{"id":1053533,"date":"2025-06-12T14:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053533"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:45:13","slug":"dnc-statement-on-anniversary-of-pulse-nightclub-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-anniversary-of-pulse-nightclub-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Anniversary of Pulse Nightclub Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNine years ago today, Americans bore witness to another horrific shooting that took the innocent lives of 49 people at Orlando, Florida\u2019s Pulse Nightclub. For the LGBTQ+ community, the fear of harassment, discrimination, and violence is all too commonplace in the United States. Gun violence and homophobia have no place in our country and should never be tolerated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must not back down. As Democrats, we will continue to fight to ensure every American is treated with the same respect and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting: \u201cNine years ago today, Americans bore witness to another horrific shooting that took the innocent lives of 49 people at Orlando, Florida\u2019s Pulse Nightclub. For the LGBTQ+ community, the fear of harassment, discrimination, and violence is all too commonplace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"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-1053533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on Anniversary of Pulse Nightclub Shooting - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-anniversary-of-pulse-nightclub-shooting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T18:45:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-anniversary-of-pulse-nightclub-shooting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-anniversary-of-pulse-nightclub-shooting\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Anniversary of Pulse Nightclub Shooting - 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