
One on One With US Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Clip: 8/21/2024 | 5m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Amanda Vinicky is live at the United Center on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention.
Amanda Vinicky is live at the United Center with the senator from Illinois as Day 3 of the DNC continues.
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One on One With US Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Clip: 8/21/2024 | 5m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Amanda Vinicky is live at the United Center with the senator from Illinois as Day 3 of the DNC continues.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJOE ANNE, THANK YOU.
AND NOW WE GO BACK TO THE UNITED CENTER BACK INSIDE WHERE OUR AMANDA VINIK.
HE IS STANDING BY WITH US SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS, TAMMY DUCKWORTH.
YES, AND IT'S UNDER.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
AND NOW LAST NIGHT SPOKE HERE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NEWS SHARED THAT YOUR STRUGGLE WITH INFERTILITY TOUGHER THAN ACTUALLY WOUNDS ON THE BATTLEFIELD THAT YOU EXPERIENCE.
I HAD CONTROL CONGRESS NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO BUT DID NOT USE IT TO CODIFY THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.
WHY 4 LIVE ARTS AND HOMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ASSUME THAT ROLE WOULD BE THERE FOREVER.
AND THEN THE ATTACKS THAT ARE COMING.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THE FINDING A FERTILIZED EGG IS A HUMAN BEING.
AND THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.
AND SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT.
SO SHOULD DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE?
WHAT SPECIFICALLY SHOULD PASS?
IS IT A RETURN TO ROW OR SOMETHING ELSE?
THEY WANT TO TAX SO THERE THERE'S THERE'S ACCURATE THE REPRODUCTIVE WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE ACT.
WE NEED TO PASS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY CODIFY ROE.
AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ACTIONS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.
SHE REGRETS AND NOT PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON LEADERS TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION BACK AND SAY 21 1, O WE WANTED TO DO IT BUT WE COULD HEAR A BLOCK EVEN YOUR 2 MEMBERS OF OUR OWN PARTY PARTICULAR, JOE MANSION.
AND JUST COULDN'T GET A PASS BECAUSE YOU NEED 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE, ALL THOSE VOTES.
SO LET'S SAY PRESIDENT HARRIS A NEXT AND THAT ALSO DEMOCRATS GAIN A MAJORITY IN THE SENATE WILL YOUR TOP PRIORITY.
BE.
HAVE THE REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE ACT WOULD BE RESTORE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WOULD BE ANOTHER.
ABSOLUTELY WANT TO PASS A FARM CAN DO THAT EVEN BEFORE KAMALA GET SWORN AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT HELPING HOME HEALTH AIDES PAYING MORE MONEY.
SHOULD FOLKS WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT GUESSING IT HITS HOME WITH A LOT OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU SPEAK WHAT NEEDS TO BE KEY IN A FARM BILL.
A CROP INSURANCE AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT SNAP BENEFITS ARE EXPANDED.
SO THAT MORE AMERICANS ME TO RELY FOOD ASSISTANCE CAN ACCESS THEM, ESPECIALLY MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN YOU KNOW, LET'S TURN TO THE MIDDLE EAST CHICAGO IS HOME TO MORE PALESTINIAN AMERICAN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.
JUST HEARD A COLLEAGUE TALKING ABOUT PROTESTERS AND THEY'RE DEMANDING NOT JUST A CEASE-FIRE, BUT AN END TO MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.
IS THERE A SCENARIO THAT YOU AS A MILITARY VETERAN WOULD SUPPORT CUTTING OFF KNOW THERE'S I WOULD NOT VOTE TO CUT OFF A CHANCE OR ISRAEL IS OUR ALLY.
AND I DO THINK THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, REGIS AND MANY OF HIS ACTIONS AND HAS.
AND THEN RESULT IT IN.
I JUST.
DESTRUCTION AND GAZA.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING MORE HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA, ESPECIALLY TO GET MEDICAL AID INTO GAZA PARTICULAR.
WE NEED AN END TO THE VIOLENCE AND END TO THE MASSACRES THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ISRAEL IS OUR BEST ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT CHANGED AT ALL?
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU SPOKE WITH THE DOCTOR YOU CREDIT WITH SAVING YOUR LIFE, WHO WAS CARING FOR PALESTINIANS.
THAT CONVERSATION CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN ANY WAY.
MY PRECIOUS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING AID AND RENDER AID INTO GAZA EVEN BEFORE MY MY DEAR FRIEND WAS STOCK THERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE HOSTAGES RETURNED, BUT AT AND ENSURE ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND HERSELF, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A CRISIS IN GAZA AND WE NEED TO HAVE MUTUAL CEASE-FIRE.
AND WE HAVE TO GET I HELP INTO GAZA TO END THE SUFFERING.
YOU KNOW, MANY SAY THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE BOTH DEFENDING HIS RALLY STRATEGY TO DEFEAT HAMAS.
BUT THE SAME TIME, PROTECTING PALESTINIANS.
HOW HOW DO YOU SWEAR THAT?
I'M NOT DEFENDING ISRAEL'S STRATEGY.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE NEED HAVE IN AN IMMEDIATE IRAN, FOLKS, HAVE TO GET AID INTO GAZA AND WE NEED IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A TWO-STATE SOLUTION AND HEAR THAT MIGHT MEAN WE HAVE TO.
I CERTAINLY THINK THE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS REALLY CONDUCTED EGREGIOUS ACTIONS IN GAZA, WHICH I DON'T SUPPORT.
I SUPPORT ISRAELI PEOPLE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T SUPPORT THAT.
I YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA LAST NIGHT ABOUT JUST MISOGYNY AND RACISM THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND FACED WHEN HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
ANY IT BY, THEREFORE, HOW PARENTS SHOULD BE HANDLING I YOU KNOW, COME I CAN HANDLE MYSELF, BUT I THINK CALLING IT OUT.
IS WHAT I TELL OTHER PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE.
IS THAT CALL OUT SEXISM, COP, MISOGYNY CALLED OUT THE RACISM WHEN IT OCCURS.
AND I THINK PEOPLE RESPECT YOU WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 10 SECONDS LEFT.
SO A SHORT ONE.
IT SHOULD US UNDER DURBIN RUN AGAIN FOR RE-ELECTION.
I KNOW YOU 2 ARE QUITE CLOSE.
WELL, A DECIDES TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
I WILL BE THERE FOR MEGAN REMARKABLE WORK, ESPECIALLY PLACING 206 JUDGES ON THE BENCH.
AND JUST THIS PAST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US.
AND FOR THE REST OF THE CONVENTION.
THINK THANK YOU.
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