The mother of murdered 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman says she could hear lawmakers laughing while she testified about losing her daughter, and she singled out Rep. Pramila Jayapal for telling the families there were “many other things we could be doing.”
Jessica Gorman didn't hold back Thursday.
“They give us five minutes to tell our daughter's story. Our dead children's story. She listened to four before mine. She didn't want to listen to another.”
Gorman also accused Rep. Jerry Nadler of napping during the congressional hearing.
Sheridan was an 18-year-old freshman at Loyola University Chicago when she was shot and killed near the Chicago lakefront in March. Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national who entered the U.S. illegally and had previously been released following a shoplifting arrest, is charged with her murder.
Jessica Gorman said the families came to Congress to tell lawmakers what happened to their children. Her message Thursday was simple: they deserved to be heard.
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