Spotlight Politics: VP Harris, Gov. Pritzker, Darren Bailey React to Highland Park Shooting
In this week’s issue of Spotlight Politics: our team about Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Highland Park and whether gun laws will be tightened. See the article : Travel associations dig in as Paris Airport, EasyJet staff go out.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the site of the mass shooting in Highland Park on July 4 Parade to meet victims, first aiders and local politicians.
“We need to be smarter as a country when it comes to who has access to what, especially assault weapons,” she told reporters and the public. “This can happen anywhere.”
Meanwhile, Governor J.B. Pritzker aimed at the National Rifle Association. Can his considerable wealth interfere with the arms lobby?
Hours after the mass shooting in Highland Park, Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey said people should “go ahead” and “celebrate” Independence Day, which he has since apologized for saying. Could this hurt him or haunt him in November?
And Mayor Lori Lightfoot said city officials are adjusting public safety plans and in the wake of the highland parade shooting.
“In the wake of what happened in Highland Park and also in Philadelphia this evening, I have asked my team – that is, large print, CPD, CFD, OEMC and others – to look at what happened in each of these circumstances. and see what, if anything, we can learn and improve all our security plans. “
Our political team of Amanda Vinicky and Heather Cherone takes on these stories and more.
