Duckworth calls out 'Cadet Bone Spurs' after Trump's 'treasonous' remark
Washington (CNN)An
Illinois Democrat who was seriously wounded in Iraq derisively referred
to President Donald Trump's draft deferments after Trump called
Democrats "treasonous" for not clapping during his State of the Union speech.
"We
don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy. I swore an oath—in the
military and in the Senate—to preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States, not to mindlessly cater to the whims
of Cadet Bone Spurs and clap when he demands I clap," Sen. Tammy
Duckworth tweeted Monday evening.
Duckworth,
an Army veteran who lost her legs while serving in Iraq, appeared to be
referencing Trump's draft deferments. Trump received five draft
deferments throughout the Vietnam War, and on one occasion, Trump received a deferment because of bone spurs.
On Monday, Trump called out Democrats' behavior at his speech last week.
"They
were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said,
'Treasonous.' I mean, yeah, I guess, why not," Trump said, adding, "Can
we call that treason? Why not."
This
isn't the first time Duckworth has pointed out Trump's draft
deferments. Last month, she brought it up on the Senate floor.
"I
spent my entire adult life looking out for the well-being, the
training, the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible. I will
not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft
dodger," Duckworth said at the time.
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