Tammy Duckworth: Trump Is 'Despicable' for Denigrating Veterans
Sen. Tammy Duckworth has strong words for Donald Trump. She called the former president "despicable" after he disparaged the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest military award for valor. Last week, Trump said that service member recipients of the medal are "either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead."
Trump also said the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a civilian award, is "actually much better" than the Medal of Honor. Trump then boasted that he gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to his billionaire donor, Miriam Adelson. "She gets it and she's a healthy, beautiful woman," Trump said, contrasting her to wounded service members. The Veterans of Foreign Wars has condemned his statements.
Duckworth, an Iraq veteran and Purple Heart recipient whose legs were amputated after her helicopter was attacked by an RPG, said that Trump's attacks on soldiers are a stark contrast to Vice President Kamala Harris' position and that of her veteran running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
"Do they want a five-time draft dodger who denigrates military men and women and our veterans and calls us suckers and losers, who doesn't want to have his picture taken with amputee veterans of various conflicts, to be the next commander in chief or are you going to have Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who care deeply about veterans?" Duckworth said, adding that Walz has been on the forefront of getting aid to veterans on "many issues… especially burn pits."
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