Duckworth: Trump has no right to question others' support for military

Sen. Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthDuckworth to become first senator to give birth while in office Duckworth slams Trump: I won't be lectured on military needs by a 'five-deferment draft dodger' WHIP LIST: Shutdown looms as Senate lacks votes to pass House spending bill MORE (D-Ill.) on Sunday doubled down on her criticism of President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump: If there's no wall, there's no DACA fix Trump appears to call out Samsung over missing FBI text messages Trump Commerce pick told lawmakers he would look at reversing Obama move on internet oversight: report MORE’s rhetoric about the military, saying his history of avoiding military service prevents him from criticizing those who have served.

"I don't think that he has the right to question other people's support for our military, especially those of us who have served," Duckworth said on CBS's "Face The Nation."

Duckworth earlier this month ripped Trump for saying Democrats were holding the military hostage by demanding immigration reform in exchange for funding the government.

Democrats are holding our Military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration. Can’t let that happen!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2018

“I spent my entire adult life looking out for the well-being, the training, the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible. Sadly, this is something that the current occupant of the Oval Office does not seem to care to do. And I will not be lecture about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger,” Duckworth said in a Senate floor speech.  

In total, Trump received five deferments from the draft during the Vietnam War, including one due to heel spurs, or bone protrusions caused by a calcium buildup.

Duckworth, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, lost both of her legs when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the helicopter she was piloting over Iraq in 2004. 

On Sunday, Duckworth doubled down on her criticism of Trump for avoiding military service during the Vietnam War.

“I can still feel the hangnail in my right foot, and it’s missing,” Duckworth said. “And, you know, we have a guy that says he had a bone spur that kept him out of Vietnam and he can’t remember where it was.” 

Duckworth announced last week that she is pregnant with her second child, making her the first senator to give birth while in office.