

"I found it virtually disgusting, sickening. I know you can handle yourself. I said, 'I'm glad I wasn't standing next to him,' " continued Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, adding that "it's a reflection of the depravity of what's going on in the White House right now."

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[still_one]

1. The republican scum did the same to Max Cleland and John McCain.

[soothsayer]

2. And Kerry

[still_one]

5. +++

[raging moderate]

3. Yes, you are right. Max Cleland comes to mind.

I will never forget their depraved treatment of Max Cleland, the war hero who had lost three limbs. And he seemed to be such a great guy, too. How is he doing, anyway?

[Arkansas Granny]

4. It was despicable then and it's just as despicable now.

Republican support for the military is nothing more than window dressing.

[still_one]

6. Yet they wave the "patriotic" flag, and their lemmings still vote for them. unbelievable

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Lately, it seems their "patriotic" flag is the confederate flag.

[still_one]

8. Well said Arkansas

[Warpy]

9. Tucker Carlson is coming off as a nasty, yappy little dog

I watched the segment in which he used his insult a day calendar on Duckworth and you could tell he knew it was a low point, even for him.