Miriam Laing (50), a Democrat from Lake Worth, FL, has spent most of her career working for nonprofit Jewish organizations. An activist since childhood, she is very involved with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and lives just 32 miles from Parkland, Florida. She believes it is important that her children “understand what it means to be involved in your community and to give back and take responsibility.” What do you think about the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic? I think that the federal response has been atrocious. From Trump's denial of a problem, to rejecting testing kits from the World Health Organization, to racist language laying blame for the virus, to Mitch McConnell's long weekend in the midst of a crisis--it’s just shameful.  What do you think about the response in your state/community? I think the response...

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