She took off her legs to sit on the floor in protest.
She too is my Hero. Shero.
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This Congresswoman And War Vet Made A Powerful Statement During The House Sit-In
People are calling her a badass.
House Democrats held a sit-in Wednesday demanding votes on gun control following last week's mass shooting in Orlando. One congresswoman, Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, is being called a "badass" on social media for her participation in the protest.
Rep. Duckworth is an Iraq War veteran who was wounded in combat and had to have both legs amputated. However, she didn't let her disability stop her from joining her fellow Democrats on the House floor to call for reform. A photo made its way around Twitter showing Duckworth out of her wheelchair with her prosthetics removed.
But that's not the only reason people are praising her.
Although the official feed to C-SPAN was cut off by the Republican majority during much of the sit-in, the network aired footage recorded by House members. Photos and video from inside the Capitol were also shared on social media.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Duckworth hid her cell phone in one of her prosthetic legs so it wouldn't be taken.
Read More http://aplus.com/a/tammy-duckworth-house-sit-in-gun-control
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I love this woman.
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Remember this one?
Duckworth Slams Man Over 'Prep-School' Disability
Rep. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs when the Army helicopter she was piloting in Iraq was shot down by insurgents in 2005, called shame on a Virginia business man granted a Department of Veterans Affairs disability for a prep-school football injury that he claimed was earned defending the country.
Braulio Castillo, president of Strong Castle -- an information technology company based in Leesburg, Va. -- testified on Wednesday after a congressional investigation found his service-disabled veteran status stemmed from a 1984 ankle injury suffered while playing football at the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School.
Castillo, who applied for his disability in 2012 shortly after buying the company, told Duckworth he believed he deserves his VA disability.
Duckworth didn't agree. She took particular exception to Castillo implying in a letter to the Small Business Administration that his disability was the result of active-duty military service as she chastised him for using his service-disabled veteran status to gain an advantage when competing for federal contracts.
More; http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/06/27/duckworth-slams-man-over-prep-school-disability.html
She is their worst nightmare. Or at least one of them. Women are doing it!
An amazing woman, ya, I may be prejudice cause I think most women are stellar.
We got this.
