"Loughner echoes concerns of Tea Party movement"

[Kurovski]

Jared Lee Loughner: erratic, disturbed and prone to rightwing rantsLoughner echoes concerns of Tea Party movement in videos that reveal fears about government brainwashing

--Ed Pilkington in New York guardian.co.uk, Sunday 9


"...The tone of Loughner's rantings is almost exclusively conservative and anti-government, with echoes of the populist campaigning of the Tea Party movement. "Don't trust the government listener!" he said in one video, accusing Washington of mind control and brainwashing.

The US constitution, the bible of the Tea Parties, features heavily, as does the suggestion that the federal government is acting against the text. "You don't have to accept the federalist laws. Read the United States of America constitution to apprehend all of the current treasonous laws."

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"Arizona prides itself on its loose gun laws but there is still shock that a man with such a prolonged history of erratic and disturbing outbursts was able to legally acquire the gun he used in his rampage. The shootings were carried out with a Glock 19 semiautomatic, with a magazine of 30 bullets."

Read more:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/09/jared-lee-loughner-rightwing-rants