Tammy Duckworth nails a fraud to the wall

[mfcorey1]

What's The Dumbest Thing You Could Say To A Congresswoman Who Lost Her Legs In Battle? Um, THIS.
Adam Mordecai Adam Mordecai

An IRS contractor named Braulio Castillo hurt his foot playing football in military prep school. He never served in the actual military. Then one day, decades later, he used it to get preferred treatment in government contracts. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who lost both her legs and still could lose her arm from combat injuries, felt that this might just be a touch inappropriate. It gets amazing around 4:30.

http://www.upworthy.com/whats-the-worst-thing-you-could-say-to-a-congresswoman-who-lost-her-legs-in-battle-found-it

[Le Taz Hot]

1. Holy cow!

OK. Tammy Duckworth for President!

Probably the best direct smack-down I've ever seen. VERY much worth watching until the end.

[Demonaut]

2. great....until issa spoke

[elleng]

7. But he thanked her!

[siligut]

10. He thanked the gentle lady and stated that the time was well spent

He actually sounded sincere. I believe Darrell Issa belongs in prison, but what he said to Rep. Duckworth was appropriate and respectful.

I agree, Tammy Duckworth has the right stuff.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

3. WOW

He "served our country"

People like that make be sick - I love Rep. Duckworth - good questions!!!

[rhett o rick]

32. I missed how he served our country. nm

[Raven]

4. I'm amazed that she managed to be

as restrained as she was. Class act, that woman!

[Skittles]

31. she, like Obama, knows the art of diplomacy

hey, it's RAVEN! How you been, girl?

[Fred Sanders]

5. "Twisting your ankle while playing football in prep school does NOT meet the spirit and intent

of the law." "I apologize for going over my time."

To which Issa The Inquisitor blustered his reply: "Well, I thank you, I think the time was well used....hrrmmmph....BENGAHZI!"

[BlueStreak]

9. At least Issa had the good sense not to cut her off.

[giftedgirl77]

6. Much kudos to her, from one disabled vet to another...

[BlueStreak]

8. How rare is it for people in Washington to speak the plain, simple truth?

She is one of my heroes.

[jsr]

11. Recommend

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. that was a masterpiece. I want to share it on FB, but I'll have to write the transcript first.

I have a lot of Deaf friends who would want to know what's being said.


If I knew how to post an embedded vid of myself interpreting, I would.

[Oilwellian]

19. The video has closed caption option

Instruct your friends to go to the YouTube page and click the CC icon. They'll be instructed to turn it on and voila! you have a transcript at the bottom of the video.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

24. oh super!! I'll check that--THANKS!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. oh shucks….

I tried the CC first….no captions.

rats. Will have to do that when I get time….maybe this evening.


don't let me forget!!

[on point]

13. Old news

[ybbor]

14. Yeah I saw this a few months ago as well

She still does a great job of showing him what a "W" he is.

It made me think of a joke posted the other day by coyotl:

George H. W. Bush walks into a bar and says, "Son, pour me your best scotch."
Bartender replies, "No way."
Pissed off, Bush finds the manager and bitches.
Manager confronts the bartender in private and returns,
"Sorry, Mr. President, but you called him 'Son' didn't you?"
Exasperated, Bush shouts, "What the fuck does that have to do with anything?"
Manager replies, "Everybody knows that any son of yours don't have to serve."

[riqster]

41. DUzy!

[ashling]

16. True, but

nobody said this was breaking news ... and just because it is "old" does not mean that it is not noteworthy.

It might have been nice - and certainly more helpful - to indicate that this happened at a hearing last year and that it was lauded widely at the time here on DU.

Simply saying "old news" comes across as rather pompous

[Fred Sanders]

26. You both make good points. But old news like this is very, very underreported by the Republican

apologizers and deflectors in the mass media.

[ashling]

29. You misunderstood my point

I was saying that the fact that it happened last year does not make it any less noteworthy.

I think it is disrespectful to merely pass an incident of this nature off as "old news"

If you want to give it some context, fine, but otherwise . . .

[Tx4obama]

39. But it is now on the front page of DU so some folks might think it is new - but it is old news.

[mfcorey1]

17. But still good news! eom

[on point]

20. Agreed good and true, but not news, already passed into realm of history

[Oilwellian]

22. It may be old news to some...

but it's the first time I've seen it. This isn't LBN.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Not if you area vet or related to one

The points she raised at that hearing are pretty much current.

[mopinko]

15. but, but, she's a third way blue dog traitor!! i read it right here!!

yeah, she represents a purple district. she takes that seriously.
but i would be a afraid to have a drink with her. she does not really fuck around.

[Ilsa]

18. She was awesome! Perfect! I hope my ex-friend who

talked about filing for disability sees this, though I doubt she will. She never was overseas, but working a desk job, when she got into it with her CO. It was ugly enough, (she was pushed) but she said she could get disability for it. She's such a hypocrite because she Deplores the 47% she says are takers (remember Rmoney's 2012 comment).

I'm not going to send it to her. I don't want any contact with her for other reasons.

[NastyRiffraff]

21. Two great moments in the House:

Tammy Duckworth's wonderfully brutal takedown of this monster and Issa actually acting human.

[brooklynite]

23. FYI, this happened two years ago...

[amb123]

27. An asskicking of beauty and a joy forever!

[PearliePoo2]

28. THAT was so intense, that after watching her I really needed...

a glass of ice water and a cigarette!

[2naSalit]

30. That is one of the things

I truly love about this woman!!!

I wish that a majority of our Congress people were as honest and forthright as she is!!

[packman]

33. Nice to see again

BUT - full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Looked up on Google to see what came of it, and sadly nothing as far as I can see. Guy probably still is raking in the money with his twisted ankle disability and Vets are still suffering from the backlog of disability claims.

[madokie]

34. I'm all teared up from listening to her

She is so right. Not once did she even mention the loss of her legs only the phantom pains she endures.
If she did I missed it.

[pinboy3niner]

35. The kicker was his claim that he sacrificed for his country

Plus the fact that he is rated 30% for his prep school football injury while Tammy Duckworth is rated 20% for her arm that was blown off in combat and reattached.

[madokie]

36. I'd like to take his 30%

and stick it square up his sorry ass

Tammy makes me proud


bro'

another thing that makes me proud is us Democrats align ourselves with quality people.

[pinboy3niner]

37. You and me both, brother

The guy isn't worth Tammy's little fingernail, to use an old Vietnamese expression.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

38. I think it's more about who in the IRS he was in bed with.

That has to do with who ran the deal thew.

[cntrygrl]

40. I love this woman!!