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Abby Livingston

Gohmert blames gun violence on Democrats

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) speaks during a House hearing. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images

WASHINGTON — Emotions ran high among Texans at a U.S. House hearing addressing gun violence on Thursday, nine days after a gunman attacked an Uvalde elementary school, when the debate veered away from policy and into personal attacks and finger-pointing.

Democratic members delivered remarks in the hearing room with images of the children who died in Uvalde last week, and members from both parties blamed each other for the circumstances that led to the shooting.

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