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"My Mom" +
0:60 ad run in CT and RI, announced April 20, 2016.
[Music]
Erica
Smegielski:
My
wedding
was
one
of the last things I planned with my mom. It
was a very bittersweet day because it's all just one big reminder of the
giant hole where she used to be.
My
mom
was
my
best
friend. She was the principal of Sandy Hook
School.
My
mom
was
murdered
while
trying to protect the children in her care from
a gunman.
No
more
families
should
have
to go through what we have.
Hillary
Clinton
is
the
only
candidate that has what it takes to take on the gun
lobby.
No
one
is
fighting
harder
to reform our gun laws than Hillary.
She
reminds
me
of
my
mother; she isn't scared of anything, and that's how I
know that she is the person that can actually make a difference.
That's
why
I
believe
in
her, that's why millions of other Americans believe in
her.
There's
finally
someone
who
can
change things.
Clinton (voiceover):
I’m
Hillary
Clinton
and
I
approve
this
message.
"My Mom" +
0:30 ad run in CT and RI, announced April 20, 2016.
[Music]
Erica
Smegielski:
My
wedding
was
one
of the last things I planned with my mom. It
was a very bittersweet day.
My
mom
was
the
principal of Sandy Hook
School.
My
mom
was
murdered
trying
to protect the children in her care from
a gunman.
No
one
is
fighting
harder
to reform our gun laws than Hillary Clinton.
She is the only candidate that has what it takes to take on the gun lobby.
She reminds me of my mother; she isn't scared of anything.
Clinton (voiceover):
I’m
Hillary
Clinton
and
I
approve
this
message.
Notes: The April 20
press release...
In New Ad, Daughter of Sandy Hook Principal Urges Support for
Clinton
TV Ad to Air in Connecticut, Rhode
Island Beginning Wednesday
In
a powerful new television ad released today by Hillary for America,
Erica Smegielski, the daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, the principal killed
at Sandy Hook Elementary School, urges voters to support Hillary
Clinton’s candidacy for president because of her commitment to tackling
gun violence in America. “No one is fighting harder to reform our gun
laws than Hillary Clinton,” Erica says in the ad. “She is the only
candidate who has what it takes to take on the gun lobby. She reminds
me of my mother: she isn’t scared of anything.”
Throughout
her campaign, Clinton has met with families and individuals impacted by
gun violence. These meetings and conversations have deepened her
commitment to stand up to the gun lobby and enact commonsense gun
safety measures as president. Clinton has committed to fight for
comprehensive background checks, lead the charge to end immunity
protections for irresponsible gun manufacturers and dealers which
prevent victims’ families from holding them accountable, and reform
laws to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, other violent
criminals and the severely mentally ill.
On
Tuesday night, Erica joined Clinton in New York City at her Election
Night event, where Clinton shared the story of Erica’s loss and said:
“She'd never been involved in politics before, but she has made it her
mission to advocate for common sense gun safety reform. Like the
mothers of Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin and so many others, Erica has
turned her sorrow into a strategy and her mourning into a movement.”
Erica will join Clinton and other families and individuals impacted by
gun violence for an event in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday.
The
ad has both 30- and 60-second versions. The 60-second version of the ad
began airing today in the Hartford, Connecticut, market. The 30-second
version of the ad is airing in Hartford, statewide in Rhode Island, and
on cable in Fairfield County, Connecticut, which is part of the New
York City market.