Sen. Illinois’ Tammy Duckworth despises President Trump as the “coward-in-chief” in her speech during the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention.
Duckworth, a military veteran whose legs were amputated after his helicopter was shot down during the Iraq war, used her address to portray Trump as weak on foreign opponents, while praising Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s understanding of the strength and bravery of military family – ” because he was collecting at the same hour every hour of every day that Beau was abroad. “
Beau Biden, a Delaware National Guard official and former Delaware Attorney General, died in 2015 of a brain tumor. He was 46.
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“That’s the kind of leaders our service providers deserve: Someone who understands the risks they are taking, and who would actually protect them by doing his job as Commander-in-Chief,” Duckworth said.
“Instead, they have a cowardly leader who does not stop with Vladimir Putin, reads his daily briefings, or even publicly represents opponents for reporting bounties on the heads of our troops,” she continued, referring to recent reports on Russia. fines imposed on U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Trump’s response to it.
A member of the Senate Armed Services Commission, Duckworth has repeatedly attacked Trump and called on him to release more details about the alleged Russian fines offered to the Taliban for killing US troops in Afghanistan.
Duckworth was one of the finalists who considered Biden to be the name of his vice-presidential running mate. During the celebration process, she noted that she was unique in her ability to criticize Trump on military and foreign affairs because of her own history that served in the fight.
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“Somehow Donald Trump still does not get that America should stand for what is good – stand tall for our troops – and stand strong against our enemies. But unlike Trump, Joe understands that all,” she said Thursday night.
“As president, Joe Biden would never allow tyrants to be manipulated like a puppet on a string. Joe Biden would never threaten to use our military against peaceful Americans. Because unlike Trump, Joe Biden has common sense and common sense.”
Duckworth, the second Asian-American woman to serve in the Senate, is the first woman with a disability to be elected to Congress, the first double amputator and the first senator to give birth while in office.
