{"id":1509528,"date":"2022-06-09T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509528"},"modified":"2022-06-09T14:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:20:56","slug":"democrat-says-she-thinks-she-is-only-rep-who-has-been-a-victim-of-gun-violence-appears-to-forget-steve-scalise-was-a-victim-of-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-says-she-thinks-she-is-only-rep-who-has-been-a-victim-of-gun-violence-appears-to-forget-steve-scalise-was-a-victim-of-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Says She Thinks She Is Only Rep Who Has Been A Victim Of Gun Violence, Appears To Forget Steve Scalise Was A Victim Of Gun Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">54<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-says-she-thinks-she-is-only-rep-who-has-been-a-victim-of-gun-violence-appears-to-forget-steve-scalise-was-a-victim-of-gun-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic California Rep. Jackie Speier said Wednesday she believes she is the only representative that is a \u201cvictim of gun violence,\u201d seemingly forgetting about Republican Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before Congress in support of the \u201cProtect Our Kids Act,\u201d Speier said she is under the impression she\u2019s the only member of Congress that has been a victim of gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I\u2019m the only member of this House that is a victim of gun violence,\u201d Speier said. \u201cMy body is riddled with bullets.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI believe I\u2019m the only member of this House that is a victim of gun violence. My body is riddled with bullets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who survived the 1978 Jonestown massacre, calls for gun reform <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yfeIrsPSeG\">pic.twitter.com\/yfeIrsPSeG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1534642117297025026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have a divot in my leg that is the size of a football. I have skin grafts on all parts of my body. I live with that every single day. A victim of gun violence is traumatized over and over again. I implore my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: if we had a 737 that crashed every month for 12 months in this country, we would do something about it. And that\u2019s what\u2019s happening to children in this country. 1500 kids die of gun violence every single year. We have to do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speier was working as a congressional staffer in 1978 when she and others took part in a <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/jackie-speier-jonestown-massacre-1978-interview-jim-jones\/11243189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fact-finding mission<\/a> to investigate alleged human rights abuses by Jim Jones at Jonestown in Guyana. The team was ambushed by cult followers as they boarded a plane to leave Jonestown. Five people were killed while Speier, who was shot several times, waited 22 hours for help.<\/p>\n<p>But Speier isn\u2019t the only member of Congress who has been a victim of gun violence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/11\/06\/steve-scalises-recovery-photos-congress-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scalise was nearly killed<\/a> when <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/08\/22\/james-t-hodgkinson-attempted-assassin-of-steve-scalise-already-being-erased-from-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James T. Hodgkinson<\/a>, a supporter of Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, stalked out a Virginia baseball field where the GOP congressional team was practicing and shot at multiple Republican members of Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/21\/brad-wenstrup-fbi-baseball-shooting-suicide-by-cop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scalise suffered<\/a> a shattered femur along with damage to his hip. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/steve-scalise-accountability-maxine-waters-rhetoric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Steve Scalise Wants Accountability For Maxine Waters: \u2018I Was Shot Because Of This Kind Of Dangerous Rhetoric\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/09\/government-to-save-me-gun-rights-gun-control-fiery-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted<\/a> Wednesday 223-204 to pass sweeping gun control measures, though the legislation is not expected to pass the Senate. Among the legislation passed includes raising the age to buy certain semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21, a ban on high capacity magazines, and add more federal regulations for bump stocks and ghost guns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic California Rep. Jackie Speier said Wednesday she believes she is the only representative that is a \u201cvictim of gun violence,\u201d seemingly forgetting about Republican Louisiana Rep. 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