GOP Committee Under Fire for Tweeting Double Amputee Tammy Duckworth Is ‘Not Standing Up’ for Vets

As far as insensitive tweets go, this one might take the cake

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The National Republican Senatorial Committee is under fire after sending an unfortunate tweet about Congresswoman and U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth.

“Tammy Duckworth has a sad record of not standing up for our veterans,” the tweet read.

Duckworth lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq in 2004, after the Black Hawk helicopter she was flying was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

The tweet was quickly deleted and reposted under another the caption: “Duckworth turned her back on reports of VA wrongdoing.”

The NRSC did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment but in a statement to Politico, spokeswoman Andrea Bozek said,”It would be great if reporters would pay as much attention to a deleted tweet as they should to Tammy Duckworth being sued by VA whistleblowers for ignoring claims of mistreatment and corruption.”

The unfortunate tweet set the Twitterverse on fire, with Duckworth’s name trending briefly on the social media network on Tuesday afternoon.

https://twitter.com/Olinecoacher/status/707341883048136704

https://twitter.com/KenyattaYamel/status/707343084561031168

Duckworth is running against Andrea Zopp and State Senator Napoleon Harris for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat. The primaries are on March 15.

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