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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAz senator told mother of theater shooting victim that he supported gun background checks, then
Arizona senator told mother of theater shooting victim that he supported gun background checks, then voted against themSen. Jeff Flake sent a handwritten note to Caren Teves, whose son died during the theater shooting massacre in Aurora, Colo. In it, he said he was 'truly sorry' for the loss of her son and that 'strengthening background checks is something we agree on.' But then he voted against the bill.
BY TINA MOORE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013, 10:01 PM
One of the U.S. senators who voted against gun control legislation Wednesday lied to a heartbroken mother whose son was killed in the Aurora, Colo., movie massacre, she says.
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake sent Caren Teves a handwritten note last week saying he was truly sorry for the loss of her son and that strengthening background checks is something we agree on.
Then, just days later, he helped kill a bill that would do just that.
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My husband and I invited him to our home to sit in our sons chair, his empty chair ... feel the emptiness and have dinner with us and discuss this, she said. Flake initially responded with a form letter but later followed up with a note.
I am truly sorry for your deep loss, the letter states. ... While we may not agree on every solution, strengthening background checks is something we agree on.
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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/senator-lied-mom-shooting-vic-backing-gun-laws-article-1.1322460#ixzz2REXZ1qYm
Go to the link to see the handwritten note, pictures of the son and the parents
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Az senator told mother of theater shooting victim that he supported gun background checks, then (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2013
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Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)1. I'm not surprised.
Flake is an ass. I'd call him an embarrassment to the state of Arizona, but it's Arizona. We have a lot of embarrassing asses here. He blends.
Say what ya gotta say to get the vote. Develop amnesia later.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)2. Even for AZ he's an embarrassment...
And they have a lot of elected yahoos.