{"id":294439,"date":"2021-03-23T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=294439"},"modified":"2021-03-23T20:30:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T00:30:54","slug":"democrat-senator-tammy-duckworth-i-will-only-vote-for-biden-nominees-who-are-racial-minorities-lgbtq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-senator-tammy-duckworth-i-will-only-vote-for-biden-nominees-who-are-racial-minorities-lgbtq\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth: I Will Only Vote For Biden Nominees Who Are \u2018Racial Minorities,\u2019 \u2018LGBTQ\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-senator-tammy-duckworth-i-will-only-vote-for-biden-nominees-who-are-racial-minorities-lgbtq%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=294439&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3053.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth (IL) was slammed on Tuesday for remarks about President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees that were widely panned as racist and bigoted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a no vote on the floor, on all non diversity nominees,\u201d Duckworth said. \u201cYou know, I will vote for racial minorities and I will vote for LGBTQ. But anybody else I\u2019m not voting for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrice Lee Onwuka, director of Independent Women\u2019s Forum, responded to Duckworth\u2019s remarks by writing: \u201cThis is disgusting. I am a black woman and I don\u2019t believe that senators should approve or deny cabinet nominees based on their skin color. That is not progress but racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5172413793103\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is disgusting. I am a black woman and I don\u2019t believe that senators should approve or deny cabinet nominees based on their skin color. That\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe is \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe not \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe progress\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe but \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrice Lee Onwuka \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@PatricePinkFile) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatricePinkFile\/status\/1374468867754364934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) responded by writing: \u201cRemember when \u2018I won\u2019t support someone because of their skin color\u2019 used to be racist?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.428571428571\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A) From the pool. Dem IL Sen Duckworth on effort to get more diverse nominees: &#8220;I am a no vote on the floor, on all non diversity nominees. You know, I will vote for racial minorities and I will vote for LGBTQ. But anybody else I&#8217;m not voting for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1374457734280605698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Seattle-based conservative radio host Jason Rantz wrote: \u201cWhen you\u2019re a Democrat, you\u2019re encouraged to tokenize people and shout your racism and bigotry.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9781420765027\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When you&#8217;re a Democrat, you&#8217;re encouraged to tokenize people and shout your racism and bigotry. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N3SQ39kbLK\">https:\/\/t.co\/N3SQ39kbLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1374486359830720522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDuckworth is a vile disgusting bigot, a disgrace to the country, and a blathering moron on top of it. But at least she\u2019s honest about it,\u201d Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh wrote. \u201cShe should be removed from the senate for her professed racism. Also because she\u2019s an incompetent goon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1543624161074\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She should be removed from the senate for her professed racism. Also because she&#8217;s an incompetent goon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1374459553769689104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ben Shapiro, host of \u201cThe Ben Shapiro Show\u201d and Daily Wire Editor Emeritus, responded to Duckworth\u2019s remarks by tweeting: \u201cThis is called racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.6741573033708\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is called racism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VTCC57cFun\">https:\/\/t.co\/VTCC57cFun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1374461234779541505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton responded to Duckworth\u2019s controversial remarks by writing: \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing but not surprising that the Democrats\u2019 obsession with identity politics has come to this: U.S. Senators openly acknowledge voting for or against nominees based solely on their race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine the scandal\u2014and rightly so!\u2014if a Republican senator announced he would only vote for nominees of certain races,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cWe\u2019ve gone pretty far down the road from judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2409638554217\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve gone pretty far down the road from judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1374516519527321600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth (IL) was slammed on Tuesday for remarks about President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees that were widely panned as racist and bigoted.\u201cI am a no vote on the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311037,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3053.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth: I Will Only Vote For Biden Nominees Who Are \u2018Racial Minorities,\u2019 \u2018LGBTQ\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3053.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth: I Will Only Vote For Biden Nominees Who Are \u2018Racial Minorities,\u2019 \u2018LGBTQ\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}