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Duckworth said in a statement, "This goes far beyond any single military officer, it is about protecting a merit-based system from political corruption and unlawful retaliation.”
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
She has already claimed her military status.
But she is a mean and nasty woman.
Vindman and Ciaramella put together the fake complaint dossier to smear the President and allow Alex to continue/cover up his duplicitous foreign policy work with Ukraine.
Tammy is defending a traitor and could care less about the military promotions. Its not her agenda. Her Hero status is in the negatives.
She pushes for this traitor but she wants to also tear down historical statues.
She is a traitor
Tammy the traitor.
as far as I’m concerned she is beyond a traitor, now if she succeeds in blocking promotions thanks a lot Duckworth for possibly blocking my son’s upcoming promotion to Master Sergeant USAF. Between you and your sidekick the other worthless piece of crap Durban it’s time to speak out against these two. Durban and Duckworth you will both be receiving emails from all my family members telling you how we feel about this. Illinois is nothing but a cesspool of useless, corrupt politicians.
Durban and Duckworth = worthless