Gabby_NP0 Giffords_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Democrat_NN1 ,_PUN represented_VVD Arizona_NP0 's_POS 8th_ORD Congressional_AJ0 District_NN1 from_PRP 2007_CRD to_PRP 2012._CRD For_PRP years_NN2 ,_PUN one_CRD of_PRF my_DPS favorite_AJ0 things_NN2 about_PRP serving_VVG in_PRP Congress_NN1 was_VBD getting_VVG the_AT0 opportunity_NN1 to_TO0 interact_VVI with_PRP my_DPS constituents_NN2 ._SENT I_PNP loved_VVD chatting_VVG with_PRP them_PNP about_PRP our_DPS beloved_AJ0 state_NN1 of_PRF Arizona_NP0 and_CJC the_AT0 policies_NN2 I_PNP was_VBD fighting_VVG for_PRP ._SENT Even_AV0 when_CJS we_PNP disagreed_VVD ,_PUN we_PNP did_VDD so_AV0 respectfully_AV0 ._SENT We_PNP found_VVD common_AJ0 ground_NN1 without_PRP vilifying_VVG each_DT0 other_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 ,_PUN I_PNP thought_VVD ,_PUN was_VBD what_DTQ representative_AJ0 democracy_NN1 should_VM0 look_VVI like_PRP ._SENT That_DT0 's_VBZ why_AVQ one_CRD of_PRF my_DPS first_ORD priorities_NN2 after_PRP being_VBG elected_VVN for_PRP a_AT0 third_ORD term_NN1 was_VBD to_TO0 host_VVI a_AT0 "_PUQ Congress_NN1 on_PRP Your_DPS Corner_NN1 "_PUQ event_NN1 outside_PRP a_AT0 grocery_NN1 store_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Tucson_NP0 area_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 long_AJ0 line_NN1 of_PRF people_NN0 waited_VVD there_AV0 to_TO0 meet_VVI me_PNP that_DT0 day_NN1 in_PRP January_NP0 2011._CRD Six_CRD of_PRF them_PNP would_VM0 never_AV0 return_VVI home_AV0 ;_PUN 13_CRD of_PRF us_PNP had_VHD our_DPS lives_NN2 forever_AV0 changed_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 bullet_NN1 from_PRP a_AT0 gun_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS I_PNP heard_VVD that_CJT Conservative_AJ0 member_NN1 of_PRF Parliament_NN1 David_NP0 Amess_NP0 was_VBD stabbed_VVN to_PRP death_NN1 in_PRP Britain_NP0 this_DT0 month_NN1 while_CJS meeting_VVG with_PRP constituents_NN2 ,_PUN I_PNP was_VBD horrified_AJ0 and_CJC heartbroken_AJ0 ._SENT Amess_NP0 was_VBD doing_VDG exactly_AV0 what_DTQ I_PNP was_VBD doing_VDG on_PRP that_DT0 day_NN1 near_PRP Tucson_NP0 —_PUN listening_VVG ,_PUN connecting_VVG ._SENT But_CJC he_PNP paid_VVD for_PRP his_DPS public_AJ0 service_NN1 with_PRP his_DPS life_NN1 ._SENT After_CJS I_PNP was_VBD shot_VVN 10_CRD years_NN2 ago_AV0 ,_PUN that_DT0 act_NN1 of_PRF hateful_AJ0 violence_NN1 was_VBD decried_VVN as_PRP a_AT0 low_AJ0 point_NN1 in_PRP civil_AJ0 discourse_NN1 ._SENT Unfortunately_AV0 ,_PUN polarization_NN1 and_CJC extremism_NN1 have_VHB only_AV0 gotten_VVN worse_AJC over_PRP the_AT0 past_AJ0 decade_NN1 ._SENT Harassment_NN1 and_CJC threats_NN2 against_PRP government_NN1 officials_NN2 are_VBB no_AV0 longer_AV0 the_AT0 exception_NN1 but_CJC more_AV0 the_AT0 norm_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS I_PNP write_VVB this_DT0 ,_PUN five_CRD men_NN2 are_VBB awaiting_VVG trial_NN1 for_PRP plotting_VVG to_TO0 kidnap_VVI Michigan_NP0 Gov._NP0 Gretchen_NP0 Whitmer_NP0 (_PUL D_ZZ0 )_PUR last_ORD fall_NN1 ._SENT These_DT0 men_NN2 ,_PUN reportedly_AV0 upset_AJ0 by_PRP actions_NN2 Whitmer_NP0 had_VHD taken_VVN to_TO0 curb_VVI the_AT0 coronavirus_NN1 ,_PUN are_VBB accused_AJ0 of_PRF going_VVG so_AV0 far_AV0 as_CJS to_TO0 scout_VVI the_AT0 governor_NN1 's_POS second_ORD home_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP her_DPS victim_NN1 impact_NN1 statement_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 governor_NN1 wrote_VVD ,_PUN "_PUQ Threats_NN2 continue_VVB ._SENT I_PNP have_VHB looked_VVN out_AVP my_DPS windows_NN2 and_CJC seen_VVN large_AJ0 groups_NN2 of_PRF heavily_AV0 armed_AJ0 people_NN0 within_PRP 30_CRD yards_NN2 of_PRF my_DPS home_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP have_VHB seen_VVN myself_PNX hung_VVN in_PRP effigy_NN1 ._SENT Days_NN2 ago_AV0 at_PRP a_AT0 demonstration_NN1 ,_PUN there_EX0 was_VBD a_AT0 sign_NN1 that_CJT called_VVD for_PRP '_PUQ burning_VVG the_AT0 witch_NN1 ._SENT '_PUQ For_PRP me_PNP ,_PUN things_NN2 will_VM0 never_AV0 be_VBI the_AT0 same_DT0 ._SENT "_PUQ This_DT0 is_VBZ not_XX0 what_DTQ representative_AJ0 democracy_NN1 should_VM0 look_VVI like_PRP ._SENT There_EX0 should_VM0 not_XX0 be_VBI a_AT0 "_PUQ before_AV0 "_PUQ and_CJC "_PUQ after_PRP "_PUQ for_PRP elected_AJ0 officials_NN2 ,_PUN like_CJS there_EX0 is_VBZ for_PRP Whitmer_NP0 and_CJC like_AV0 there_EX0 is_VBZ for_PRP me_PNP ._SENT Putting_VVG your_DPS name_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 ballot_NN1 should_VM0 not_XX0 mean_VVI a_AT0 comment_NN1 you_PNP make_VVB or_CJC a_AT0 vote_NN1 you_PNP take_VVB may_VM0 lead_VVI someone_PNI to_TO0 threaten_VVI your_DPS life_NN1 —_PUN or_CJC ,_PUN even_AV0 worse_AJC ,_PUN act_VVB on_PRP that_DT0 threat_NN1 ._SENT 
