By Ernest Luning
March 10, 2020
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“Gabby Giffords and the gun-control advocacy group she co-founded endorsed Democrat John Hickenlooper in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race on Monday, saying the former governor ‘stood up to the gun lobby’ in the wake of mass shootings in Aurora and Newtown, Connecticut.”
“Hickenlooper appeared with the former Arizona congresswoman, a shooting survivor, at Heritage Christian Center in Aurora, a stone’s throw from the movie theater where a 2012 shooting left 12 dead and 70 wounded.”
“‘It’s time to stand up for what’s right. It’s time for courage. We must stop gun violence,’ Giffords told the crowd. ‘Make our country a safer place, a better place. Do you have the courage to fight? Join your voice with mine.'”
“Peter Ambler, executive director of the Giffords political group, on Monday said Hickenlooper was ‘the first purple state governor to take on the NRA and win.'”
“‘Even though the politics were tough, Gov. Hickenlooper stood up,’ he said.”
