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John,

Four years ago on this exact day, a gunman used an assault weapon to kill 23 people and injure 22 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.

We won’t mince words: the shooter was a white supremacist who posted an anti-immigrant manifesto before going on his rampage, one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern American history. It was a sickening attack, and today and every day, we honor those lost and fight on in their honor.

Since then, we’ve seen similar nods to the shooter’s racist ideology from other mass shooters, including the shooting in Buffalo last year at the Tops supermarket, and at a mall in Allen, TX, earlier this year. This isn’t a coincidence. Virulent racism fuels violence, and easy access to firearms makes it that much easier—and deadlier—for white supremacists to commit hate crimes.

Texans are all too familiar with this truth. On top of that, Governor Abbott’s cruelty towards immigrants only fuels further hatred and violence.

That’s why we’re still fighting for gun safety action in Texas to this day, and we will never give up advocating for bold measures to prevent the next massacre — whether it’s banning AR-15s from our communities, raising the age minimum to buy firearms, or calling out racist politicians who embolden white supremacists.

This week, we joined 160 organizations in signing a letter to Congress urging members to refrain and unequivocally condemn the use of anti-immigrant, white supremacist rhetoric because we know this language is dangerous and spurs violence.

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We will always call out racists, and fight for a safer future for ALL. And we will use our collective voices to end hate-fueled violence at every turn on behalf of the victims and survivors of gun violence so no one ever has to needlessly die from a bullet again.

In solidarity,

March For Our Lives

Join us in honoring the 23 victims of the El Paso Walmart shooting today and every day:

Andre Anchondo, 23
Jordan Anchondo, 24
Arturo Benavides, 60
Leonardo Campos, 41
Maria Flores, 77
Raul Flores, 83
Jorge Calvillo García, 61
Guillermo "Memo" Garcia, 36
Adolfo Cerros Hernández, 68
Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66
David Johnson, 63
Luis Alfonzo Juarez, 90
Maria Eugenia Legarreta Rothe, 58
Maribel Hernández Loya, 56
Elsa Mendoza Marquez, 57
Ivan Filiberto Manzano, 46
Gloria Irma Márquez, 61
Margie Reckard, 63
Sara Esther Regalado, 66
Javier Amir Rodriguez, 15
Teresa Sanchez, 82
Angelina Englisbee, 86
Juan de Dios Velázquez, 77

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