Key Takeaways:

• Duckworth accused Trump of war crimes before admitting she hadn’t seen evidence.

• CNN exposed Duckworth claiming classified knowledge she didn’t have.

• Democrats weaponize media hysteria while ignoring Obama’s drone record.

Somewhere deep inside Capitol Hill, Democrats keep a handbook titled: Rules for Accusing Trump of War Crimes, Even If You Didn’t Actually See Anything. Tammy Duckworth just recited it on live TV. First she endorsed the media fantasy that Trump and Secretary Hegseth conducted “murderous double-taps,” then admitted she hadn’t even watched the actual classified video. That’s not just sloppy — that’s reckless political theater dressed up as foreign-policy expertise.

If Duckworth’s going to lecture America about “illegal use of force,” someone should ask whether Barack Obama’s hundreds of drone strikes count. Funny how that footage never seemed to bother her.

This isn’t about international law. It’s about constructing a headline: “Trump = Killer.” The fact that CNN — of all places — had to drag the truth out of her tells you everything. When facts contradict the narrative, Democrats just wing it.

That’s how unserious people start serious accusations.

From Western Journal:

Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth, 9:33 a.m. Sunday, Eastern Standard Time: “I have seen the video” of the “double-tap” attack on a trafficking boat, and it is  “a war crime.”

Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth, 9:34 a.m. Sunday, Eastern Standard Time: Ahahaha, I haven’t actually seen the video, just fooling. But seriously, it is a crime!

How does anyone take these people seriously?

Duckworth, the junior senator from Illinois, is an Army combat veteran, which is why she was brought on to defend those poor narcoterrorists getting narced in the Caribbean by Pentagon strikes. Specifically, she was on to put forward the idea that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had committed war crimes by ordering a so-called “double-tap” strike — an assertion even some in the media have moved away from.

“The problem is, they have not been authorized to be at war. And, by the way, the individuals in that boat were not even aimed at the United States. So, everything that they have done has been illegal. It’s illegal under international law. It’s illegal under the Geneva Convention. And it certainly is even illegal under domestic law,” Duckworth said. “It was essentially murder with that double tap strike.”

Duckworth wasn’t elected until 2016, so she hasn’t really been able to weigh in on this. It would be interesting to see whether she wants former President Barack Obama brought before the Hague for this. Wonder if CNN will ever ask!

Just for the record, Barack Obama authorized at least 542 drone strikes that killed roughly 3,797 people, one estimate says that includes about 324 civilians. Independent counts — including by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) — estimate much larger civilian death…

— Elizabeth MacDonald (@LizMacDonaldFOX) December 2, 2025

But I digress.

Host Dana Bash said that Duckworth had made “a very strong statement, murder,” and asked if what she knew about the strike “constitute[d] a war crime.”

“It is a war crime. It’s illegal. However you put it, it’s all illegal,” Duckworth said. “Look, I have been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, if a pilot bails out, he gets shot down, he bails out, he’s in a rubber dinghy in the middle of the ocean, under all the international laws of warfare, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual.”

Bash then asked if she’d seen the video.

“I have seen the video. And it is deeply disturbing,” Duckworth said. “I am mostly concerned with the fact that we are putting our American service men and women in jeopardy here. We’re putting them in jeopardy in case they ever get shot down. We’re putting them in legal jeopardy. They could be brought up in international criminal courts.”

Bash then made sure that Duckworth would confirm the biggie here — that she’d seen the video.

“I just want to make sure that I get this accurate. You have seen the classified video of this particular strike, the first strike, and then the double tap, as it’s known,” Bash said.

“No, I have just seen what’s been available in the media,” Duckworth said.

Oh:

Democrat Tammy Duckworth is CALLED OUT by CNN for lying about the drug strikes:

CNN: “Have you seen the video?”

DUCKWORTH: “I have seen the video…”

CNN: “I just want to make sure…you have seen the classified video…”

DUCKWORTH: “No…I have not seen the actual video.” pic.twitter.com/k5601lCDbP

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 7, 2025

I don’t know if that question could have been more straightforward or the extent to which Duckworth inflated viewers’ impressions with her answer any greater. It was only when Bash asked if she’d seen the classified video did Duckworth say, actually, j/k no, but seriously, I know enough already.

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