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Gabby Responds to Attacks on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Co-Founder of the gun violence prevention organization Americans for Responsible Solutions, released the below statement today following a spate of sexist and homophobic attacks on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in response to her steps to help keep guns out of the wrong hands:
The attacks on Attorney General Healey are more than offensive, sexist, and homophobic; they are dangerous. Believe me: This kind of rhetoric fuels hatred, violence, and puts lives at risk. It must stop. In the face of these attacks that have no place in our country, I stand with Maura Healey.
Since I left public office, I have watched with dismay as civility in our politics has eroded and these kinds of irresponsible attacks have become all too common. It is poisonous and a stain on our politics.
The return of civility is essential to the frank, respectful and vigorous public debate that has been our country’s great legacy – and that is our only hope for meeting our shared challenges.
http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/2016/08/04/maura-healey-attacks/
The attacks on Attorney General Healey are more than offensive, sexist, and homophobic; they are dangerous. Believe me: This kind of rhetoric fuels hatred, violence, and puts lives at risk. It must stop. In the face of these attacks that have no place in our country, I stand with Maura Healey.
Since I left public office, I have watched with dismay as civility in our politics has eroded and these kinds of irresponsible attacks have become all too common. It is poisonous and a stain on our politics.
The return of civility is essential to the frank, respectful and vigorous public debate that has been our country’s great legacy – and that is our only hope for meeting our shared challenges.
http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/2016/08/04/maura-healey-attacks/
Just more "responsible" right-wing gun owners showing their capacity for reason and dialogue, and demonstrating why many of them are too unstable to have lethal weapons (like their hero Trump).
All thinking Americans stand with Maura Healy, and the sensible measures she supports. Vote for a Democrat who will stand up to these dangerous absolutists and ILA/NRA enablers.