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The social media war was spurred by a tense exchange between U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday morning. Shortly after, Vance wrote on X, “Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio during this hearing is like watching Forest Gump argue with Isaac Newton.”
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Raja makes Ducksworth look like Isaac Newton.
Ducksworth had no business co- piloting the helicopter and pissed and moaned until they gave in and let her to shut her up. She wasn’t any more qualified than me. I’m tired of everyone acting like she threw herself on a granade or something equally heroic- her hubris is the reason she is in a wheelchair. Fact.
More like 1/1000 — literally — just of state of IL money.
Vance was too kind in his description of the ‘intellectual prowess’ of Duckworthless.
Illinois sends its dumbest to Washington and the Useless Chicago Media enable the dolts.
They should be blasting Vance for this…it is an insult…to Forrest Gump!
Duckworth is very good at blasting! Graduated from blasting school cum laude!
Dump the duck 🪿
All she does when she opens her mouth is show the entire country what we have to put up with here in Illinois. The more she talks, the longer the list of her detractors grows. Even Dem loyalists could not have bee too impressed with those silly outbursts. But how do yo get rid of her? After the US Senate there aren’t many places to send her. Just remember how the Dems wouldn’t dare to dump Kamala. It is just too hard to offload a female minority.
Tammy will always be an embarrassment for the once great state of Illinois .
I would’ve said “Rain Man” vs Gump.
At least Forrest Gump can run.