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"We simply can't afford to elect a Republican who refuses even to acknowledge the problem of senseless gun violence."
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of gun violence victim Trayvon Martin, explained in a CNN op-ed on Monday why Democratic presidential hopefulHillary Clinton has her vote.
"She sees what I see: a criminal justice system that is not always just. A system that has contributed to creating a reality where just selling cigarettes, playing loud music, looking at a cop the wrong way or walking home from the store are now activities that can get you killed," Fulton wrote.
The death of Martin, a black teenager who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, became a rallying cry in 2012, just as issues of gun violence and racial bias in police enforcement began to receive more national attention. Each year in the United States, some 33,000 men, women and children are killed by guns, shot by themselves or by others.
Clinton sat down with Fulton and several other mothers of prominent African-American victims of gun violence this past November in Chicago. In addition to being impressed with Clinton's work on gun policy reform, Fulton wrote Monday that she "found a mother and a grandmother who truly heard me, and understood the depth of my loss."
While endorsing the Democratic front-runner, Fulton blasted the Republican candidates for their opposition to stricter gun control measures.
"With so many of our children's lives on the line or taken, we simply can't afford to elect a Republican who refuses even to acknowledge the problem of senseless gun violence," she wrote.
More: Trayvon Martin's Mother Explains Why She's Voting For Hillary Clinton
No explanation is necessary. It's only common sense why you would vote for Hillary. It's the same common sense why we all should vote for Hillary. She's the only sane candidate that is electable in the General Election. Go Hillary!
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