Duckworth slams Collins's comments: 'I left parts of my body in Iraq fighting terrorists'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a former Army lieutenant colonel who lost both her legs in Iraq, ripped Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) Thursday for comments he made the day before that Democrats are "in love with terrorists."

"I'm not going to dignify that with a response. I left parts of my body in Iraq fighting terrorists. I don't need to justify myself to anyone," Duckworth said on "CNN Right Now."

Collins made the remark on Fox Business's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" Wednesday, in response to Democratic criticism of Trump's handling of the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

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"They mourn Soleimani more than they mourn our Gold Star families, who are the ones who suffered under Soleimani. That's a problem," Collins added.

"I'm disgusted. I would never, ever use Gold Star families, military men and women or their families as any pawn in any political game. Let me tell you something: This issue is about America's national security. It is not a partisan political issue," Duckworth said.

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[dem4decades]

1. The Republicans are vile.

[rurallib]

2. can't recommend this enough

I love Duckworth. She backs down to no one.

[BuffaloJackalope]

3. If anyone needs a reminder:

"One day, our nation’s flag will drape my coffin, just as it did my Dad’s and will my husband’s and brother’s. I will always stand on these legs for the flag and anthem, but it was ALSO my honor to defend people’s right to free speech..... including those who choose to #TakeAKnee to express outrage at the glaring disparity in how Americans of different races are treated"

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[gratuitous]

10. Even without her prosthetics

Sen. Duckworth stands taller than Rep. Collins.

I notice, also, that Collins hides out with Fox to bad-mouth Democrats. Can't say that to the Senator's face, Doug?

[Harker]

21. That's very well put.

Thanks.

[Raster]

26. Thank you!!!

[calimary]

32. No freakin' kidding!

She certainly does.

And where did he serve? (If at all?)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

37. Millions see that scumbag's lies broadcast---building up repuke desires for revenge

Against Democrats. Then you can no longer have reasonable discussion with them, with their backdrop of weaponized disinformation against half the country.

[joost5]

38. +1 PATRIOT +1

[maxrandb]

5. It's not enough!

Seriously, these vile fucksticks have been doing this shit since the accention of hate fucking radio 40 fucking years ago.

Democrats still pretend that we are playing by some antiquated rules of decorum.

Some Democrat has to take one for the team and beat the ever loving shit out of this Collins dipshit... and make sure the MSM cameras are live rolling at the time.

What Collins said was nothing less than fucking terrorism.

He needs to get his snotty ass beat live on fucking breaking news.

[dweller]

7. ...

👍🏻

✌🏼

[calimary]

33. I'm back to the same question. What does that say about the voters who see fit to send vermin

like Collins to positions of power and influence?

He didn’t get to Congress by walkin’.

[B Stieg]

6. Collins is an ignoramus.

That is all.

[MontanaMama]

15. I've got a shitty congressman and senator too...

Gianforte and Daines...horrid people. We shouldn’t be ashamed, however...we didn’t vote for those heathens...let’s be motivated and outspoken! Fuck those assholes. GOTV in 2020.

[MRDAWG]

8. I am ashamed that Collins is my congressman (lower case intended).

He is scum.

[Glorfindel]

11. I feel the same way. He's my "congressman" too.

I agree that he's scum. If I could think of a much worse epithet, I'd use it, too.

[Hoyt]

14. I'm close, and I despise that ignorant white winger. He's all but uneducated -- unaccredited law

school, and some obscure seminary. Reminds me of archracist Neil Boortz.

What a shameful representative of my home state.

[Ilsa]

20. Here, here.

I wish we could rid ourselves of him, but it won't happen until north GA changes.

[SCVDem]

9. So tell me Collins,

What have you ever sacrificed for America?

Another rich prick, eh?

USMC Vet 73 - 78

Up yours you disrespectful fuck!

[sarge43]

12. Tell me, collins

Did the Khan family support terrorists? You remember, the family who lost their son, captain, US Army, in Iraq, the family Moron trashed because they supported Hillary Clinton?

USAF. 62 to 82

Get bent, scum (edited for language)

[Mc Mike]

23. Thanks, sarge.

Collins' leader attacked the Gold Star family, and keeps helping the ISIS and al Qaeda terrorists.

[sarge43]

27. Thank you, Mc Mike

Another blast from the past: Moron doesn't like people who get captured - a shot at John McCain, Captain, USN (Ret) and POW.

I don't have a list; I have a file drawer full of Moron's "love of armed service personnel".

[Mc Mike]

28. La David Johnson's widow, Myeshia, talked about all the horrible things

Rump and his flunkies inflicted on her during the 'condolence' call.

