Political Quotes

“I stand before this body trying to make sense of the terrible shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, just a couple of miles from where Archie and I live in Minneapolis, and I can't. I can't make it make sense. You know, I know this neighborhood really well. I have lived in and around it for many, many years. I also know Annunciation School. Annunciation School is one of those places where, whether your kids go there or not, it is 2 degrees of separation from everybody that you would know. If it is not your child, it is someone that you know, their niece, their nephew, their grandchild, their child. Here in Annunciation Catholic School, on a fall morning, sweet children were gunned down when they went to mass to celebrate the beginning of the school year, and their sense of peace and safety was shattered like the church windows that the bullets flew through. Fletcher Merkel was 8 years old. His dad said that Fletcher had an infectious smile, and he danced with every touchdown he scored in flag football, and he loved his family and his friends, and he loved fishing and cooking. Harper Moyski was 10. Her parents say that she was a bright, joyful, and deeply loved child whose laughter and kindness and spirit touched everyone who knew her. There were 21 others shot that morning. There is a 12-year-old little girl in critical condition.…”