THE NEW YORK TIMES IS PURE TRASH

The NEW YORK TIMES is famous for publishing fake news supposedly supported by "unnamed sources."  Immediately after the shooting of Congressional Republicans in Virginia, the TIMES went to work on an editorial blaming Sarah Palin for the shooting of Gabby Giffords in 2011.  The Times‘ editorial, “America’s Lethal Politics,” was scheduled to appear in the print edition of Thursday’s newspaper and  argues that political violence will continue unless President Donald Trump and the Republicans stop opposing gun control.  

Prior to the elections and before the shooting, Sarah Palin’s political action committee circulated a map of targeted electoral districts that put Ms. Giffords and 19 other Democrats under cross hairs for removal from office.  Palin’s map was virtually identical to those used by Democrats for years, depicting targets atop contested congressional districts.  But, after the shooting, the Democrats blamed Palin for inciting that shooting by providing a "targeting map."  It was a slander imputing responsibility to her for the deaths of innocents, with the sole purpose of punishing her for her beliefs. 

Although all theories imputing blame to Palin were solidly refuted at the time, the TIMES has seen fit to bring the false accusations up again in an effort to deflect claims by me and by others that the vitriol of the Democratic Party and left-wing press and media probably pushed James Hodgkinson over the edge and caused him to act on his beliefs.  

Palin, to her credit, is now considering suing the TIMES for libel and slander.