Several pundits have blamed Republican lawmakers for last week’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., explaining in multiple lengthy op-eds that the fatal incident was prompted by “hateful” pro-life rhetoric.

Police say Robert Lewis Dear opened fire last Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic, killing three people, including a police officer, and wounding nine more.

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