‘This is about saving lives’: the Texas Democrat fighting for gun control and abortion rights

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett tells why she's backing an assault weapons ban - and why Republicans are cowards'

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett was in Dallas when the shocking news broke. At a shopping mall in the suburb of Allen, a gunman shot and killed eight people, including three children. He was later revealed to have posted photos online displaying Nazi tattoos on his arm and torso.

I was texting my mom to see where she was, because it's a suburb 30 miles north of my district, and on the weekends she usually goes shopping," Crockett, 42, recalls in an interview at her office in Washington. She texted me: I'm at my friend's house. Why?' Because of Allen.' What's going on in Allen?' And I'm like, There's a shooting at the mall."