Tammy Duckworth: Rhetoric like Cruz's creates people 'like the guy that shot me down'
 

Tammy Duckworth: Rhetoric like Cruz's creates people 'like the guy that shot me down'
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WASHINGTON — Illi**is Rep. Tammy Duckworth,*a military veteran who lost her legs when her helicopter was shot down in Iraq,*warned Tuesday that "harmful" and "dangerous" rhetoric about Muslims like Ted Cruz's puts American soldiers in harm's way.

Duckworth told Mashable*that Cruz's Tuesday call for police to "patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods" and other comments like it help terror groups recruit new members and put soldiers like her at risk.

"When we say this kind of thing we promote the divisive rhetoric, the propaganda that ISIS is selling, which will create the next insurgent that’s going to shoot down an American helicopter like the guy that shot me down," Duckworth, a House Armed Services Committee member and Senate candidate, said*outside the House floor Tuesday after**on. Read more...


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