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"Sandy Hook" author Elizabeth Williamson on the Uvalde killings

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ANOTHER COMMUNITY MOURNS: The archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia-Siller, comforts families outside the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

We begin today with Elizabeth Williamson, a feature writer for the New York Times and the author of Sandy Hook:  An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth.  Elizabeth joined Tom in March to talk about her very important book, and you can hear their Midday conversation here.

In her new book, NY Times feature writer Elizabeth Williamson traces an extremist arc from the tragic 2012 school shooting to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. (credit Penguin Random House/Beowulf Sheehan)
In her book, NY Times feature writer Elizabeth Williamson traces an extremist arc from the tragic 2012 school shooting to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. (credit Penguin Random House/Beowulf Sheehan)

As we know, another American tragedy occurred Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, when a murderous rampage by an 18-year-old man with multiple weapons left at least 19 children and two teachers dead.

Elizabeth Williamson joins us on Zoom…

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