Was Gabrielle Giffords Shot Because She is Jewish?

Jan 9, 2011
Arthur Weinreb

Giffords Religion May Have Played Part in Shooting - Photo from US House of Representatives

A Department of Homeland Security memo reveals that suspected Tucson shooter, Jared Loughner, is "possibly linked" to a white supremacist group.

On Jan. 9, 2010, Fox News reported on a memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about 22-year-old Jared Loughner, the suspect in custody for the Tucson shootings.

A gunman opened fire in a Safeway store parking lot the previous day when Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was holding an event. Six people were killed including Chief District Court Judge John Roll and nine-year-old Christina Taylor-Green, granddaughter of former baseball pitcher and manager, Dallas Green.

Thirteen others were injured, some critically, including the congresswoman from the 8th Congressional District in Arizona who is believed to have been the intended target of the shooting spree.

Loughner “Possibly Linked” to American Renaissance

According to the memo, the ideology of the American Renaissance is “anti-government, anti-immigration, anti-ZOG (Zionist Occupational Government) and anti-Semitic.”

The memo also notes that Giffords “is the first Jewish female elected to such a high position in the US government [in the state of Arizona]. She was also opposite this group’s ideology when it came to the immigration debate.”

American Renaissance

According to the group’s website, of everything that divides people, race is “the most prominent and divisive” factor. The group claims that race and racial conflict “are at the heart of the most serious challenges the Western World faces in the 21st century.”

American Renaissance (AR) publishes a monthly magazine, entitled American Renaissance that can be purchased either in hard copy form or electronically. The magazine has been published since 1991.

AR also has a store on its site where it sells books, video tapes and DVDs. Among the books offered for sale are The Affirmative Action Hoax by Steven Farron and Race, Evolution and Behavior, by Phillipe Rushton.

AR also holds biennial conferences. The next one is scheduled to be held on Feb. 4-6, 2011 in Charlotte North Carolina.

Shooting May Have Resulted from Simple Hate

Whether the possible link to American Renaissance is established and if it is, whether that link played a part in the shootings remains unknown at this time. Reports indicate that Loughner is not cooperating with authorities and his exact motives are not known. From what has been released so far from his MySpace and YouTube postings, Loughner is difficult to make sense of. It could be that he is just mentally ill and/or simply a hater. We do not yet know the cause that led him to do what he is alleged to do. We do not yet know if he shot Giffords because she is Jewish or because he is anti-immigrant.

This has not stopped many in the media from speculating that Sarah Palin or the Tea Party is somehow responsible for the rampage when there is absolutely no evidence that he is a Palin supporter or a member or supporter of the Tea Party movement.

The Department of Homeland Security obtained the information regarding Loughner from his computer that was seized after his arrest.

Herald Sun, Arizona shooting suspect may be linked to anti-Semitic group, retrieved Jan. 9, 2011

American Renaissance, retrieved Jan. 9, 2011

Arthur Weinreb - Weinreb is an author, associate editor and columnist with Canada Free Press and the Canadian Affairs Feature Writer for Suite 101.

Comments

Jan 9, 2011 8:55 AM

Guest :

The DHS are describing American Renaissance as "anti-semitic" & "anti-ZOG". Anyone who has read their publication would know this is absurd. There has been literally zero mention of "ZOG" or "Zionist Occupied Government" in any of the published issues of its magazine. Their magazine has had numerous Jewish contributors (Lawrence Auster, Paul Gottfried, Michael Levin and Robert Weissberg) and they even had a hasidic rabbi (Mayer Schiller) as a speaker at one of their conferences.

Jan 9, 2011 9:43 AM

Guest :

wE THINK SHE WAS SHOT BECAUSE SHE WAS ON A TARGET LIST

Jan 9, 2011 10:01 AM

Guest :

I am familiar with the group American Renaissance and from everything I understand, it is NOT "anti-government" nor is it anti-Semitic. In fact, it is a distinctly high-brow organization that includes the participation of many doctors, lawyers, scientists and other professionals, many of whom are Jewish themselves.

Their main topics of discussion are mainly race and immigration, two very mainstream topics nowadays. The founder Jared Taylor is a Yale educated man who speaks several languages and was once the Editor of PC Magazine. He is a very intelligent, well spoken person and has appeared on The Donahue Show, CNN and I believe Fox News as a guest political commentator.

I have read the American Renaissance website and I found absolutely nothing anti-government or anti-semitic about their views. Fox News needs to vet their information a little more carefully before releasing these kind of inflammatory accusations.

