{"id":4416,"date":"2016-10-28T09:29:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=4416"},"modified":"2016-10-28T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:30:39","slug":"tpm-kirk-mocks-duckworths-mixed-race-heritage-in-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/tpm-kirk-mocks-duckworths-mixed-race-heritage-in-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"TPM: Kirk Mocks Duckworth&#8217;s Mixed-Race Heritage in Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From our friends at Talking Points Memo this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/mark-kirk-makes-racist-comment-tammy-duckworth-heritage\">GOP Sen. Kirk Mocks Mixed-Race Heritage Of Dem Opponent Duckworth (VIDEO)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/profile\/allegra\">ALLEGRA KIRKLAND<\/a> Published OCTOBER 28, 2016, 6:37 AM EDT<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) mocked the mixed-race background of Democratic challenger Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) during a Thursday night debate.<\/p>\n<p>Duckworth, a U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in the Iraq war, was born in Thailand to a U.S. Marine father and a Thai-Chinese mother.<\/p>\n<p>At the Senate debate, she touched on her background, speaking about her family\u2019s history of military service.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tammy Duckworth is a vet who lost both legs in Iraq. Her family has served since the Revolutionary War. And yet&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DHd3kWrUsN\">pic.twitter.com\/DHd3kWrUsN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breznican\/status\/791837839113629696\">October 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My family has served this nation in uniform, going back to the Revolution,\u201d Duckworth told the audience at the University of Illinois Springfield. \u201cI&#8217;m a daughter of the American Revolution. I&#8217;ve bled for this nation. But I still want to be there in the Senate when the drums of war sound. Because people are quick to sound the drums of war, and I want to be there to say this is what it costs, this is what you&#8217;re asking us to do. And if that\u2019s the case, I\u2019ll go. Families like mine are the ones that bleed first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had forgotten that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington,\u201d Kirk replied sarcastically.<\/p>\n<p>Duckworth said nothing, moving a bottle of water on the table and turning to look at Kirk. 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