Arizona Senators Ignore Families, Vote Down Grant’s Law
The bill introduced by Senator Steve Smith in memory of Grant Ronnebeck, who was killed by an illegal alien while working the night shift at a QuickTrip store in Mesa in January 2015, was defeated on Thursday on the floor of the Arizona Senate by three Republicans who joined all of the Democrats in opposition.
Republican senators, Bob Worsley, Frank Pratt, and Kate Brophy McGee voted against the bill.
Smith had called on the senators to explain their votes to Grant Ronnebeck’s father Steve, who was watching in the gallery above the Senate floor along with the families of others who were killed by illegal aliens. The three senators refused to look at the families and the police officers who had joined them in support.
“I think it is just sad that we have a bill that will directly help families in our state and in our country, but because of one political pressure or another, that I haven’t heard yet, you’re going to go ahead and defeat this bill,” Smith said to the senators. “If that sits well in your conscience, let it sit well.”
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