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Tue Sep 24, 2019, 04:52 AM Sep 2019

In Chicago, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke says he's 'all in' on working to curb

In Chicago, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says he’s ‘all in’ on working to curb city’s gun violence, but activist mom is circumspect


Pam Bosley recounted how she once explained the details of the 2006 murder of her son to Hillary Clinton, who was a presidential candidate at the time, only to never hear from her again.

So Bosley said she was circumspect when Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke promised Monday that he was “all in” on efforts to curb gun violence in Chicago, even if he doesn’t win his party’s nomination.

“I’ve been going through this since 2007, talked to different candidates. I don’t. I don’t believe it. I want to see action. Because everyone always listens to our stories, and they go, ‘Ahhh.’ But I don’t want the sympathy. I want action,” Bosley said after a meeting with O’Rourke in the Southwest Side’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

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“So right now, I don’t believe it,” she said. “But if he comes back, I’ll be surprised. But I hope he does. I hope he keeps his word.”

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-beto-orourke-chicago-gun-violence-20190923-sn5j3ucrcffybbttc22ahlivfu-story.html
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