GABRIELLE GIFFORDS

this interview is from 2007


if gabrielle survives, she will be the liberal hero/martyr along with bradley manning for the new liberal revolution.
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Gabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district.
She is a member of the Democratic Party, and was the third woman in Arizona's history to be elected to serve in the U.S. Congress.

A native of Tucson, Arizona, she is a graduate of Cornell University and Scripps College. Prior to serving in the United States House of Representatives, Giffords served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2001 until 2003, and the Arizona State Senate from 2003 until 2005, when she resigned to run for the seat held by then-Congressman Jim Kolbe.

Giffords is serving her third term in the United States House of Representatives, having been reelected in the 2010 midterm elections. Her stance on health care reform and illegal immigration was a source of attention for those opposed to her candidacy, and has made her a recipient of criticism from various conservative groups.

On January 8, 2011, Giffords was shot in the head outside a Safeway grocery store in northwest Tucson during her first "Congress on Your Corner" gathering of the year. Eighteen people were shot, of whom six died, when a man ran up to the crowd and began firing. She was taken to the University Medical Center in Tucson for emergency surgery. She has since been reported to be responding to doctors' commands. The suspect, identified as Jared Lee Loughner, was caught by a bystander and taken into police custody.
THE POLICE TOOK 20 MINUTES TO ARRIVE AT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING.