Story highlights The daughter of the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal who was killed at Newtown criticized Bernie Sanders

The criticism stems from comments the Vermont senator gave to the New York Daily News about guns

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Washington (CNN) The daughter of the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal who was killed at Newtown told CNN Bernie Sanders owes victims' relatives an "apology for putting the gun lobby above our families."

Erica Smegielski, a 30-year-old Hillary Clinton supporter, tweeted "shame on you, @BernieSanders" Tuesday after he told The New York Daily News he would not have supported the victims suing the gun manufacturers.

"Shame on you, @BernieSanders try living one hour of our lives. Love, the #SandyHook Principal's Daughter," Smegielski wrote, linking to the The Daily News front page, blaring "Bernie's Sandy Hook shame."

Shame on you, @BernieSanders try living one hour of our lives. Love, the #SandyHook Principal's Daughter https://t.co/fTLWBujm7E — Erica L Smegielski (@EricaSmegs) April 6, 2016

Sanders was asked by the Daily News whether family members of the Sandy Hook victims should be allowed to sue gun manufacturers, and he responded, "No, I don't."

"But I do believe that gun manufacturers and gun dealers should be able to be sued when they should know that guns are going into the hands of the wrong people," Sanders added.

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