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Summer Lee: “I can't even explain to you how it felt looking at my sister laying in her coffin.”

On the recordDecember 14, 2022
I can't even explain to you how it felt looking at my sister laying in her coffin.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Describing the emotional impact of gun violence on families.

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