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Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois fired again at Vice President JD Vance after he likened her sparring session with Secretary of State Marco Rubio throughout a Senate Overseas Relations Committee listening to about America’s Venezuela coverage to an argument between the fictional character Forrest Gump and Isaac Newton.
“Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio throughout this listening to is like watching Forest Gump argue with Isaac Newton,” Vance quipped in a Wednesday submit on X.
Duckworth responded, “Forrest Gump ran towards hazard in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs. Petty insults on the expense of individuals with disabilities will not change the truth that you are risking troops’ lives to spice up Chevron’s inventory value. It is my job to carry you accountable.”
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Different Democrats additionally responded to Vance.
Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan shared Vance’s submit and wrote, “Think about watching Forrest Gump and your takeaway is to mock individuals with disabilities.”
“That’s a U.S. Senator doing her job. This can be a random troll tweeting at her,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote in a submit on X.
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Left: Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Sick., listens throughout a information convention on entry to in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapies outdoors the U.S. Capitol Constructing on June 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C.; Proper: U.S. Vice President JD Vance provides remarks following a roundtable dialogue with native leaders and neighborhood members amid a surge of federal immigration authorities within the space, at Royalston Sq. on Jan. 22, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. (Left: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos; Proper: Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)
“Evaluating @SenDuckworth to Forrest Gump is classless and disgraceful. She’s a veteran who misplaced her legs preventing for this nation. Should you had any honor, you’d take this submit down. However you’re employed for Trump, so clearly you’ve gotten none,” Democratic Rep. John Garamendi of California declared in a submit.
Duckworth served within the Illinois Military Nationwide Guard and was deployed to Iraq in 2004, in response to a biography on her Senate web site, which notes that “On November 12, 2004, her helicopter was hit by an RPG and he or she misplaced her legs and partial use of her proper arm.”
She famous in 2022 social media posts that an RPG “tore via the cockpit of the helicopter I used to be co-piloting. The blast value me my legs, partial use of my proper arm and almost my life,” she famous.
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Sick., arrives to talk on stage through the second day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Heart on Aug. 20, 2024 in Chicago, Sick. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
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Vance added in one other submit, “Thank God we’ve a Secretary of State who is aware of his information AND has the persistence of Job. Nice job, @SecRubio.”
