Tammy Duckworth: Trump Is “Despicable” To Veterans

“Donald Trump is despicable. He doesn’t deserve to be commander in chief. And certainly those remarks are consistent with where he’s always been. He thinks that we’re suckers and losers.

“Do voters 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?

“It’s despicable what Republicans are doing. The same party that thinks that Donald Trump, who dodged a draft five times, who thinks veterans are suckers and losers, that’s who they think is better than someone who served 24 years in uniform.” – Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in the Iraq War.

“Donald Trump is despicable. He doesn’t deserve to be commander in chief.”

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran wounded in combat, reacts after former Pres. Trump’s description of Medal of Honor recipients sparks backlash. https://t.co/ktVCvHyfPZ pic.twitter.com/UZaX1UtBV5

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 18, 2024

Trump says the Presidential Medal of Freedom is “much better” than the Congressional Medal of Honor because “soldiers” who are “in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead” get the Medal of Honor, while “healthy, beautiful” people get the… pic.twitter.com/zUJgwfX5x5

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 16, 2024

NEVER FORGET! It’s not just his disrespect for the Medal of Honor.

Trump calls our war dead ‘suckers’ and ‘losers.’

HE’S THE TRUE LOSER.

These Gold Star Families have a clear message: valor and sacrifice are beyond Trump’s understanding.

Unforgivable disrespect. pic.twitter.com/26lG7CbMd9

— VoteVets (@votevets) August 16, 2024