Gabby Giffords @ DNC’16: ‘Speaking is difficult for me, but…’
“… in 2017, I will be able to say ‘Madame President’.”
Click here for reuse options!Former Arizona Representative Gabriel Giffords — who was shot by Jared Laughner at a rally in 2011 — gave a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night in which she endorsed Hillary Clinton as a candidate who would support common sense gun legislation over “what’s politically expedient.”
“When I was in Congress,” she said, “I learned that strong women get things done. Hillary is tough. Hillary is courageous. She will fight to make our family safer. In the White House, she will stand against the gun lobby. That’s why I’m voting for Hillary.”
“Speaking is difficult for me,” Giffords added, “but in January 2017, I will be able to say these words — ‘Madame President.’”
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David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
4 responses to Gabby Giffords @ DNC’16: ‘Speaking is difficult for me, but…’
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Suzanne McFly July 27th, 2016 at 22:44
Both gave beautiful speeches.
bpollen July 28th, 2016 at 01:24
Wish I would have seen her speak. I like a woman with balls, and I think Gabby has them in spades…
Suzanne McFly July 28th, 2016 at 10:44
She couldn’t speak for long, but she had a lot of passion in what she said. She got the crowd on their feet and she was the visual needed to show how pathetic the gun culture has become.
William July 28th, 2016 at 10:51
“Speaking is difficult for me,” Giffords added, “
You’re doing very well Gabby. God bless you.