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Lucy McBath: “I lost my child to an epidemic, but it was an epidemic of gun violence.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
I lost my child to an epidemic, but it was an epidemic of gun violence.
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Lucy McBath
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

McBath shares her personal loss to highlight the seriousness of the epidemic.

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