February 17, 2018 – Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post
FREDERICK COUNTY, Va. — Tighten gun laws. Reform campaign finance laws. Increase the minimum wage.
Seven of the Democrats running to unseat Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) agreed on nearly every issue lobbed at them Saturday in the first major forum of the primary, except one: how to beat the congresswoman.
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Days after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., the candidates echoed each others’ calls to expand background checks, ban assault weapons and block people on the no-fly list from having guns.
Wexton, who is in the middle of the legislative session in Richmond, said gun violence will not sway Republicans in Congress or the General Assembly.
“We’re not going to change their minds on this issue,” Wexton said, “we need to change their seats. . . . We need to stay angry, we need to stay outraged. Children are dying, they’re being murdered just for going to school in the morning.”