He knows better than the generals, is better trained than the troops. It's almost like he was in the military, coz he went to a military themed academy. Turned over VA control to his Mar a Lago shadow cabinet.

[sarge43]

30. "Military themed academy" aka

a cosplay juvie hall for punks their rich daddies don't want to deal with.

This former TI would like to have had that creep on the drill pad for 10 minutes. I'd have him on the concrete in the fetal position. It's a dream I have.

[Mc Mike]

31. In a totally just world, you would have your 10 minutes to drill him.

I'm sorry he missed out on serving in Nam.

But I'll bet people who would have had to serve with him aren't sorry he wasn't there.

[sarge43]

34. No, Nam service was messed up enough without Moron in the mix

He'd either fuck up a combat mission and get people killed or fucked up paper work at Hq Tan Son which the victims are still trying to unravel. Off duty time, he'd be working illegals deals at the local knocking shops and bars.

[Mc Mike]

41. I suppose if there's an opportunity to fu something bar, he'll sink to the occasion. And

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I'm also sure you're right, he'd have run a prostitution ring. It's in his genes.


Great sex trafficking genes, he has.

[sarge43]

42. SNAFU with a side of FUBAR. It's his default.

It's a family tradition.

[Mc Mike]

43. His default factory setting is chiseled in stone.

He has never deviated from it, not even once. The secret of his 'success'.

That's one chain migrating family Ice should send back. Rump can be divided in 2, half can go to Germany, half to Scotland.

[sarge43]

45. One more thought or scene in my mind theater and I'll call it a day

Trump's 'deals' would put naive two striper noobs in the deep kimchi or minimum Art 15 kimchi and the creep would laugh about it at the O-Club. "Losers!"

Germany and Scotland don't deserve that. I'm thinking land fill.

[Mc Mike]

48. You're right, sarge. Thanks again, nt.

[Grokenstein]

13. So I took a peek at Wikipedia:

In the late 1980s, Collins served two years in the United States Navy, as a navy chaplain. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Collins joined the United States Air Force Reserve Command, where he presently serves as a chaplain (lieutenant colonel).[7] As a member of the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, Collins was deployed to Balad Air Base for five months in 2008, during the Iraq War.

I'm astonished he has any military background at all, because the sort of Republican scumbag who would talk that kind of shit is a sniveling chickenhawk nine times out of ten. Oh, but hey, a chaplain pulling five whole months in the Sunni Triangle! Daaamn, bruh, thank you for your "service!"

[Ilsa]

19. Has he ever had to shoot at anybody with those jobs?

Has he ever had to worry about being shot In those jobs?

[Kid Berwyn]

29. Free Money

For life.

[Captain Zero]

47. Yup. Air Force pension. Congressional pension

He is a DOUBLE DIPPER. PIGGY. PIGGY. SNORT.

[DENVERPOPS]

39. If you think that

Is a laugh, check out the credentials of the law school he attended........

[world wide wally]

16. Ignorance plus audacity to accuse Dems of attacking Gold Star families when his obnoxious

den leader does that more than anyone.
Stupid asshole.

[UniteFightBack]

17. My sister said this crap to me tonight...Democrats love terrorists. Man we had it out and I

shot her down right and left. It was very enjoyable and we did not end up in a fight.

I told her Biden is going to blow dump out in a landslide and she didn't seem too upset about that.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

18. KR NT

[oasis]

22. Collins should never, ever become a U.S. Senator. nt

[ck4829]

24. K&R

[GeoWilliam750]

25. She always makes me so very proud

[packman]

35. Asshole Collins reflecting another asshole's remarks

"I saw him," Trump said of the speech. &quot Mr. Khan) was very emotional and probably looked like a nice guy to me. His wife … if you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say."

"She probably, maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. You tell me," Trump continued. "But a plenty of people have written that. She was extremely quiet, and it looked like she had nothing to say. A lot of people have said that."

Notice his trademark weaseling "probably looked like a nice guy to me" and "You tell me" and "plenty of people"
and " A lot of people". Taking no responsibility , the vague "people" / "A lot of people".


(Taken from Washington Post, unable to copy link)

Yet another link to the Khan/Trump incident:

https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/30/politics/donald-trump-khizr-kahn-response/index.html

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. Rip that horrible Collins, GO Tammy!!

Lord I hate him and his fast talking lies.

[The Wizard]

40. Everyone knows Collins

Is a big time jerkoff.

[sheshe2]

44. K&R

Go Tammy.

[AllyCat]

46. If Republicans cared that much about Gold Star families,

they would work harder to not make new ones.

[ck4829]

50. True

[ck4829]

49. K&R