in the last day or two, an image pointed out by sarah palin. campaigning back in march, you ll remember palin posted a map on facebook putting cross hairs over some democratic controlled districts including giffords. at the same time palin tweeted, don t retreat. reload. representative giffords took issue with palin s imagery and here s what she said on msnbc back in march. we re on sarah palin s targeted list. but the thing is, the way she has it depicted has the cross hair of a gun sight over our district. will people do that? you have to realize there s consequences to that action. a day after that interview with representative giffords, palin was in the district campaigning with senator john mccain. here s what she said about the criticism of her weapons metaphors. we know violence isn t the answer. when we take up our arms we re talking about our vote. we re talking about being involved in a contested primary like this. and picking the right candidate, too, john mccain.
was more interested in philosophical discussions than political ones. in the last day or two, an image pointed out by sarah palin. campaigning back in march, you ll remember palin posted a map on facebook putting cross hairs over some democratic controlled districts including giffords. at the same time palin tweeted, don t retreat. reload. representative giffords took issue with palin s imagery and here s what she said on msnbc back in march. we re on sarah palin s targeted list. but the thing is, the way she has it depicted has the cross hair of a gun sight over our district. will people do that? you have to realize there s consequences to that action. a day after that interview with representative giffords, palin was in the district campaigning with senator john mccain. here s what she said about the criticism of her weapons metaphors. we know violence isn t the answer. when we take up our arms we re talking about our vote. we re talking about being involved in a contested pri
facebook with a list of politicians with cross hairs aimed at their locations. she tweeted, don t retreat instead reload. a palin spokeswoman says any link to the tucson massacre is disgusting and appalling. while rodriguez says he doesn t blame palin for loughner s actions, he said it may send dangerous messages to unstable people. one thing is you can have discussions where you have differences. there s no wquestion, but i thik row have to be responsible for what you re saying. reporter: rodriguez says loughner is responsible for his actions. he worries about others who are armed, unhinged and angry. thelma gutierrez, cnn, los angeles. we should note at the investigation is still ongoing into saturday s shooting and police have not yet said whether alleged shooter jared lee loughner was driven by political ideology. top stories now.
metaphors but dick durbin doesn t seem to get that. the freeway s, don t retreat or reload putting crosshairs on congressional districts as targets, these things invite the kind of toxic rhetoric that can lead unstable to believe this is an acceptable response. bill: i m talking to you senator durbin. for the record, actress jodie foster can lead unstable to seek violence as we saw on attempted assassination ronald reagan. where am i going wrong here? i don t think you are going wrong. i think that country unfortunately is divided again along these lines. i think you ve read my opinion and certainly know my opinion. my issue with the metaphors. let me stop you there.
if ballots don t work, bullets will. don t retreat. reload. and that is not a call for violence. reporter: there s no evidence the gunman was moved by venomous talk. it s a tremendous mistake to link that to this particular incident. reporter: perhaps. but palin s language and her use of imagery alarmed gabrielle giffords herself in words that now sound chilling. the way that she has it depicted has the cross-hairs of a gun sight over our district. and when people do that, they ve got to realize there s consequences to that action. reporter: the question on capitol hill now, will violent language have consequences in washington? one congressman has now written a bill that would make it illegal to put cross-hairs on a congressional district. that s unlikely to overcome free speech challenges. but it does make a point. vinita and rob? and our coverage of the tragedy in tucson does not end there. later on gabrielle giffords husband makes a big career decision. on top of t