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COVID-19: Fairfield County State Senate Candidate's Tweet On Healthcare Workers Sparks Backlash COVID-19: Fairfield County State Senate Candidate's Tweet On Healthcare Workers Sparks Backlash
Covid-19: Fairfield County State Senate Candidate's Tweet On Healthcare Workers Sparks Backlash A school advocate and State Senate hopeful from Fairfield County is facing backlash after firing off an unpopular tweet about healthcare workers amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. JT Lewis, who lost his younger brother in the Sandy Hook shooting, was criticized on social media after stating that the pandemic is what the healthcare workers “signed up for.” “Unpopular take: didn’t nurses and doctors sign up for this? I have respect for the great job they’re doing but this is exactly what they signed up for,” Lewis posted in a since-deleted tweet on Tuesday, April 21. JT Lewi…

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19-Year-Old Brother Of Sandy Hook Victim Announces Run For State Senate 19-Year-Old Brother Of Sandy Hook Victim Announces Run For State Senate
19-Year-Old Brother Of Sandy Hook Victim Announces Run For State Senate The teenage brother of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim has thrown his hat in the ring and announced that he is planning to run for public office. JT Lewis, of Newtown, whose brother died in the December 2012 mass shooting and who is a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, announced his intentions to run for state Senate, claiming that current elected officials have fallen short. In a video posted on social media on Monday, July 15, the 19-year-old announced his plans. “After the Sandy Hook shooting, a mom and a little boy who just lost a son and a brother, made a call to their st…

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by Zak Failla