Kirk Flubs Debate with Duckworth

[brooklynite]

Source: Political Wire

After Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) explained that she was a “daughter of the American Revolution” and had “bled for this nation” in a debate, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) responded: “I forgot that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington.”

Duckworth’s silence makes it even more devastating.

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2016/10/27/dumbest-response-debate-yet/

[geomon666]

1. Not the first time he's said something racist.

Hopefully it'll be the last time as a senator though.

[forest444]

2. Impugning a war hero's patriotism because of where her parents are from.

How Republican.

[Feeling the Bern]

12. Father = American. Mother = Thai. Kirk = shitstain asshole

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Worse than that: her father's family is, in fact, DAR and go back to Revolutionary War era

Her mother is from Thailand.

In addition to spouting racist nonsense, he was also factually wrong on a point that could have been discerned through a 10 second Wikipedia look-up.

[Shrike47]

3. Her opponent apparently doesn't realize that her father's family pre-dated the Revolution.

Just because she looks Asian to him, he had to get smart with the mouth.

[onehandle]

4. Ouch.

Fuck that prick.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. Her response

https://mobile.twitter.com/TammyforIL/status/791818739222274048/photo/1

[calimary]

7. Buh-BYE, Mark.

[MrModerate]

8. Trump's Disease:

A condition where politicians blurt out noxious, stupid insults about their opponents in a fashion that ends the utterer's career.

[sheshe2]

9. Why do Republicans hate Americans so?

[catbyte]

10. WTF? Does Kirk think that Duckworth is a common Thai sir name?

Wow. In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, "What a maroon..."

[shadowmayor]

11. Hollow "Hero"

D-bag Kirk has repeatedly lied about his military service and awards and never spent a second in battle. What an arsehole!!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. Good grief! I wonder what he'd say if told that President Obama is...

... a descendant of Charlemagne and Charles "The Hammer" Martel who drove Muslims out of Europe?

http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors_of_Barack_Obama

Maybe something like, "I forgot that your parents came all the way from Kenya to be emperors in old Europe."

By the way, I just found that genealogy site and I'm recognizing some shared ancestry (in both America and Europe) to President Obama.

Thank goodness that I'm not just related to Dumbya and father Bush now!

We're ALL related, of course! There's common ancestry among all of us! Well, it's apparently a no-no to suggest that to some Native Americans according to a recent NOVA episode that I saw about ancient human migration out of Africa, but they're deluding themselves.

[left-of-center2012]

14. Duckworth 48% --- Kirk 38.2%

Poll Chart
2016 Illinois Senate: Kirk vs. Duckworth
Currently tracking 7 polls from 7 pollsters
Updated about 1 hour ago

HuffPost Model
Our model of the polls suggests Duckworth is very likely leading. (In >99% of simulations, Duckworth led Kirk.)

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-illinois-senate-kirk-vs-duckworth

[Divine Discontent]

16. that's 38% too high for Kirk!

.2% sounds about what he should get after that clueless insult!

What a disrespectful put down of her that comes back to slap him in the face. He should put out an apology to save some face, and say how rude it was of him to assume. At least he'd have some dignity.

[left-of-center2012]

25. "What a disrespectful put down of her"

Kirk's worst comment (in my opinion) was a few weeks ago when he said "Duckworth doesn't stand up for our troops"

Duckworth lost both legs serving in either Iraq or Afghanistan.

[Divine Discontent]

33. a hateful ass, he is!

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Get 50 Miles South Of Me, and It's Like A Different State

I see enough of the troglodytes in my neck of the woods, but the entire center of the state, absent the university towns and Springfield are RED!!!.

So, 38% seems about right to me.

[Divine Discontent]

32. nauseating!

[AllyCat]

15. OMG.

[Divine Discontent]

18. I know right? lol... doesn't get much worse than that!

[Skittles]

23. never say repukes cannot get worse (or even much worse)

because they always, ALWAYS find a way

[Divine Discontent]

31. true.. always!

[SunSeeker]

17. If he had taken a crap on the stage it would have done less damage to him than that racist line.

[Divine Discontent]

19. +1

[progressoid]

20. Wow, what an ass.

[IronLionZion]

21. Never forget what Americans look like. It's very easy

David Duke can help if anyone is confused.

America doesn't have time for political correctness, trigger words, or safe spaces. We're making America great again!





Looking forward to having a new Democratic senator from Illinois soon to vote for President Hillary's judicial appointees.

[Monk06]

22. Man first time ever I could actually hear someone shit their pants. Then that shit eating

grin of a two year old who thinks he just did something extremely funny

Verdict? Silence. Arctic snowpack silence Head in a cardboard box silence

Captain Kirk is dead sayeth McCoy

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Here is a longer article

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/mark-kirk-questions-tammy-duckworth-s-family-s-service-heritage-n674331

and a picture of her and her parents that she had tweeted -



The GOP, including those who were former boll weevil dixicrats, are anti-miscegenation.

The article noted about Kirk -

It's not the first time the Illinois senator has courted controversy with racially-charged comments — he previously said President Obama was "acting like the drug dealer in chief" for the administration's cash payment to Iran in exchange for the release of American prisoners, and talked about fostering opportunities for African-American entrepreneurs so "that the black community is not the one we drive faster through."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/mark-kirk-questions-tammy-duckworth-s-family-s-service-heritage-n674331

He was already toast before and now he's this -

[Blue_Tires]

27. Holy damn...

[PatSeg]

28. Whoa!

"Did I actually say that out loud???"

[lonestarnot]

29. What a fucking ignorant thing to say.

[smirkymonkey]

34. What a disgusting POS!

How dare he!