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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Lynn Sweet

Why Sen. Duckworth slammed cartoon mocking Senators as disabled and aged

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., blasts a cartoon in Roll Call as “ageist” and “ableist” as it goes after aging senators. (Screen grab from Duckworth video)

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is asking this question in a video she made Thursday and posted on multiple social platforms: “Did you see Roll Call’s ableist cartoon yesterday?”

Well, you likely did not see it last week because Roll Call is a publication specializing in covering Capitol Hill. But Duckworth, the leading voice in Congress for the disabled, sure did. And she didn’t like it.

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