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'I have not lost my voice': Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke at the Democratic National Convention
PHOENIX - Gabrielle Giffords, a former Congresswoman from Arizona and the wife of the current Democratic candidate for a Senate seat in Arizona, spoke at the Democratic National Convention on the night of August 19.Giffords' speech comes nearly 10 years following a shooting in Tucson that left her seriously wounded.According to an Associated Press report from 2017, the shooting, which happened at a meet-and-greet event outside a supermarket in 2011, left six people dead and 12 other people injured.The gunman, Jared Loughner, was sentenced in 2012 to life in prison.As for Giffords, she was partially paralyzed by the shooting and suffers from a speech disorder.