Debbie Wasserman Schultz to hold gun meeting with Gabrielle Giffords

Washington, DC, August 10, 2016

MIAMI HERALD

Debbie Wasserman Schultz to hold gun meeting with Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will hold a gun safety meeting with former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Broward Thursday night.

In 2011, Giffords was holding a Congressional event in Arizona when a gunman shot her and 18 others, killing six. Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, who will also attend the meeting, have since become advocates for preventing gun violence. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, who faces re-election, and former State Sen. Nan Rich, who is running for Broward County Commission, will also participate in the 7 p.m. meeting at Temple Beth Emet in Cooper City.

In a press release, Wasserman Schultz stated that "every day, 89 people die from gun violence." In 2015, PolitiFact rated a similar claim by Hillary Clinton Mostly True. Most of those deaths are a result of suicides.

Wasserman Schultz is running against Tim Canova, a Nova Southeastern University law professor, in the Aug. 30 Democratic primary for a Broward/Miami-Dade congressional seat. She has been largely sticking to friendly venues in the district such as meetings her congressional staff help organize about Zika, gun safety or other topics and has generally avoided joint appearances with Canova.

Wasserman Schultz said in a statement earlier this week that she will release details about a debate with Canova this week. Canova has attacked Wasserman Schultz in a TV ad for not debating him so far.

Canova holds a town hall meeting in North Miami Beach Thursday at 7 p.m. at Winston Towers.

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