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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Shweta Sharma

Congresswoman sparks confusion by saying she’d shoot her own grandchildren to defend her guns

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Congresswoman Debbie Lesko took several by surprise this week after she appeared to say she would shoot her own grandchildren while she took the floor of the House to oppose a gun safety bill.

“I have five grandchildren. I would do anything—anything—to protect my five grandchildren. Including, as a last resort, shooting them, if I had to, to protect the lives of my grandchildren,” she said in Congress on Tuesday.

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