WASHINGTON_The families of the 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have spent the past eight months lobbying lawmakers and informing the public about various measures that can be taken to end school shootings, but with Election Day approaching some of the families are getting political.
Andrew Pollack made an ad promoting Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott's U.S. Senate candidacy. Fred Guttenberg has traveled around the country to promote Democratic candidates who favor restrictions on assault-style weapons. Ryan Petty endorsed Republican Ron DeSantis for governor after several conversations with the former congressman. And Manuel Oliver has used art to oppose the National Rifle Association and the politicians it supports.
The families of some of the Parkland victims are getting directly involved with political campaigns inside and outside of Florida ahead of Election Day, a different approach from that of the student-led March For Our Lives movement, which spent the summer trying to register young people to vote and is now focused on getting them to the polls.
