Last month, Tammy Duckworth’s dangerous ignorance on national security was on full display when she blamed Senator Mark Kirk for the radicalization of terrorists:
MODERATOR: I’m sorry, you think they were radicalized by U.S. politicians?
When Mark Kirk joins Democrats Cheri Bustos, Dan Lipinski, and, as poll after poll indicate, the American people in supporting a pause in the intake of refugees, Tammy Duckworth concludes that he is responsible for the radicalization of terrorists.
Yet, when Harry Reid is the one who actually uses racist rhetoric and then subsequently attempts to bribe an immigrant from running for Congress because he is a Muslim, Tammy Duckworth remains silent.
For a $10,000 check and a recommendation to Rod Blagojevich for the people of Illinois’ vacant Senate seat, it appears as though Tammy Duckworth’s selective outrage will give you a pass for "demonizing Muslim and Islam."
FLASHBACK:
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Tammy Duckworth Received $10,000 From Harry Reid’s Leadership PAC, Searchlight Leadership Fund. (Center For Responsive Politics, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 3/30/16)
- In December 2008, Harry Reid Urged Blagojevich To Appoint Tammy Duckworth To The Senate. “‘I didn’t tell him who not to appoint. He’s making all this up to divert attention,’ Reid said. ‘Anyone who suggests anything racial is part of the Blagojevich spin to take (attention) away from the corruption.’ The Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturday that in an early December call to the governor, Reid urged Blagojevich to appoint either Illinois Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth or Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.” (Rupa Shenoy, “Supporters Rally Behind Blagojevich Pick, Burris,” Associated Press, 1/5/09)