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Invoking El Paso Walmart massacre, Escobar spotlights gun violence as she casts Texas votes for Biden

from The Dallas Morning News

Invoking El Paso Walmart massacre, Escobar spotlights gun violence as she casts Texas votes for Biden The Dallas Morning News El Paso congresswoman Veronica Escobar, casting Texas delegate votes for Joe Biden on Tuesday night, recalled a rampage that left 23 people dead at a local Walmart a year ago. “A year ago, my safe community of El Paso was targeted by a domestic terrorist who murdered 23 innocent people, injured 23 more and devastated all of us,” she said. “His motive was racism and xenophobia. In the face of hate, we choose love. ... And in the face of continued gun violence in America we demand change. The time has come to act. With one abstention the great state of Texas casts 98 votes for Bernie Sanders and 161 votes for our next president, Joe Biden.” READ MORE

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