In the days since a lone gunman opened fire in Arizona, killing six people and wounding an additional 13, roughly 2,000 Americans have lost their lives as a result of gun violence. That, according to President Barack Obama, is unacceptable.
“Like the majority of Americans, I believe that More…
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines, traveled with President Obama aboard Air Force One to Tucson to see her friend and colleague Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and attend “Together We Thrive” at the University of Arizona. She recounted the emotional moment when Giffords opened her eyes for the first time:
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At 6:52 a.m. EST this morning, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin posted a 1,141-word Facebook post with an accompanying eight-minute video responding to the Tucson shootings at length on the same day President Obama is scheduled to travel to Tucson to speak. The response comes as a reply More…
U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) gave an “impromptu press conference” before a speaking engagement Tuesday morning, mostly on the Tucson shootings, rejecting calls for more civil rhetoric. He said that those making the calls were grandstanding,
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s statement saying she wants Minnesotans “armed and dangerous” during a radio interview in 2009 has become a target of liberals in the wake of the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona this weekend. Rep. Keith Ellison, Bachmann’s neighbor to the south, said such statements have More…
Jim Geraghty bestows credit on the Tea Party movement for this very under-the-radar election in Tuscon, Ariz., where a safe Democratic incumbent was ousted by a Republican novice. There’s something to that, especially when you see that “the city will not have an additional $21 million to work More…
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