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Former Rep. Katie Hill on So-Cal Shooting: Democrats ‘Have Done Our Part’ to Stop Mass Shootings

‘We passed the background checks’

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HILL: “It’s the worst nightmare. I mean, every single member of Congress is constantly in the back of their head as to whether something like that is going to happen in your home district because it’s the worst thing that can happen. And -- and I think one of the hardest parts about it is that, you know, what are we supposed to say at this point? We've passed the background checks. We passed four different pieces of legislation that would make an immediate impact on reducing gun violence and -- and it’s just sitting. You feel like as a freshman especially coming in, you just feel this sense of powerlessness. Like we’ve done our part. What else can we do right now? And to me it just says with complete and utter clarity, we don’t have a choice but to flip the Senate and to get somebody in the White House who is going to make this a priority. So regardless of your other political beliefs, if you think that the safety of our kids matter, then that’s to me what needs to get you to the polls.”

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