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Arazi

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11. She can't weigh 150 lbs soaking wet. It's shameful nobody carried her down

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Thu Nov 4, 2021, 10:22 AM

Nov 2021

There are plenty of able-bodied younger staffers or police who could have helped. Or two people creating a sling with their arms.

This says a lot about the callous selfish senators and staffers in that chamber

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Duckworth couldn't evacuate with peers on 1/6 as escape route was inaccessible [View all] Tanuki Nov 2021 OP

Horrifying. BeckyDem Nov 2021 #1

the insurrectionist mob would have killed them on the spot Celerity Nov 2021 #4

I agree, and it was a shock to me how easy it was for them to penetrate the building. BeckyDem Nov 2021 #6

Disabled people are utterly unsurprised at this. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #2

Exactly. TexasTowelie Nov 2021 #5

That's horrible. Rebl2 Nov 2021 #7

Immaturity. Since he's not in a wheelchair, he doesn't see the problem. haele Nov 2021 #10

I am so very sorry for what your brother is doing to you. Is it thoughtlessness niyad Nov 2021 #9

This needs fixing right now! Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #3

Dear Goddess. A true nightmare scenario. How is it that we are only just now learning niyad Nov 2021 #8

She can't weigh 150 lbs soaking wet. It's shameful nobody carried her down Arazi Nov 2021 #11

I was thinking the same thing. I could have at least pulled her to safety and I'm a older woman. flying_wahini Nov 2021 #12

Duckworth has spoken about this before and said she was never in danger, Hortensis Nov 2021 #13

It's pathetic. Snackshack Nov 2021 #14