Tucker Carlson calls Purple Heart recipient Tammy Duckworth a ‘coward’

The Democratic senator and Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth, who won the Purple Heart medal after losing her legs during combat operations in 2004 as a helicopter pilot, has been targeted in an apparent smear campaign from leading Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who labelled her a “coward” during a segment on his show on Tuesday evening. Duckworth, a US senator for Illinois and one of those in the running to become Joe Biden’s vice-presidential…