Senator Tammy Duckworth has had enough. She took to the Senate floor where she laid into Donald Trump. As the shutdown enters day 2, Trump is blaming the Democrats for “holding our military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration.” Duckworth was outraged. The Democratic Senator from Illinois who lost both her legs fighting in the Iraq War shot back “Does he even know that there are service members who are in harm’s way right now, watching him, looking for their commander in chief to show leadership, rather than to try to deflect blame?”
She continued, “I spent my entire adult life looking out for the well-being, the training, the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible. Sadly, this is something the current occupant of the Oval Office does not seem to care to do, and I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger.”