‘Entire tea party’ was Giffords’ enemy, father says

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was alive but in surgery at a hospital on Saturday after a shooting that also injured at least nine other people, a hospital spokeswoman said, according to Reuters. Below, U.S. officials and others, including Ms. Giffords’ father released statements about the attack. The New York Post was able to contact Spencer Giffords as he headed to the hospital, asking him if Ms. Giffords had any enemies. From the Post: “Yeah,” he told The Post. “The whole tea party.” He added that politicians constantly faced danger. “They always get threat[ened],” Gifford cried. “We don’t really have any information. The Police department was supposed to call us but they didn’t.”...more