CBS’s Stephen Colbert turned The Late Show into The Democratic Strategy Show on Thursday as he welcomed Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly to the program to promote his new children’s book and Kamala Harris 2024.
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Next, Colbert turned to the specific issue of gun control, “another issue that has been brought to the fore tragically recently gun reform is important to you as a lawmaker, but obviously to you in a deeply personal way. There’s another tragedy yesterday in Georgia. One reaction to that, which is perfectly natural, is grief and rage, and another one is to shut down because there is so much of it. What would you say to people out there who just don't want to think about this anymore?”
After recalling the moment when he was informed his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, was shot, Kelly declared, “In states that have stronger gun laws, there are less people that get shot and killed, and there are common sense solutions that most Americans support that could really, really help.”
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