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"Gabby Giffords gets mean" blares a Sunday Politico
headline for a story attacking Giffords, who was shot in the head at a
public event in 2011, for running pro-gun control ads through her PAC,
Americans for Responsible Solutions, against Republicans in various
states. Writer Alex Isenstadt calls the spots "some of the nastiest ads
of the campaign season" and calls Giffords a "ruthless attack dog." He
also implies that the gunshot wound Giffords took to the head is an
unfair advantage because it presents "quite the conundrum" for those who
might otherwise attack her.
Eager to see "Giffords’ bare-knuckled approach" for myself, I fired
up the most controversial ad, an attack on Arizona Republican Martha
McSally, who is running for Giffords' former seat, which the
congresswoman gave up in 2012 to focus on recovering from being shot. The ad features a woman named Vicki,
who describes how her daughter's ex-boyfriend, who had a history of
stalking her, was able to get a gun and murder both Vicki's daughter and
husband. In another ad, a woman named Carol explains
how a man with a criminal background was able to murder her daughter
because he bought his gun at a gun show, where background checks are not
required.
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