Gabby Giffords 'Sickened' by Death of British MP Jo Cox

June 16, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

Former Representative Gabby Giffords reacted Thursday to the shooting death of a British politician, saying that Jo Cox’s “assassination” was the “manifestation of a coarseness in our politics.”

The former Arizona Congresswoman expressed her sympathies via Twitter after Cox, 41, was fatally shot and stabbed outside of the library where she regularly met with constituents.

Absolutely sickened to hear of the assassination of Jo Cox. She was young, courageous, and hardworking. A rising star, mother, and wife.
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) June 16, 2016

Giffords was victim of similar circumstance, having been shot in the head in 2011 outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket while she was meeting with voters. She ultimately survived her wounds, but six other did not.

“The scores of events that I and so many others like Jo Cox have hosted represent the importance of a democracy connected to its citizens,” Giffords wrote on Twitter.

Read all of her tweets below:

The assassination of MP Jo Cox at the hands of a man driven by hatred is a manifestation of a coarseness in our politics that must stop.
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) June 16, 2016

The scores of events that I and so many others like Jo Cox have hosted represent the importance of a democracy connected to its citizens.
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) June 16, 2016

I grieve for Jo Cox’s family, friends, constituents, and for the people of Great Britain.
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) June 16, 2016

Former Representative Gabby Giffords ‘Sickened’ by Death of British MP Jo Cox

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