Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) "I am much more skeptical of the Bush administration now than I was at that time." Beginning in 2005, he periodically denounced George Tiller, a Kansas-based physician who specialized in second- and third-trimester abortions, often referring to him as "Tiller the baby killer". Tiller was murdered on May 31, 2009, by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist. Critics such as "Salon"s Gabriel Winant have asserted that his anti-Tiller rhetoric helped to create an atmosphere of violence around the doctor. Jay Bookman of "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" wrote that he "clearly went overboard in his condemnation and demonization of Tiller", but added that
Assassination of George Tiller Those vicious individuals want to stifle any criticism of people like Tiller. That — and hating Fox News — is the real agenda here. In 2009, Congressman Keith Ellison said, "There is no room in America to 'justify' murder in the name of ideological differences. I condemn the act committed against Dr. Tiller as well as those who take comfort from his death." On June 9, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter sponsored a House resolution condemning the murder of Tiller, which was unanimously passed. Several pro-life groups claimed to have received death threats in the aftermath of the shooting, some of