Political Quotes

“5 years ago this Saturday, my hometown of Las Vegas endured one of the darkest days in its history. On a beautiful autumn evening, the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival was interrupted when a gunman showered the concert with bullets from a high-rise hotel room. Those who were at the festival, including my niece, at first thought the gunshots were fireworks, but they soon realized that something much more deadly was unfolding. Fifty-eight people lost their lives that night, and two more have died in the years since the attack. Over 850 people were wounded, and tens of thousands who attended the concert or helped respond to the shooting bear the visible and invisible scars of that night. It is hard to overstate the scale of the devastation of that night, and it remains the worst mass shooting in modern American history. As soon as the gunfire broke out, first responders sprang into action, as did ordinary citizens, turning concert barriers into stretchers and trucks and cars into makeshift ambulances. Doctors and nurses rushed to hospitals, and thousands of people lined up all over the State to donate blood. Individuals and businesses contributed food, blankets, airline tickets home, or whatever survivors might need. At the worst of times, Nevadans came together to support one another, and they have worked to help each other ever since. Local businesses have supported the construction of a healing garden.…”