Veronica Escobar tweeted the following:
"Our community gives me reason to be hopeful. It gives me reason to remain resilient. It gives me reason to continue the good fight. El Paso and her people are, and always will be, El Paso Strong."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Veronica Escobar:
"But just as weve lived the tragedy of all of this, we have also never lost touch of our humanity or what makes El Paso special. The love we continue to show one another is the source of our greatest strength."Read on Twitter
"A domestic terrorist drove over 700 miles to carry out racist violence. He confessed that he wanted to slaughter Mexicans and immigrants. He used white nationalist conspiracy theories pushed by the former President and still used today by politicians in Washington and Austin."Read on Twitter
"In the years since, honoring the victims and survivors has been a priority for me. I'll continue to lead policy that combats racist rhetoric, the gun violence epidemic, and gets us closer to ensuring all people are free to live their lives without fear of being gunned down."Read on Twitter