Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is firing back at Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his remarks regarding the military’s efforts to recruit more women.
“F*ck Tucker Carlson. While he was practicing his two-step, America’s female warriors were hunting down Al Qaeda and proving the strength of America’s women,” Duckworth wrote on Twitter Thursday, including a video of Carlson featured on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”
She added, “Happy belated International Women’s Day to everyone but Tucker, who even I can dance better than.”
Duckworth joked, “And we all know it was his female partner who did all the hard work.”
Earlier in the week, Carlson raised concerns about pregnant women serving in the military.
“So we’ve got new hairstyles and maternity flight suits. Pregnant women are going to fight our wars. It’s a mockery of the U.S. military,” he said.
Carlson added, “While China’s military becomes more masculine as it has assembled the world’s largest navy, our military needs to become as Joe Biden says more feminine, whatever feminine means anymore.”
Watch his comments below:
He went on to argue, “It’s out of control and the Pentagon’s going along with this. This is a mockery of the U.S. Military and its core mission which is winning wars.”
Carlson’s comments garnered other strong reactions.
https://twitter.com/16thSMA/status/1369860649292083206
This is not the first time Duckworth took a swipe at Carlson, as IJR previously reported.
She responded to Carlson after he suggested in July of 2020 she hates America, “Does want to walk a mile in my legs and then tell me whether or not I love America?”
Duckworth lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq.