Ariz. congresswoman e-mail urged moderation
A makeshift memorial is set outside of the District Office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) a day after a gunman allegedly opened fire during a public event entitled 'Congress on your Corner' at the Safeway store on West Ina and North Oracle roads on January 9, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. (Jan. 9, 2011) Credit: Getty
The day before she was wounded in a shooting that killed six people, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sent an e-mail to a friend in Kentucky discussing how to “tone our rhetoric and partisanship down.”
In the message, obtained by The Associated Press, the Democratic congresswoman on Friday congratulated Republican Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson on his new position at Harvard University.
She wrote him: “After you get settled, I would love to talk about what we can do to promote centrism and moderation. I am one of only 12 Dems left in a GOP district (the only woman) and think that we need to figure out how to tone our rhetoric and partisanship down.”
Giffords and Grayson met several years ago at a conference aimed at encouraging cooperation among Republicans and Democrats, and the two have kept in touch since then, Grayson spokesman Les Fugate said Monday.
In her message, Giffords promised to visit Grayson at Harvard. She gushed that his new job is “a perfect fit for you,” and called it “an incredible opportunity that will lead to wonderful things.”
Grayson announced Friday he will resign as secretary of state to become director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
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