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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA persuasive case for Tammy Duckworth for VP
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/opinion/sunday/tammy-duckworth-biden-2020.html
Whatever his wobbles, Joe Biden has, from the start of his presidential campaign, got one thing exactly right: The 2020 election is a battle for the soul of America. Thats not just a pretty slogan. Its the stomach-knotting truth and its the frame he should use for choosing his running mate. Its why he should pick Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois.
Shes a paragon of the values that Donald Trump, for all his practice as a performer, cant even pantomime. Shes best described by words that are musty relics in his venal and vainglorious circle: sacrifice, honor, humility. More than any of the many extraordinary women on Bidens list of potential vice-presidential nominees, shes the anti-Trump, the antidote to the ugliness he revels in and the cynicism he stokes.
Americans can feel good no, wonderful about voting for a ticket with Duckworth on it. And were beyond hungry for that. Were starving.
That ache transcends all of the other variables that attend Bidens deliberations as he appraises Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Val Demings and others: race, age, experience, exact position on the spectrum from progressive to moderate.
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A persuasive case for Tammy Duckworth for VP (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2020
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AJT
(5,240 posts)1. I love her. It all depends on whether her parents immediately
did the paperwork that was needed to make her an American citizen at her birth.
mucifer
(23,521 posts)2. Her family on her father's side goes back to the American Revolution watch Tammy kick
mark kirk's ass in the debate moment that probably won her the senate Illinois seat. It's a minute and a half long :
AJT
(5,240 posts)3. She was born in Thailand, and her mother was not a citizen.
She isn't automatically an American citizen. Her parents would have had to fill out paperwork when she was born declaring her an American citizen.
mucifer
(23,521 posts)4. Her father was a citizen. That's what matters.