Duckworth fires back at Trump: I swore an oath to the Constitution, not ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) fired back at President Trump for calling Democrats who didn’t stand and applaud during his State of the Union address “treasonous,” saying she didn’t swear an oath “to mindlessly cater to the whims of Cadet Bone Spurs.”
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 https://t.co/99gW1yalDl
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) 6 February 2018
Trump called Democrats “treasonous” earlier Monday for not applauding when he listed his achievements to Congress last Tuesday.
“Can we call that treason? Why not?” Trump said during a speech about the GOP tax plan in Ohio. “They certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.”
Duckworth was referring to Trump’s multiple deferments from the draft during the Vietnam War, one of which was for heel spurs, or bone protrusions caused by calcium buildup.
The Democrat also shared a quote by President Theodore Roosevelt saying that to block criticism of the president “is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”