Jan 9, 2011 10:21 AM

Guest :

This is squarely the fault of Obama and the Democrats. They are clearly responsible for their HATE SPEECH.

The shooter is a Left Wingnut. His favorite books are written by two of the worlds most notorious Socialists.
Mein Kampf - Aldof Hitler leader of the National Socialist Workers Party
The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx is the greatest hero of the Left
Both are anti-Semite.

Jared Loughner is a registered DEMOCRAT. OBAMA SUPPORTER. HE'S YOUR BOY.

Jan 9, 2011 10:22 AM

Guest :

A Jew is shot in the head ans survives and you ask was she shot because she is a Jew? Were the people who were actually KILLED, killed because they were Gentiles!

Jan 9, 2011 11:56 AM

Guest :

Thank you for your reporting.

Jan 9, 2011 12:16 PM

Guest :

If you look at this guy's youtube account, you can seeFaculty at Pima Community College - where he was evidently enrolled and unhappy about paying tuition - should have seen what he was spouting in his ridiculous essays and recommended him for mental eval. by the school. But no, people turn a blind eye to this sort of thing and then calamity happens.

Jan 9, 2011 1:49 PM

Guest :

Too easy to buy weapons in the US. You really should rethink your gun law.

Jan 9, 2011 2:42 PM

Guest :

The article is pure yellow journalism dealing in biased speculation. Pure trash. Anytime there is a Jewish victim the cries of anti-semetism or white supremacy run rampant. We really don't care if she is Jewish or not or if Loughner is pro Semite or not. Please stick with facts and not some fluff propaganda spiel spewing one groups cause.

Jan 9, 2011 3:24 PM

Guest :

Good point I think you are correct it was motivated by anti Jewish prejudice.

Press blames Palin for everything as they are obviously scared she will run for President.

Jan 9, 2011 4:23 PM

Guest :

what an oxymoron...American Renaissance!!! Duh! Its very unlikely that she was shot because she was jewish, the right wing generally is pro-Israel, but I guess this is how they'll try to swing the debate.... who would know, its much more likeley that she was shot by right wing nutbars against health care. What a bunch of gun toting self aggrandising rugged individualistic twits Amnericans are becoming!!

Jan 9, 2011 11:33 PM

Guest :

The leftist media would like nothing better than to link Loughner to a right wing conservative group or Tea Party or Palin. You can get the Rushton and Farron books on Amazon too, so let's not pretend that just because you sell an item that you are a crazy right winger. Anit- Semitic? Who cares. He's a violent, misguided nut anyway. Or isn't that enough? Reading his rants on 'currency' and viewing his youtube video anyone can see that he passed sane and went straight on to crazy a while ago. I'd even bet that his personal finances would reveal a great deal of revolving debt, thus the currency rants. All this article informs us of is the author's own personal biases via suggestive comments and weak links.

Jan 11, 2011 9:21 PM

Guest :

Let's ask the Southern Poverty Law Center--they keep tabs on all such matters and they have the answers. The shooter's parents attended the same synagogue as Ms. Giffords, is this true?

Jan 12, 2011 5:55 PM

Guest :

It is speculative rubbish. Do you try to substantiate before publishing? Might be more worthy of ny time if you tried that.

Jan 13, 2011 4:37 PM

Guest :

Loughner and Gifford are BOTH Jewish, and belong to the SAME synogogue. (verified on Snopes) Yes, he is mentally challenged, but are we missing something here? Perhaps his motives were not influenced whatsoever by Palin, but by religious rebellion of some kind. Why hsn't this important fact hit the news?

Jan 14, 2011 4:15 PM

Guest :

a jew shot a jew and many goys.
who care but methink it has nothing to do with religion.

Jan 21, 2011 7:26 AM

Guest :

It is doubtful that a youthful Jewish gunman did all that shooting because Rep. Giffords is also Jewish. He obviously has serious mental problems.

Jul 23, 2011 12:45 AM

Guest :

Loughner very obviously had nothing to do with these shootings, but was himself killed some time prior. That the incident was a fraud becomes more and more obvious as inconsistencies in his purported activities bleed through, but the hoax is entirely BUSTED when comparing mugshots of him with Glenn Beck, entirely absurd, but no possibility these are not poorly done makeovers of Beck. Gifford was obviously one of the actors, how many were actually murdered is not clear, but the young girl was one of them. It looks as if the fed did it once again. The target was the judge. You don't have to be Einstein to figure this one out.

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