Former US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords provided the most emotional moment of the third night of the Democratic national convention.
Giffords, who sustained brain damage after she was shot at an event with constituents in 2011, spoke during a segment on gun control. She said: ‘Today, I struggle with speech but I have not lost my voice. America needs all of us to speak out, even when you have to fight to find the words.’
A spokesperson for Giffords said she spent ‘countless hours’ practising the speech, the longest she has delivered since the shooting
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com
