Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords delivers remarks during a press conference with Democratic Lawmakers on gun violence in 2019 PHOENIX - Gabrielle Giffords, a former Congresswoman from Arizona and the wife of the current Democratic candidate for a Senate seat in Arizona, will speak at the Democratic National Convention on the night of August 19.Giffords' speech comes nearly 10 years following a shooting in Tucson that left her seriously wounded.According to an Associated Press report from 2017, the shooting, which happened at a meet-and-greet event outside a supermarket in 2011, left six people dead and 12 other people injured.The gunman, Jared Loughner, was sentenced in 2012 to life in prison.As for Giffords, she was partially.