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GOP Rep. Clyde hands out assault-rifle lapel pins to House colleagues

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February 3, 2023 at 11:51 a.m. EST
Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Ga.) walks off the House floor for a television interview on Capitol Hill on Jan. 10. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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By his own acknowledgment, Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Ga.) has been handing out lapel pins shaped like assault rifles to fellow GOP lawmakers — an exercise that comes in the wake of a spate of mass shootings and during a week intended to honor survivors of gun violence.

Late Thursday, Clyde, who owns a gun store, tweeted a video about his efforts.