She was a tough bird, and suffragism was a tough scene back then— even if you weren’t trying to leapfrog the whole suffrage issue and go right for office!

I think one of Congresswoman Rankin’s quotes is particularly apropos:

“It felt like he was trying to convince me I was wrong”.

To continue the dogpile, Duckworth is a registered member of the Daughters of the American Revolution which is about as close as you can get to a guarantee of her history was you can get without hiring a historian. Here’s an article from 2011 where the Illinois DAR built a statue to honor women soldiers. In the…

As a former Republican, I have to say that if he won the nomination of the party then he represents the current values of the party.

You fucking idiot, she has two parents, like most humans, one of which is of Thai ancestry, and the other of which is of American ancestry.

I guess you could be incredibly bad at math, so let me help you out:

You know, I went and looked it up!

Don’t you know that military honors, like Judaism, are inherited from the mother’s side?

The Republican Party would have to have values first before Trump could represent them.

So, just so we are clear here is a quick summary of Tammy Duckworth’s life:

Kirk later claimed that the legs he’d so neatly cut out from under his own campaign during the debate had in fact been lost during his last tour in Afghanistan.

Due to overwhelming demand, the FTS (Fuck This Shit) Bunker is staying open through the end of autumn. Our computers now have access to Tidal, and so far Tidal hasn’t found out.

Yeah because teaching those boys that there is no penalty for rape is a great way to raise them. Unless it’s a trap and the family will be reporting him missing in a few days . . .

I was promised a taco truck on every corner, and yet there are no taco trucks on any corners anywhere in the vicinity of my home, school, or workplace. This is very disappointing, and I respectfully request that the situation be rectified immediately, as it is approaching lunch time and I am hungry.

She’s suggesting that her husband can’t stand up to peer pressure from Billy Bush. That might be more damning than the misogyny.

I hate Bob Dylan. I can’t stand his voice, I especially can’t stand his lyrics, which always creep me out re: women. I get that his music reached a lot of people but I don’t think it necessarily did so in a wholly constructive way. Not many of his songs are actually about peace.

Typical farmland conservative. Will rant and rave about welfare queens but touch their corn subsidy and watch them lose their shit.

Being imprisoned in accordance with the law following a valid conviction and appeal is not tyranny.