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'Shameful': Duckworth slams Cruz over US Army ad critique

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'Shameful': Duckworth slams Cruz over US Army ad critique

'Shameful': Duckworth slams Cruz over US Army ad critique

Sen.

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) discusses Sen.

Ted Cruz (R-TX) calling a US Army ad “woke” and “emasculated.”


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