Senator Tammy Duckworth Ladda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Biden courts veterans amid fallout from Trump military controversies John Fogerty: 'Confounding' that Trump campaign played 'Fortunate Son' at rally MORE (D-Ill.) on Wednesday night called President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military "sickening."

"To have a president who never served but himself got, what, four, five deferments to avoid service in Vietnam be a guide to question someone else's patriotism because of their gender identity is sickening," she said.

Tammy Duckworth: Trump's transgender service ban is "sickening". https://t.co/KOpOgk1RcK — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 27, 2017

Trump announced the controversial new policy via tweet on Wednesday morning. Trump received several deferments from the draft during his time in college.

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"Having transgendered servicemen and women who are willing to share the load and the dangers is just as important as anybody else," said Duckworth, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who lost both her legs in a helicopter crash during the Iraq War.

"At a time when less than one-half of one percent of our nation serves in uniform, we can't afford to lose a single patriot who's willing to wear that uniform."