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AOC blames Manchin, Sinema for stalled House-passed gun control legislation, calls for end to filibuster in town hall

By Robbie Sequeira Posted on
2021-02-02T042408Z_1_LYNXMPEH1107K_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-POST-OFFICE-2048×1365-1-1200×800-1

The mood in U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s virtual town hall was somber as the weight of the country’s ceaseless mass shooting epidemic weighed heavy on the minds of both the two-term congressmember and her Bronx and Queens constituents.

Parkchester native Lisa Hamilton, who watched the Thursday evening town hall with her six-year-old daughter, told the Bronx Times they felt compelled to, largely, because they said Ocasio-Cortez wants to fix this country’s issue with gun violence.

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AOC blames Manchin, Sinema for stalled House-passed gun control legislation, calls for end to filibuster in town hall

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