Republicans cry "cut and run"--to a double amputee Iraq vet

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Republican Peter Roskam contended that [Tammy Duckworth] was advocating a "cut-and-run" strategy. Duckworth lost both legs in the [Iraq] war ...

I didn't think I'd get to use the new Department of What Is WRONG with These People twice tonight--but the Republicans never cease to surprise me:

It's pretty hard to "run" in a wheelchair when both your legs have been "cut" off, you stupid Republican tool (sorry for the redundancy).

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