Vice President JD Vance tried to mock a Democratic senator and veteran after she pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio over whether the U.S. is at war with Venezuela.
Throughout a Senate Overseas Relations Committee listening to on Wednesday, Rubio insisted the U.S. isn’t at warfare with the South American nation, which prompted Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to ask him if he would advise the president “to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?”
“After all not,” Rubio responded. “In relation to narco-trafficking gangs and prison gangs, there’s little question about the truth that we’re confronting them in a war-like setting.”
The heated alternate apparently caught Vance’s eyes, and he noticed an opportunity to troll Duckworth — a Purple Coronary heart recipient and former Military helicopter pilot who misplaced her legs and partial use of her proper arm throughout the Iraq Warfare in 2004 — by evaluating her to (checks notes) Forrest Gump.
Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio throughout this listening to is like watching Forest Gump argue with Isaac Newton.
Vance might need thought he scored factors with that publish, however Duckworth countered with a powerful, sharp retort that favorably in contrast the actions of Tom Hanks’ iconic movie character with these of the president himself.
“Forrest Gump ran towards hazard in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs,” she identified, earlier than including that “petty insults on the expense of individuals with disabilities gained’t change the truth that you’re risking troops’ lives to spice up Chevron’s inventory worth.”
She added that her job as a senator is to “maintain you accountable.”
Many individuals loved Duckworth’s brutal riposte, which had the welcome facet impact of holding the vice chairman off of social media, if just for a number of hours.
Vance by no means did interact with Duckworth’s skillful verbal parry, as a substitute responding to the unique publish with unabashed phrases of biblical reward for Rubio.
“Thank God we’ve got a Secretary of State who is aware of his information AND has the persistence of Job. Nice job, @SecRubio,” he posted.
