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‘We have to think about how fragile freedoms are in this country,’ says dinner host

Weijia Jiang is president of the White House Correspondents’ Association – which puts on the annual gala – and was sat next to President Trump at the time of the shooting.
“What was going through my mind is my seven-year-old daughter was there. My husband was there. My parents were there,” she tells CBS News, for whom she is senior White House correspondent.
“On a night where we all came together to celebrate the freedoms and the First Amendment, we also have to think about how fragile they are in this country because … shootings and would-be shootings happen every day.”
“And it doesn’t matter if it’s the White House Correspondents’ Dinner or anywhere else in this country. Nobody should have to feel that way. Nobody should have to feel scared to be anywhere in a public place,” she adds.

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