Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., was considered a potential vice presidential pick by Kamala Harris. The former NASA astronaut is married to Gabby Giffords, the former congresswoman who was shot in 2011.
Astronaut, author and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., appeared to be a top contender as Vice President Kamala Harris' Democratic running mate pick at least as of Monday morning — and if he still were to be picked, could bring a dramatic life story to the ticket. Harris is aiming to defeat Republican former President Donald Trump and his vice-presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, in the race to take the Oval Office.
Gabby always loved playing with my wedding ring,' Kelly writes. 'At almost every meal, she’d slip the ring off my finger and move it from her thumb to her forefinger to her middle finger. It was her little ritual, her way of fidgeting.' 'Her eyes remained closed, tubes were everywhere …' That ritual proved the first sign of hope as she lay unconscious five days after she was nearly killed.
Gabby and I fear the country has veered off course when it comes to one important issue: how we relate to guns,' the couple wrote in the book. 'A basic freedom that both Gabby and I wholeheartedly embrace, the right to bear arms, has become radicalized.'
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