Was the Tucson shooting a product of the Tea Parties?

The scene of the shooting in Tucson. Was Tea Party rhetoric responsible?

Georgians join the people of Arizona in condemning the senseless act of violence and mourning the victims of the recent Tucson shooting. Georgians also wonder what Jared Lee Loughner’s motive was. Was he trying to make a political point or was he simply deranged?

In the days since the shooting in Tucson, leftists have rushed to denounce the murders as the result of radical right-wing rhetoric. Specifically, left-wing bloggers on politico.com cited a “veteran Democratic operative” who called for the administration to “deftly pin this on the tea partiers” before the facts were in. Similar clams were made after the attack on the IRS building in Texas and the Times Square car bombing.

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