After Highland Park parade massacre, Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s lethal attack on assault weapons

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaking at a Capitol Hill rally Wednesday, July 13, 2022, calling for assault weapons to be banned. The event was organized in the wake of the Highland Park July 4 parade massacre. (Lynn Sweet/Sun-Times)

WASHINGTON — The assault rifle is a well-designed weapon, said Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., in a Senate floor speech Thursday.

Duckworth did go to the Senate floor to praise assault weapons. But this was no product endorsement aimed at everyday consumers.