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Shots Fired Near Mayor While Visiting Homicide Victim’s Family

Matthew McDonald

Joe Ganim, the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut's biggest city, was visiting a home when someone fired shots from a moving car. The mayor was not wounded, and neither was anybody else, and the police detective who serves as his driver hustled him to the car.

Democrats Accuse Republicans of Mass Murder
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Democrats Accuse Republicans of Mass Murder

Ira Stoll

So the Democrats, after opposing Donald Trump in the 2016 election partly out of what they claimed was concern about his incivility and coarseness, are now pursuing a debate about health care legislation in Washington by characterizing the Republicans who disagree with them about policy details as mass murderers.

Think that's an exaggeration?

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