"And Congressman Markey,” Gomez said, “after 37 years in DC, welcome back to Boston.”
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“Now, you’re the first and only political candidate to invoke the Newtown massacre for political gain,” Gomez said. “That is beyond disgusting. I’m a father of four young kids. And as a Navy SEAL, I know what happens when the weapons fall into the hands of the wrong person.”
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“That’s background checks. That’s something that senators from West Virginia can support. We’re Massachusetts, we’re special. We’re supposed to be the leader,” Markey said. “We know that assault weapons should be off the streets. We know that high-capacity magazines should be banned. That is a huge difference between what you and I are promising the people of Massachusetts that we will do when we go down to Washington.”
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“I mean, Mr. Gomez, you couldn’t be more wrong,” he said. “Just in the last couple of years I passed a bill that created the requirement that we actually have a plan to find the cure for Alzheimer’s. That’s now the law. That’s my bill.”
From the first debate Markey [D] vs Gomez [R] June 05.2013. The debate that pundits are saying was a draw. Not by my book!
Special Senate election: June 25th!
More Here~
http://www.wbur.org/2013/06/06/first-senate-debate
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