GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath was announced Thursday as one of the speakers for Night 4 of the Democratic National Convention.
According to NBC News reporting, she will highlight a segment of the evening's program that focuses on gun violence and gun safety policy.
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The segment will serve as part of the build-up to the climax of the DNC, with Vice President Kamala Harris set to officially accept the Democratic Party's nomination for president on Thursday night.
Here's a little more about Rep. Lucy McBath:
Who is Lucy McBath? Georgia congresswoman speaking on Night 4 of DNC
- She represents Georgia's 7th District: This encompasses parts of Gwinnett and north Fulton counties in the Atlanta suburbs. Among the cities in her district are Lawrenceville, Johns Creek, Snellville, Duluth and Norcross.
- Basics: The 64-year-old was first elected to Congress in 2018 and has served three terms, winning reelection in two different districts after the district maps were changed. She is running for reelection this year.
- Rep. McBath has made gun control and safety policies her signature issue: Rep. McBath lost her son Jordan in a Jacksonville, Florida shooting in November 2012. As a member of Congress, she has supported laws on expanding background checks and supporting state red flag laws.
- Gun violence prevention record: Her congressional website notes that she is the vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. She co-sponsored a piece of legislation, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, that has passed in the House twice -- in 2019 and 2021 -- but has not made it out of the Senate. She also helped get funding for red flag laws into the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and, her site notes, "helped procure funding to study gun violence as a public health epidemic."
- She has spoken previously at a DNC: In 2016 she spoke on gun violence, four years after her son was killed. That was part of the jumpstart to her political career, with the representative first getting elected to Congress two years later. You can watch her 2016 DNC remarks here.
- Statement on speaking Thursday night: "I am honored to be telling my story. I spoke at the DNC in 2016 just four years after my son was killed. Tonight I return as a Member of Congress to talk about the importance of electing Kamala Harris as our next President.”
