Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., on Thursday honored President Joe Biden, whom she called “a decent man from Delaware,” before she urged Americans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“On Jan. 8, 2011, a man tried to assassinate me. … I almost died, but I fought for my life, and I survived,” Giffords said, referring to a mass shooting at a constituent meeting in Tucson when she was a congresswoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She added: “So many people held me as I worked hard to recover, including a decent man for Delaware who always checked in. He still does.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Thank you. Joe Biden, thank you for everything,” Giffords continued, telling the crowd: “Joe is a great president. My friend Kamala will be a great president.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in her remarks, Giffords spoke about the grit she was “born with,” adding that she “grew up racing motorcycles, mucking stalls and exploring the beautiful desert” in Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, she graced Harris with the same word, telling the convention hall that Harris “is tough; she has grit. Kamala can beat the gun lobby. She can fight gun trafficking.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her speech came shortly after the convention’s prime-time programming began, featur<\/a>ing<\/a>\u2002a focus on preventing gun violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier in the program, Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., who lost her son to gun violence in 2012, spoke alongside other gun violence survivors and activists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n