Vice President JD Vance drew a sharp response from Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) after he mocked her heated exchange with Secretary of State Marco Rubio over U.S. policy toward Venezuela, likening it to an argument between Forrest Gump and Isaac Newton.
“Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio during this hearing is like watching Forest Gump argue with Isaac Newton,” Vance quipped in a Wednesday post on X.
Vance added in another post, “Thank God we have a Secretary of State who knows his facts AND has the patience of Job. Great job, @SecRubio.”
Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio during this hearing is like watching Forest Gump argue with Isaac Newton.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 28, 2026
Duckworth responded, “Forrest Gump ran toward danger in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs. Petty insults at the expense of people with disabilities won’t change the fact that you’re risking troops’ lives to boost Chevron’s stock price. It’s my job to hold you accountable.”
Other Democrats also responded to Vance, such as Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan, who shared Vance’s post and wrote, “Imagine watching Forrest Gump and your takeaway is to mock people with disabilities.”
“That’s a U.S. Senator doing her job,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote in a post on X. “This is a random troll tweeting at her.”
“Comparing @SenDuckworth to Forrest Gump is classless and disgraceful. She’s a veteran who lost her legs fighting for this country. If you had any honor, you’d take this post down. But you work for Trump, so clearly you have none,” Democratic Rep. John Garamendi of California declared in a post.
Duckworth served in the Illinois Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq in 2004, where she was severely wounded when an RPG struck the helicopter she was co-piloting, costing her both legs, partial use of her right arm, and nearly her life, according to her Senate biography and later social media posts.
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