This is coming from Giffords' dad.
“Yeah,” he told The Post. “The whole tea party.”
He added that politicians constantly faced danger.
“They always get threat,” Gifford cried. “We don’t really have any information. The Police department was supposed to call us but they didn’t.”
Read more:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/08/statements-from-palin-obama-and-others-on-shooting-of-congresswoman-giffords/#ixzz1AZ63p2ynThe dad has put it out there too. So we finally have the media critically looking at the possible connection. We have a sheriff already implying such a connection---which I don't think they would do without some sort of evidence, and now we have the dad clearly identifying it--which says to me this must have been a topic of discussion in the Giffords' household from time to time.
To ignore that these people are a threat to the nation---especially after an interview with a local tea partier in Tucsan who states she won't stop the rhetoric even if it may have been an instigator---since it stifles her 1st amendment. Says a lot.