Virginia Heffernan: Trump's empathy deficit, explained
by Virginia Heffernan, Los Angeles Times
Aug 14, 2019
3 minutes
"My beautiful 4-year-old daughter, Dayla ... "
Almost as soon as the woman started to speak, Andrew Yang flinched. He inhaled sharply.
Along with other Democratic candidates, Yang was speaking at a gun safety forum in Des Moines on Saturday. He seemed to sense what was coming. His right fist rose to cover his mouth, a cross-cultural reflex of the shaken.
" ... was struck by a stray bullet in March 2011."
The woman, later identified as Stephanie Pizzoferrato of Las Vegas, solemnly chronicled the accidental shooting
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