The ex-congresswoman, whose husband could become Kamala Harris’ running mate, said her 2011 shooting left her unable to have children.
, almost lost her life in an attempted assassination in January 2011 after being hit in the head by a bullet. Six other people were killed in the attack.and I were trying to have a baby through IVF before I was shot and that dream was stolen from us. To suggest we are somehow lesser is disgraceful.”interview in 2021 that the U.S.
Giffords and Kelly have previously opened up about their heartbreak at not having children after the 2011 attack near Tucson, Arizona. “Of everything that changed that day—both of us halting our careers, the beginning of a long, difficult road to recovery—we also lost something we wanted very much: the opportunity to have a child together,” they wrote in aThey added: “We don’t dwell on what could have been. Gabby’s philosophy is ‘Move ahead,’ and that’s what we did to rebuild our lives and find our purpose after what happened to our family. We have a vibrant family we love, including a granddaughter who brings us so much joy.
Kelly is among the frontrunners to be Harris’ running mate—which would pit him against Vance in any televised VP debate. If Harris were to beat Trump, Giffords could end up as America’s second lady.
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