Don't count out Duckworth in Biden VP race
By Amie Parnes and Alexander Bolton - 07/31/20 06:00 AM EDT
When it comes to choosing a vice president, Joe Biden has different reasons for selecting each contender.
Biden likes Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) ideas and proposals. He admires Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) lawyerly straightforwardness and moxie. Susan Rice, President Obama’s former national security adviser, worked alongside him in the White House and Biden has seen her work ethic up close.
But Sen. Tammy Duckworth represents something close to Biden’s heart: She’s an American hero.
The Illinois Democrat, a veteran who lost both legs in the Iraq War and received the Purple Heart, is on Biden's shortlist. And some in Biden World who know the former vice president will say Duckworth is exactly the kind of partner who is well-suited to the former vice president.
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