Giffords and her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly, who was a top candidate to be Harris' VP pick, praised her toughness and warned that threats against the U.S. are too serious to elect Trump.
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head in 2011, in a speech at the Democratic convention on its final night, said Vice President Kamala Harris 'can beat the gun lobby.' Giffords, who was elected to Congress in 2006, appeared to have a bright future in the Democratic Party when she was shot in the head and nearly killed during a meet-and-greet with her constituents at a Tucson, Arizona, supermarket in January 2011.
Thursday's program also featured other victims of gun violence, including a teacher who survived the Sandy Hook massacre and the mother of a student who died in the Uvalde school shootingGiffords was accompanied by her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, who also made remarks after a performance by Pink. 'President Obama had to follow Michelle. I had to follow Gabby and Pink,' he joked. He said his wife, who has aphasia and has struggled to talk, amazes him every day.
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