DNC Chair Tom Perez issued the following statement in the aftermath of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur hearts go out to the Jewish community in Pittsburgh, the first responders who put themselves in harm\u2019s way to save lives, and all those affected by this senseless act of gun violence. No American should be afraid to worship. No community should be shattered by such bigotry. As a nation, we must elect leaders who will fight for common-sense gun laws. And we must speak out against anti-Semitism and all those who enable it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DNC Chair Tom Perez issued the following statement in the aftermath of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: \u201cOur hearts go out to the Jewish community in Pittsburgh, the first responders who put themselves in harm\u2019s way to save lives, and all those affected by this senseless act […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n