Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible Republican presidential hopeful for 2012, distanced himself from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, saying he wouldn’t have used cross hairs to target Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other members of Congress.
“It would not have been my style to put the cross hairs on there,” he said Tuesday on “Good Morning America,” referring to a map like the one posted last year on SarahPAC’s website showing gunsights on the congressional districts represented by Giffords and a select group of lawmakers who supported health care reform.
“But then again, there’s no evidence to suggest that had anything to do with this mentally unstable person’s rage and senseless acts.”
“I wouldn’t have done it,” the two-term governor told The New York Times on Monday when asked about the map.
In the days since the shooting of Giffords, Palin has faced criticism for targeting the Arizona Democrat’s district, and a national debate has broken out over the use of violent imagery and language in the country’s political discourse.
Like Palin, Pawlenty is seriously considering a bid for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination...................
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