Gabby Giffords to endorse Hillary Clinton

[riversedge]

Source: cbsnews.com





By Reena Flores CBS News January 10, 2016, 10:00 AM
Gabby Giffords to endorse Hillary Clinton

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords attends a news conference outside Safeway grocery store where they asked Congress to provide stricter gun control in the United States on March 6, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona.
Joshua Lott



Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, is expected to endorse Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, a source close to Giffords tells CBS News.

Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, will officially announce their endorsement of the candidate later this week, with Clinton's position on gun control playing a role in their decision.

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Giffords, herself a gun owner, sat front row at the president's emotional press conference last week, where he announced new executive actions that would expand background checks on firearm sales and close the so-called "gun-show loophole." Giffords and Kelly, in numerous private meetings with the White House, helped lead the effort around defining what it means to be "in the business" of selling guns, which provided the basis of the president's recent background check initiatives.

Since launching her second presidential campaign, Clinton has rolled out new proposals for gun safety, which fall in line with the president's latest executive actions on closing regulatory loopholes. Clinton has also proposed holding manufacturers liable for crimes committed with their products.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gabby-giffords-to-endorse-hillary-clinton/

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We know Hillary's gun policies past and present are better for America
Congrats to Hillary and her team.

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

[onehandle]

2. I stand with Gabby and Hillary against gun lobbyists and fetishists. nt

[riversedge]

3. :-)

[Android3.14]

4. Or else.

[CreekDog]

28. or else what?

[pangaia]

5. I of course have no way of knowing, but I certainly hope

this is not primarily a 'one issue' endorsement because Bernie Sanders has so much more to offer than Hillary Clinton.

[brooklynite]

24. So, Sybrina Fulton should endorse Bernie Sanders because of his campaign finance policies?

Gabby can endorse whomever she wants for whatever reason she wants. You are entitled to accept or ignore her endorsement.

[pangaia]

25. Thank you for your input.

We will pass it on to management.

[CreekDog]

29. you certainly hope that Gabby being shot multiple times wasn't the only issue behind her endorsement

is that what you hope?

[lunamagica]

6. K&R. Not surprising, considering what she's gone through

[Paladin]

7. Good. K&R.

[senz]

8. No surprise. She's best friends with Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

[onehandle]

9. You forgot 'and all that implies.'

The lifespan of the 'Not Hillary' Party is coming down to days.

[senz]

10. Oh my...

The lifespan of the 'Not Hillary' Party is coming down to days.

... sounds rather angry, vengeful, threatening... your sig line photo doesn't help, either...

Have a mellow evening, onehandle, and a nice, non-angry, mañana.

[Lizzie Poppet]

14. Enjoy your witch hunting.

And your continued corporate rule...

[kjackson227]

17. Sadly, yes.... #feelthebern... eom

[anigbrowl]

21. As if that eclipses any opinions she might have as a victim of gun violence

Given that Hillary has made gun safety a central part of her platform and that this is now Gabby Giffords' signature issue, I think you should give that factor at least as much weight as her personal friendships.

[riversedge]

23. Well said and thank you for saying it.

[Dawson Leery]

27. The professional left (who let Scott Walker win 3 times)

is at it again. Such hatred of anyone who endorses Hillary.

[CreekDog]

30. so you're saying she's just doing what DWS tells her?

please.

[trillion]

11. She and her husband used to endorse guns too. This is not the first time she's made a mistake.

[riversedge]

12. Gabby has not made a mistake. Thank you GG.

[hollowdweller]

13. Hillary is working on losing all the swing states for us.

Hoping here the GOP nominee is especially crazy so she can still win.

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. Sorry, Gabby...but I'm still voting for the progressive.

Despite Hillary's increasingly-desperate attempts to assert that there's any real, meaningful difference between them on gun control, there's no way in hell I'm supporting a Third Way corporatist. If I have to hold my nose and vote for her in the primary (not that Oregon's going to go GOP, regardless), fine...but until that occurs, Hillary Clinton can sod off.

[panader0]

18. I voted for Gabby--she was my rep

She was also a Blue Dog and voted with the 'pubs several times.
So her endorsement does not surprise me.

[riversedge]

19. Honored to have @GabbyGiffords and @ShuttleCDRKelly's support.

No matter. Hillary is honored to have her support:


Hillary for Iowa Retweeted
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 21h21 hours ago

Honored to have @GabbyGiffords and @ShuttleCDRKelly's support. http://hrc.io/1ZlBuut

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. excellent

[question everything]

22. Saw her at an anti=gun rally recently. She was radiant. (nt)

[Thinkingabout]

26. This is good news, Gabby would have been a hard working member of Congress had her life

not been changed five years ago by a gunman who did not respect the lives of others. People lost lives because this person decided he needed to "improperly use a gun he possessed". I can not imagine the changes in life style Gabby has endured, I would not want this to be me or my family members, it is time to change and learn to be compassionate.