[Chunga]

If it is merely a pronoun issue, then the problem is simply that only **you** as the writer correctly knows that it is the Alito family, not Mrs. Alito herself, who knew Mary Jo.

Knock it off Southack. I understood the article the first time I read it and I posted the correct interpretation to you after your first post in the thread.

[Lancey Howard]

Like you, I don't see any problem with Congressman Billybob's writing. It's pretty clear that Mrs. Alito had (probably) long ago learned that the Kopechnes were from her husband's "hometown" community and that only-child Mary Jo's death was a tragedy which was felt communally. That kind of thing can transcend personal relationships. Think about it - - if a kid in your own neighborhood is killed, you feel it far more than would somebody in another state, even if you never met the kid or the family.