Jon Kyl

Jon Kyl To Muslim Group: Why Doesn't Your Website Condemn Violent Rhetoric? (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | March 29, 2011, 3:25PM

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) asked a representative of the group Muslim Advocates on Tuesday why the organization's website didn't specifically condemn violent rhetoric.

At the first Senate panel on the civil rights of Muslim-Americans, Kyl asked a representative of the group Muslim Advocates why their website didn't condemn rhetoric aimed at other religious groups.

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Topics: Islamic Terrorism, Jon Kyl, Muslim Advocates, Muslim-Americans, Muslims

Tucson Shootings

'Political Spin': Conservatives Pile On Pima County Sheriff Dupnik (VIDEO)

Rachel Slajda | January 10, 2011, 2:40PM

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik thrust himself into the spotlight in the aftermath of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 19 other people in Arizona on Saturday, decrying the heated political atmosphere and calling for more civility.

"It's not unusual for all public officials to get threats constantly, myself included," he said on Saturday. "That's the sad thing about what's going on in America: pretty soon we're not going to be able to find reasonable, decent people willing to subject themselves to serve in public office."

Dupnik immediately angered some on the right, who took his words to be directed at the tea party and conservatives, as well as Arizonans who took offense to his depiction of Arizona as "a mecca for prejudice and bigotry."

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Topics: Arizona, Clarence Dupnik, Gabby Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords Shooting, Jared Lee Loughner, Jared Loughner, Jon Kyl, Megyn Kelly, Neal Boortz, Trent Franks, Tucson Shootings

War On Christmas

The Biggest Battles In This Year's War On Christmas

Rachel Slajda | December 24, 2010, 8:53AM

Every year, there is a war that rages throughout the nation. The 76 percent of Americans who call themselves Christian face a nearly existential threat from the myriad forces that come together to conspire against them. This year, the battles raged on, and TPM was there to document them.

This, friends, is the story of the War on Christmas 2010.

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Topics: Jim DeMint, Jon Kyl, Tom Tancredo, War On Christmas