“THEY ARE SICK OF TRUMP’s BULLS**T”: Duckworth Launches Blistering Attack On POTUS After Midterm

Senator Tammy Duckworth. Hello everyone. Good morning. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Governor Pritzker for hosting us. I am so grateful to be here today. To be able to look into my right and my left and say hello to Senator-Elect Stratton and everybody that's up here. You know, even while we wait for the final couple of votes to be counted across the country, it's already obvious that Americans have sent a very clear message. There's a couple of racists out there still that we think we're going to win. Last night, Americans sent a very, very clear message. They are sick of Donald Trump's bullshit. They are. They are tired of him promising one thing in the morning, then going back on his word by the afternoon. And they are done with him putting his self-interest over our national interest. So we're here today to let those folks know that we hear them, that we see them, and that we are with them. That we are just as pissed off as they are. And that with Juliana joining our ranks in D.C., we are going to use every seat we gained to fight back against Trump and fight for what Americans' families really need. The reality is, from utility bills to grocery bills, from health care to child care, far too many Americans feel like they're one bad day, one doctor's appointment, one stop at the gas pump away from disaster. Far too many fifth generation farmers have told me that they can't sleep at night because they don't know if they can hold on long enough to hand the farm to a sixth generation. And meanwhile, Trump has quite literally said that, and I quote, give a damn about inflation so long as it makes him a fortune. And every day, his action shows that he means it. Well, I give a damn. We give a damn about Americans. That is why you better believe that in this next Congress, we're going to fight to hold Donald Trump accountable and deliver real results for families. It's going to be our priority to restore the ACA tax credits and cancel Trump's cuts to Medicaid. Cuts that are set to kick millions off their health care plans and put hundreds of hospitals at risk of closure. Just so Donald Trump can hand Elon Musk and the big tech billionaires massive tax breaks. We are going to work to pass bills that drive down everyday costs for middle-class families, bills that look out for the people we've been sent to Washington to serve. Because I've been that little girl whose parents didn't know how they were going to get enough bread to make sandwiches for the next week. So I refuse to let any American still face those struggles feel like they're falling through the cracks. And we're going to keep using every lever we have to force Donald Trump to end his illegal war with Iran, a war that no one wanted, one that has killed at least 23 of our finest heroes, our service members. It has crashed our economy and put our country in more, not less, danger. Because unlike that five-time draft-dodging coward in the White House, we would never use our troops as political pawns. And we refuse to let one man's personal insecurities trump our national security. So let me just close with this. These priorities only scratch the surface of the mountain of things we need to get done in the next two years. Because Americans don't just want a repair job. They don't want a patch job. They need and they deserve a top-to-bottom renovation. They deserve us not to just fight back against this administration, but to fight for them. To fight for policies that will better their everyday lives, things like universal child care, affordable housing, and every hopeful parent's right to access IVF. And when I become senior senator in January, with Juliana by my side in D.C., and JB as our partner here in Illinois, we will fight like hell for that more perfect union that I know we can achieve. Subscribe to One India and never miss an update. Download the One India app now.