Newmaker: Palin responds to her critics
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Former Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at the Glenn Beck "Restoring Honor" rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.
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Sarah Palin has posted a video on Facebook suggesting critics who link her political rhetoric to the Arizona shootings are engaging in "blood libel."
The term "blood libel" is the false allegation that Jews kill non-Jews, especially Christian children, to acquire blood for the Passover or other Jewish rituals, according to the Jewish Virtual Library. Will Palin's response affect her chances in 2012?
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