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Buffalo-Area GOP Rep. Chris Jacobs Faces Backlash over Guns, Won’t Run for Reelection

HeadlineJun 06, 2022

Here in New York state, Republican Congressmember Chris Jacobs has abandoned his reelection campaign, after he faced backlash from his constituents over his support for a ban on assault weapons. Jacobs’s district includes suburbs of Buffalo, where last month a white supremacist shooter killed 10 African Americans at a grocery store.

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