Duckworth slams Trump: I won't be lectured on military needs by a 'five-deferment draft dodger'

Sen. Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthDuckworth to become first senator to give birth while in officeDuckworth slams Trump: I won't be lectured on military needs by a 'five-deferment draft dodger'WHIP LIST: Shutdown looms as Senate lacks votes to pass House spending billMORE (D-Ill.) tore into President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump: If there's no wall, there's no DACA fixTrump appears to call out Samsung over missing FBI text messagesTrump Commerce pick told lawmakers he would look at reversing Obama move on internet oversight: report MORE on the Senate floor Saturday, calling him a “five-deferment draft dodger” and slamming him for his comments toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“Does he even know that there are service members who are in harm’s way right now, watching him, looking for their commander in chief to show leadership, rather than [trying] to deflect blame?” Duckworth said. “Or that his own Pentagon says that the short-term funding plans he seems intent on pushing is actually harmful to not just the military, but to our national security?”

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