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    The Question Every NRA-Backed Elected Official is Dreading Today

    2.22.2018

      In case you missed it, during yesterday’s CNN town hall, 17-year old Cameron Kasky, a student and survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, confronted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) about the more than $1 million in campaign support he’s received from the NRA.

      During the exchange, Cameron Kasky pointedly asked Sen. Rubio if he would refuse future financial support from the NRA, which has repeatedly worked to weaken U.S. gun laws and stood in the way of progress on common-sense gun safety measures. Sen. Rubio declined to reject the NRA’s funding in the future.

      WATCH the incredible exchange below.

      Other NRA-backed elected officials should expect the same question.

      Watch the entire town hall here.

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      Did you know?

      Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

      Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

      Last updated: 11.8.2024