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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords<\/a> of Arizona made an emotional pitch for Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden on the third night of the modified Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must elect Joe Biden. He was there for me – he\u2019ll be there for you, too,\u201d Ms. Giffords<\/a> said in a video segment.<\/p>\n

Ms. Giffords<\/a> was shot in the head by a deranged gunman at a constituent event in January 2011 in an incident that left her with significant impairments to her speech and movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy recovery is a daily fight, but fighting makes me stronger,\u201d she said. \u201cAmerica needs all of us to speak out, even when you have to fight to find the words.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former congresswoman also played the french horn in the video.<\/p>\n

Her husband Mark Kelly, who is running for U.S. Senate in Arizona this year, said on Twitter that the speech was the longest one she has given since she was shot.<\/p>\n

Ms. Giffords\u2019 remarks on Wednesday evening were part of a segment that also featured comments from DeAndra Dycus, whose son DeAndre Knox was accidentally shot and left paralyzed at the age of 13, and Emma Gonz\u00e1lez, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland, Fla. school shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil one of us or all of us stand up and say I can\u2019t do this anymore, I can\u2019t sit by and watch the news treat these shootings like acts of God, gun violence isn\u2019t just going to stop until there\u2019s a force fighting harder against it, and I\u2019m going to do something to prevent it,\u201d Ms. Gonz\u00e1lez said in a video.<\/p>\n

Gun control activists are banking that the issue will be a winning one for Democrats this year.<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden has vowed to support new controls and gun bans, taking a similar position on the issue as Hillary Clinton did in 2016 after Democrats had labored to avoid being painted as anti-gun in earlier presidential election cycles.<\/p>\n

Ms. Giffords had led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention in 2012 as she was accompanied by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida.<\/p>\n

Ms. Giffords and Mr. Kelly\u00a0also appeared at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking is difficult for me, but come January I want to say these two words: Madam President,\u201d Ms. Giffords said then, referring to Mrs. Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.<\/p>\n

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