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Jahana Hayes: “I vote for the babies who left for school eight years ago and never returned home and the teachers who died trying to…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2021
I vote for the babies who left for school eight years ago and never returned home and the teachers who died trying to protect them.
Said by
Jahana Hayes
Democratic · Connecticut
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Jahana Hayes speaks about voting as an act of conscience in memory of victims of gun violence.

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