Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell visits Baltimore to highlight campaign's focus
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell visits Baltimore to highlight campaign's focus on gun violence
With his eye on the White House, California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell visited the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Ave. on Friday Baltimores, that is, not Washingtons.
The candidate, who announced his bid for president last month, met with community activists and nonprofit leaders at the Shake and Bake Family Fun Center in West Baltimore as part of a national listening tour on combating gun violence.
Swalwell cited gun violence reduction as his campaigns primary policy focus and has listed a mandatory national ban and buyback of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons and universal background checks as some of the core tenets of his platform. A graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland School of Law, he said the trip to the city he once called home felt especially personal.
I love this city and want to see it thrive, he said. I dont want to give up on these cities, and I dont want the cities to give up hope
the time to act is now.
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