Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth condemns Trump's divisive message at Mount Rushmore, saying his 'priorities are all wrong' and adding that he has failed in his response to the coronavirus pandemic
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's divisive message at Mount Rushmore over the weekend, saying his"priorities are all wrong" and adding that he has failed in his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump on Friday delivered a message that stoked racial and cultural division in the US, instead of unifying the country which is embroiled in two crises -- the coronavirus pandemic and racial reckoning. The President on Saturday also gave a similar speech to commemorate Independence Day, in which he accused social justice protesters of trying to destroy America and compared the US's fight against Nazis and terrorists to his efforts to defeat"the radical left.
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