Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumGabrielle Giffords Joins Hillary Clinton in South Carolina to Pay Tribute to Victims of Gun Violence
OLUMBIA, S.C. A plainly confident Hillary Clinton returned to South Carolina on Tuesday night for the first time since her victory in the Nevada caucuses and paid tribute to victims of gun violence and police misconduct as she campaigned before the states Democratic primary.
In a break with her monthslong strategy against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Mrs. Clinton did not criticize her rival or even refer to him obliquely as she reiterated her call for tougher gun laws, an issue that she usually uses to attack Mr. Sanders. She also spoke less about herself or her political needs than about the women who joined her in the church sanctuary: the mothers of the Black Lives Matter movement and former Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was nearly killed in a 2011 shooting and spoke haltingly and powerfully about her support for Mrs. Clinton.
As she heads into a series of Southern primaries that are likely to benefit her more than Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Clinton spoke forcefully about empathy for African-Americans who face disproportionately harsh treatment from the police and often begin their lives in poor school districts and lacking other advantages.
White Americans, we need to do a better job when African-Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers they face every single day, Mrs. Clinton said. We have to recognize our privilege and practice humility rather than assume our experiences are everyones experiences.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/23/gabrielle-giffords-joins-hillary-clinton-in-south-carolina-to-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-gun-violence/?_r=0
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Senseless gun violence needs to stop, there are not any winners with the killings.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)were remarkable.
They really expressed their appreciation of Hillary's quiet and singular attempts to reach out to them, and just ask if there was anything she could do.
And we now have another quiet movement beginning.
William769
(55,147 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Thank you.