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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on March 14, 2018, 11:18:38 pm
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Democrats leave Capitol to join student gun protest
By John Bowden - 03/14/18 01:01 PM EDT
Democratic leaders in the House and Senate exited the Capitol on Wednesday to march with and speak to students protesting gun violence to mark one month since the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
Senior members of Democratic leadership joined other lawmakers from the House and Senate on Capitol Hill as thousands of students marched while others around the country walked out of classes or staged other protests.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) both spoke to the demonstrators, while other Democrats such as Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Rep. Ted Deutch (Fla.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.) were spotted in the crowd.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/378386-democratic-leaders-leave-capitol-to-join-student-gun-protest (http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/378386-democratic-leaders-leave-capitol-to-join-student-gun-protest)