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'''Lucia Kay "Lucy" McBath''' is [[left-wing]] [[Democrat]] currently serving as a U.S. representative from [[Georgia]]'s 6th district, having very narrowly defeated then-incumbent [[Republican]] representative Karen Handel in the [[2018 midterm elections]].
 
'''Lucia Kay "Lucy" McBath''' is [[left-wing]] [[Democrat]] currently serving as a U.S. representative from [[Georgia]]'s 6th district, having very narrowly defeated then-incumbent [[Republican]] representative Karen Handel in the [[2018 midterm elections]].
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McBath's son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in November 2012 while at a gas station with his friends, where they openly played music at a high volume, angering a nearby man named Michael Dunn who soon shot Davis out of racist prejudices in thinking that the former had a gun.<ref>[https://localnews8.com/news/2020/02/18/her-son-was-killed-in-a-stand-your-ground-shooting-read-her-message-to-him-on-what-would-have-been-his-25th-birthday/ Her son was killed in a ‘stand your ground’ shooting. Read her message to him on what would have been his 25th birthday]</ref> McBath, a black woman who decries [[racism]] and has since the tragic incident become a supporter of [[gun control]], later endorsed [[Michael Bloomberg]] in the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]] despite the fact that Bloomberg promotes the very racism ([[Michael_Bloomberg_2020_presidential_campaign#Racism|see here]]) that fueled McBath's son's death, as noted.<ref>[https://medium.com/@politicspeach/dear-lucy-mcbath-gun-violence-did-not-kill-your-son-racism-racial-profiling-like-mike-b0d4f1231052 Dear Lucy McBath, Gun Violence Did Not Kill Your Son, Racism & Racial Profiling Like Mike Bloomberg’s Policies Did. #BloombergIsARacist]</ref>
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McBath's son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in November 2012 while at a gas station with his friends, where they openly played music at a high volume, angering a nearby man named Michael Dunn who soon shot Davis out of racist prejudices in thinking that the former had a gun.<ref>[https://localnews8.com/news/2020/02/18/her-son-was-killed-in-a-stand-your-ground-shooting-read-her-message-to-him-on-what-would-have-been-his-25th-birthday/ Her son was killed in a ‘stand your ground’ shooting. Read her message to him on what would have been his 25th birthday]</ref> McBath, a black woman who decries [[racism]] and has since the tragic incident become a supporter of [[gun control]], later endorsed [[Michael Bloomberg]] in the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]] despite the fact that Bloomberg promotes the very racism ([[Michael_Bloomberg_2020_presidential_campaign#Racism|see here]]) that fueled her son's death, as noted.<ref>[https://medium.com/@politicspeach/dear-lucy-mcbath-gun-violence-did-not-kill-your-son-racism-racial-profiling-like-mike-b0d4f1231052 Dear Lucy McBath, Gun Violence Did Not Kill Your Son, Racism & Racial Profiling Like Mike Bloomberg’s Policies Did. #BloombergIsARacist]</ref>
    
==U.S. House of Representatives==
 
==U.S. House of Representatives==
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