JT Lewis, the brother of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis who was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting, is running for Connecticut state senate.
He'll be challenging Republican state Sen. Tony Hwang, who is in his third term representing the state's 28th district -- which includes Newtown, where the massacre took place. In his campaign video, which was released on Monday, Lewis said he and his mom reached out to Hwang to"help prevent future tragedies" but never heard back. "On December 14, 2012, a shooter entered my brother's classroom, fired bullets until the gun jammed," Lewis says in the video.
— JT Lewis June 30, 2019 Lewis says in the video he's running for senate to honor his little brother who lost his life. Read More"I share his story because I believe that inside every single one of us is that same innate courage we never even knew we had, to do something extraordinary."Lewis was a recipient of the 2016 MTV Music Awards Courage award, after spending his teenage years advocating for those who have experienced traumatic events, CNN affiliate WTNH reported.
— JT Lewis July 5, 2019 Last year, the teen said he met President Donald Trump during the release of his Federal School Safety Commission's report."As the meeting concluded, President Trump stood up from the table and invited one person back to the Oval office for a private moment, ME! I followed him into the historic room, my jaw nearly at the ground," Lewis said.We exchanged a few words about the Oval Office and its extraordinary history. Then we posed for this picture: pic.
— JT Lewis July 5, 2019 "Both President Trump and President Obama treated me with the utmost respect and class," Lewis said on Twitter."More importantly, they honored my brother's memory. A lesson: Politics only divides us if we allow it to. We are all Americans."
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