Sarah Palin has not retreated in the face of accusations that her heated political rhetoric, peppered with gun references, played a role in the killings in Tucson at the weekend. Instead she reloaded and opened fire with a charge of "blood libel" against her critics, prompting fresh criticism.
Palin showed that she has no intention of toning down the confrontational language in a video released three days after the shootings by Jared Lee Loughner that killed six people and wounded 14 others, including the target for assassination, congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
"Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible," said Palin.
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