Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., on Thursday honored President Joe Biden, whom she called “a decent man from Delaware,” before she urged Americans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
“On Jan. 8, 2011, a man tried to assassinate me. … I almost died, but I fought for my life, and I survived,” Giffords said, referring to a mass shooting at a constituent meeting in Tucson when she was a congresswoman.
She added: “So many people held me as I worked hard to recover, including a decent man for Delaware who always checked in. He still does.”
“Thank you. Joe Biden, thank you for everything,” Giffords continued, telling the crowd: “Joe is a great president. My friend Kamala will be a great president.”
Earlier in her remarks, Giffords spoke about the grit she was “born with,” adding that she “grew up racing motorcycles, mucking stalls and exploring the beautiful desert” in Arizona.
Then, she graced Harris with the same word, telling the convention hall that Harris “is tough; she has grit. Kamala can beat the gun lobby. She can fight gun trafficking.”
Her speech came shortly after the convention’s prime-time programming began, featuring a focus on preventing gun violence.
Earlier in the program, Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., who lost her son to gun violence in 2012, spoke alongside other gun violence survivors and activists.
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