The Army deleted its own tribute to Sen. Tammy Duckworth today.
Duckworth flew Black Hawks in Iraq until an RPG took both her legs. She came home with a Purple Heart, earned her PhD, served as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and raised a family. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who couldn’t answer her questions at his own confirmation hearing, shut down the whole Soldier for Life page inside 48 hours after MAGA complaints. Hours after that, Senate Republicans voted down her Iran war powers resolution.
If all that wasn’t bad enough, Pete Hegseth spent the same day gutting union contracts for Pentagon civilian workers inside 24 hours. But the most egregious story tonight is about Marie-Thérèse Ross. She is the 86-year-old French widow of a U.S. Army captain. ICE arrested her April 1 with her green card paperwork pending. Her family couldn’t reach her for a week. The French consul has had to visit her twice. Hit the phones. Call your representatives through 5 Calls and Resistbot and tell them that if we truly honor the service of our veterans, we need to get this 86-year-old widow with health problems out of an immigration jail.
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