I know this is the 2016 USA Presidential Election forum but can we branch out? (Pun intended)
Probably the most vulnerable sitting Republican senator is Illinois's Mark Kirk. During a televised debate with his Democrat challenger, Representative Tammy Duckworth, Kirk made some rather nasty remarks about Duckworth's heritage that seem to have further damaged his re-election chances.
When Duckworth said her family "has served this nation in uniform going back to the revolution" and described herself as "a daughter of the American Revolution", Kirk responded with "I forgot that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington". Duckworth was born in Bangkok to a Thai mother and an American father (a WW2 veteran) and has paternal ancestors who served in the American Revolution; she herself served with the US army in Iraq (helo pilot) where she lost both legs in an RPG attack.
So, is this a sign of the (Trumpish) times? Or just business as usual in USAian politics?
Though Kirk has described Trump as a "malignant clown". Either way in a no longer rare episode of gloating Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway mocked Kirk.
Probably the most vulnerable sitting Republican senator is Illinois's Mark Kirk. During a televised debate with his Democrat challenger, Representative Tammy Duckworth, Kirk made some rather nasty remarks about Duckworth's heritage that seem to have further damaged his re-election chances.
When Duckworth said her family "has served this nation in uniform going back to the revolution" and described herself as "a daughter of the American Revolution", Kirk responded with "I forgot that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington". Duckworth was born in Bangkok to a Thai mother and an American father (a WW2 veteran) and has paternal ancestors who served in the American Revolution; she herself served with the US army in Iraq (helo pilot) where she lost both legs in an RPG attack.
So, is this a sign of the (Trumpish) times? Or just business as usual in USAian politics?
Though Kirk has described Trump as a "malignant clown". Either way in a no longer rare episode of gloating Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway mocked Kirk.
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