KBH: Americans Support Background Checks
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"The American people are for background checks" for gun buyers, former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, told Jon Stewart on Wednesday's episode of The Daily Show. Hutchison, who appeared on the Comedy Central program to promote her new book, Unflinching Courage, also talked about Ted Cruz, bipartisanship, and other political matters.
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