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Gabrielle Dee Giffords is an American retired politician and gun control activist. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Arizona's 8th congressional district from January 2007 until January 2012, when she resigned because of a severe brain injury suffered during an assassination attempt.
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords understands what it’s like to face overwhelming barriers. She also understands what it takes to get past them. From her scrappy Arizona childhood, to her bridge-building politics, to her remarkable recovery from traumatic injuries, Gabby personifies courage.
Jul 20, 2022 · Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, a new documentary from co-directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West, tells the story of how former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head during a...
Jun 4, 2024 · Gabby Giffords (born June 8, 1970, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. In January 2011, she was the victim of an assassination attempt.
Jan 8, 2021 · Gabrielle Giffords was a Democratic representative from Arizona from 2007 to 2012. She is the founder of Giffords, a national organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence.
Apr 27, 2023 · Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, left, who survived being shot during a 2011 mass shooting, is assisted to the podium by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to speak to a large crowd demanding action on...
2 days ago · Sen. Mark Kelly and his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, condemned the attack on Donald Trump, 13 years after her shooting near Tucson.
Jan 30, 2023 · A 2011 mass shooting left Gabrielle Giffords, then a Democratic congresswoman, partly paralyzed and unable to speak fluently. She has since built a powerful advocacy group.
2 days ago · Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was nearly killed by a gunman in 2011, said in a statement: “Political violence is terrifying I know.” Giffords, who founded a gun-control organization, added ...
2 days ago · “I’m holding former President Trump, and all those affected by today’s indefensible act of violence in my heart,” Gabby Giffords, a former representative who survived an assassination ...
Nov 18, 2022 · The road for Gabby Giffords has not been easy, but she has not backed down as she continues advancing her own recovery and advocating around both gun violence and aphasia awareness.
Jan 8, 2021 · He killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Giffords, who was shot in the head. The gunman, Jared Loughner, was tackled at the scene and arrested. He later pleaded guilty in the attack...
Apr 2, 2014 · Gabrielle Giffords is a former Arizona congresswoman who made headlines when she became the victim of an assassination attempt, from which she later recovered.
Jan 8, 2021 · Gabby Giffords is the co-founder, chief spokesperson and lead fundraiser for the group that carries her name.
2 days ago · In 2011, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, was left with brain damage after she was shot in the head at an event in which six people were killed.
On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords and 18 others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area.
2 days ago · I know,” former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head by an assailant during a 2011 event in her Tucson-based district, said in a statement after the shooting at Trump’s rally.
Sep 24, 2020 · Less than a decade after her brush with death, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords is closer than you think to redefining America’s relationship with guns.
Jun 17, 2022 · Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head more than a decade ago, but this week threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park as part of its Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Gabby Giffords Responds to Shooting at Trump Rally. WASHINGTON DC — Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, founder of the national gun violence prevention organization GIFFORDS, released the following statement following reports of a shooting at a campaign rally for former president Donald Trump. “Political violence is terrifying.
Jul 14, 2022 · Former Congresswomen and gun shooting survivor Gabby Giffords is sharing her story of recovery and determination in a new documentary released this week.
Jul 11, 2022 · Giffords, the former congresswoman from Arizona, was shot in the head during a mass shooting at a Tucson Safeway on Jan. 8, 2011. Six people were killed, including 9-year-old...
Giffords is an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
3 days ago · Former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head at a political event in 2011, called the shooting at a Trump rally on Saturday an “indefensible act of violence.”
2 days ago · Women politicians who have been victims of political violence condemned Saturday's shooting at Trump rally in Pennsylvania.
Giffords is an American advocacy and research organization focused on promoting gun control. The organization draws its name from one of its co-founders, Gabby Giffords, a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Giffords was shot along with 18 others at a constituent meeting in Tucson in 2011. [1] .
Jun 7, 2022 · F ormer U.S. Representative and leading gun control advocate Gabrielle Giffords says she is hopeful that the country will enact meaningful reforms in response to rising gun violence—despite the...
2 days ago · Here are reactions after Donald Trumpwas shot in the ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Nov 15, 2011 · Gabrielle Giffords is known across the country for her resilience in the face of violence, and for her consensus-building leadership in Congress. The youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona State Senate, Giffords served in the Arizona Legislature from 2000-2005 and in Congress from 2006-2012.
2 days ago · Donald Trump was still receiving treatment from a failed assassination attempt when senior Republican politicians started demanding answers from the US Secret Service.
