Source: WTSP
A staffer for Sarah Palin is defending the conservative politician against attacks blaming Palin and the Tea Party movement for the horrifying Arizona shooting that left six people dead and Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition.
"We have nothing whatsoever to do with this," Palin aide Rebecca Mansour said in an interview with radio host Tammy Bruce, a Palin supporter.
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In March, Palin released a map featuring 20 House Democrats that used crosshairs images to show their districts. (You can see it here.) Critics suggested at the time that she was inciting violence by using the crosshairs imagery and for later writing on Twitter to her supporters, "'Don't Retreat, Instead - RELOAD!'"
In her interview with Bruce, Mansour said there was "nothing irresponsible" about the cross-hairs graphic.
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We never ever, ever intended it to be gun sights," she said. "It was simply cross-hairs like you'd see on maps."Though in a tweet following the November elections, Palin did refer to the "'bullseye' icon," noting how Republicans won in 18 of the 20 seats she targeted.
i think they were just hot cross buns