Sandy Hook victim's brother running for Connecticut Senate

[DonViejo]

BY JESSICA CAMPISI - 07/17/19 08:14 AM EDT

The brother of one of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting is running for a seat in the Connecticut State Senate.

JT Lewis, 19 — whose brother, Jesse, was a first-grader when he and 19 other classmates and six staff members were killed after a gunman opened fire in the Newtown, Conn., school — tweeted a video on Monday announcing his candidacy challenging incumbent GOP state Sen. Tony Hwang.

Link to tweet

n the video, Lewis, a Republican, shared how his 6-year-old brother shouted for his classmates to run while the gunman paused to reload, saving his friends’ lives at the expense of his own.

“I believe that inside every single one of us is that same sense of innate courage that we never knew we had to do something extraordinary,” Lewis said in the video. “And to honor Jesse, I’ve decided to be courageous enough to run for state Senate in my home state of Connecticut.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/453446-sandy-hook-victims-brother-running-for-connecticut-senate

[JI7]

1. very young but would be better than the republican

[zipplewrath]

2. Occasionally this is needed

I'm not a huge fan of extremely young candidates. But occasionally, especially in a legislative type body, it can be important to have some representation from the youngest among us so to speak. They can be important voices in the process, and especially in this case, it is a voice that needs to be heard.