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She ripped Trump for her dad's COVID-19 death. She hopes her fame will drive change

SAN FRANCISCO - Few people are as prepared for overnight notoriety as Kristin Urquiza.

On Monday, the San Francisco woman skyrocketed to further fame during a three-minute televised segment of the Democratic National Convention.

In her debut on the national stage, Urquiza issued a scathing condemnation of President Donald Trump, blaming him for the spread of the coronavirus that killed her father more than six weeks earlier in Arizona.

"My dad was a healthy 65-year-old," she said on the broadcast. "His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that he paid with his life."

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