This morning, Congress heard the testimony of several victims and witnesses to gun violence. Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, was called to the hospital as the children shot at Robb Elememtary School started streaming in. At the end of his testimony, Dr. Guerrero made this powerful plea to Congress:
"I chose to be a pediatrician. I chose to take care of children. Keeping them safe from preventable diseases I can do. Keeping them safe from bacteria and brittle bones I can do. But making sure our children are safe from guns, that’s the job of our politicians and leaders.
In this case, you are the doctors and our country is the patient. We are lying on the operating table, riddled with bullets like the children of Robb Elementary and so many other schools. We are bleeding out and you are not there.
My oath as a doctor means that I signed up to save lives. I do my job. And I guess it turns out that I am here to plead. To beg. To please, please do yours." (our emphasis)
The "doctors" who call themselves Republicans are guilty of malpractice and cruelty, and only the voters can pull their license to practice.
(photo: ABC News)
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