Sen. Cory Booker is set to renew his call for stricter gun laws from the historically black church where worshippers were killed four years ago by a racist gunman.
Charleston, South Carolina Sen. Cory Booker on Wednesday will renew his call for stricter gun laws from a patch of hallowed ground: the historically black church where worshippers were killed four years ago by a racist gunman.
As the nation mourns two more mass shootings in recent days in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas -- the latter motivated by white supremacist ideology -- Booker will warn that"the future of the country hangs in the balance." "There is no neutrality in this fight," the New Jersey Democrat will say, according to excerpts from his speech."You are either an agent of justice or you are contributing to the problem.
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