The Arizona sheriff investigating the Tucson shooting that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded had harsh words today for those engaging in political rhetoric, calling conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh “irresponsible” for continuing the vitriol.
“The kind of rhetoric that flows from people like Rush Limbaugh, in my judgment he is irresponsible, uses partial information, sometimes wrong information,” Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said today. “[Limbaugh] attacks people, angers them against government, angers them against elected officials and that kind of behavior in my opinion is not without consequences.”
Limbaugh today railed against the media and Dupnik for trying to draw a link between the heated political climate and the shooting rampage, calling the sheriff a “fool.” But Dupnik stood by his assertions.
“The vitriol affects the [unstable] personality that we are talking about,” he said. “You can say, ‘Oh no, it doesn’t,’ but my opinion is that it does.”
Investigators have yet to determine what motivated 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, described by some as appearing to be mentally unstable, to allegedly open fire on the crowd outside the Tucson Safeway. However, so far there is no evidence that he has any ties to any political group.
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I live in Arizona and I agree with Rush, the sheriff is a “fool”. He should be worried about the flood of illegals crossing the border but instead airs his liberal views on a situation which he is in no postition to expound his views. He should be investigating the crime , not using his time in the spotlight to spew his liberal agenda.
Why are you reporting what this agenda-driven sheriff has to say? A liberal shoots another liberal and a conservative is being blamed? The shooter’s favorite books include Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf and this sheriff is blaming Rush Limbaugh? Give me a break!!!
omitted: he ran for a seat on the democratic ticket! Watch foxnews exposing these thoughts to be his personal opinion without any evidence to support it.
The sheriff is no fool, he is a major donkey b’loshon naki.
He can’t control his criminals so Rush is to blame for it. Stinkin socialist lib!
Limbaugh is going to eat this up (literally) and exploit this to no end. Why feed Limbaugh’s ego any more??
This whole thing of blaming Obama’s opponents is hogwash. In the U.S.A., there always was strong unrestrained political debate, with talk show hosts using strong language.
Loughner is a deranged neo-nazi who was preparing to shoot Giffords since ’07 long before the Obama Presidency
He did not need any political diatribe to incite him.