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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe USS Gabrielle Giffords is being commissioned right now...ceremony live on:
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2017/06/09/uss-gabrielle-giffords-lcs-10-commissioning-ceremony/Gabby is there, of course, with husband Mark. Jill Biden is there as the ship's sponsor. (Joe B is there, but not on stage.) Hillary is in attendance: she got a big round of applause when introduced. Nancy Pelosi is there as well.
C_U_L8R
(45,025 posts)what a putz-in-chief we have
DFW
(54,448 posts)Is a cinch that he hasn't the faintest idea who Gabby is, or that there is a ship being named after her.
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)He would likely quash the name being given to the ship!
He would hate her for several reason's, #1 being that she is far more intelligent and a woman.
She is a hero of Democracy, while he is a pariah of humanity.
DFW
(54,448 posts)I miss Gabby Giffords and her voice in Congress. I miss her bright wit, her optimism, her aptitude for the job. I knew her for several years before she was shot, and she said "I don't do handshakes, I do hugs," and she did. Still does, by the way (I saw her once after the shooting, two years later, and was thrilled that she still recognized me enough to reach out and grab me).
She remains that very special person, but she is now trapped inside the physical limitations of what the bullet left her with. Still pretty amazing.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)and click on the live button. Maybe that will work.
She's such an admirable person. Glad she recognized you!
DFW
(54,448 posts)Her cognitive capabilities weren't greatly impaired, just mostly motor (but they were drastic).
oasis
(49,426 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Now I am represented by Martha McSalley who is backing away from DT
as quick as she can.
brer cat
(24,624 posts)of Democrats to honor Gabby. Especially since they could all be playing golf instead.