Arizona: U.S. Congresswomen, 12 others shot, at least 4 dead

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  1. MrJayremmie

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    Re: U.S. Congresswomen Assassinated

    Apparently shooter yelled something before he shot. Uh oh...
     
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    Re: U.S. Congresswomen Assassinated

    From the sounds of it, congresspeople aren't rolling deep when they show up to these events. They have someone who keeps track of threats presented and decides if someone gets security coverage or not. Rep. Giffords did not have any threats according to some folks interviewed on MSNBC and was not receiving coverage. There has been mention of a gun hitting the floor at an event she had previously, but that appears to be someone who just dropped a concealed weapon and not a threat.
     
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    Re: U.S. Congresswomen Assassinated

    Yes I agree. Lets move on.

    Apparently 3 of her aids were shot.

    The event was for her constituants to come tell her how the feel about things...
     
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    Re: U.S. Congresswomen Assassinated

    If you don't mind, I can change the title of this thread to something more accurate.
     
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    Oh sure I don't mind. Just went off the article title. Go for it. U.S. Congresswoman shot is good or w/e.
     
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    Re: Arizona: U.S. Congresswomen, 12 others, at least 4 dead

    That says NPR reports.
     
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    Fox says it got its info from 2 federal law enforcement officials in Arizona and a high placed official on capital hill.
     
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    MSNBC is reporting that a federal judge was also shot on the scene.
     
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    MSNBC reports that there was someone identified as "private security" who returned fire on the gunman.

    Didn't catch who they were interviewing at the time.
     
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    Wow, what? That is very interesting. First i've heard of this.
     
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    Terrible way to start this year.

    Man I hope she makes it through this.
     
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    Wow...it says she was shot point blank in the head. It's amazing that she survived that, but I really hope that it doesn't end up worse than death, like loss of a great deal of mental function.
     
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    Re: U.S. Congresswomen Assassinated

    He shouted La Raza, which is the militant Mexican movement to invade and overthrow the SW United States.
     
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    Again, perhaps not the time to politicize this moment. While I agree that is distasteful given the current situation, were Rep. Giffords not in this situation, would you have posted that?

    A brief statement released by President Obama:

    And one from Sarah Palin:

    And Speaker Boehner:

     
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    You do realize that this woman has been threatened constantly by the Tea Party, her office was even vandalized. Here was a nice event that was held in attempting to get her out of office.

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    Re: U.S. Congresswomen Assassinated

    Interesting? Not really, a terrible tragedy that was probably motivated by months of hate speech and downright bullshit rhetoric coming from right-wing radio and Fox News.
     
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    Did Palin make the target red yet?
     
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