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Welcome back to State of the Day, where I strip the euphemism and misdirection off national politics and give it to you straight: no ice, no mixer.

Let’s talk about this past weekend. It was a bloody one …

ELLA AND MUKHAMMAD

It took way too long to figure out why Ella Cook was even in the room when she was shot and killed.

She was one of two students killed in a shooting on Brown University’s campus over the weekend. It’s one of the busiest times of year for the school. Final exams and winter break preparation meant the school grounds were bustling.

Brown University President Christina Paxson had the following exchange with a reporter several hours after the shooting.

Q: “With all due respect, six hours after the shooting, and you said you don’t know what was going on in that classroom? … Were they taking an exam, were they meeting for a club?”  

Paxson: “I don’t........

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