The Democratic Party
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Samuel --

It's hard to believe that it's been five and a half years since I got
the call that there had been a mass shooting at a constituent event
in Tucson, Arizona and that my friend, Gabby Giffords, had been
shot. The shooter was armed with a semi-automatic pistol and
high-capacity magazines. Six were killed, and Gabby and a dozen
others were shot point-blank and critically injured before he could
be stopped.

It's hard to believe so much time has passed -- because in spite
of all our hope and resolve that families and loved ones would
never again have to be on the receiving end of a call like that,
nothing has changed. In 2011, we pleaded for commonsense
gun reform. We did it again in 2012, after 20 first graders and
six adult teachers were gunned down at Sandy Hook
Elementary School. And again in 2015, after nine worshipers
were killed at their historic black church in Charleston, South
Carolina.

And we find ourselves there again today, after the worst shooting
in U.S. history, when 49 of our fellow Americans were killed and
many others injured in a gay club after a night of celebrating, like
so many of their LGBT brothers and sisters across the country,
this month of Pride.

Last year, President Obama said, "At some point, we as a country
will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence
does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen
in other places with this kind of frequency. And it is in our power
to do something about it."

And yet nothing has been done -- because after every tragedy like
this, when we should be able to unite as Americans, instead we find
ourselves divided because of leadership that lacks the conviction to
stand up to special interests and take commonsense, bipartisan
action.

This November, we have the power to do something about it:

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We saw how Donald Trump behaved in the aftermath of yesterday's
events. Rather than show he can comport himself like a leader, he fed
into the bigotry and divisive rhetoric that creates bigger problems for us
rather than try to solve the ones we can if we unite around a common
goal -- and moral imperative -- to do better as a country.

If you're committed to that, as I know I am, I know we -- along with
President Obama and every Democrat on the ballot in November -
can make a difference. Add your name if you're with us:

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Thank you.

Debbie

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair
Democratic National Committee











































































































































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