Claim: Barack Obama gave a Tucson memorial speech at the Together We Thrive in 2011 to honor the 2011 Tucson shooting victims and spoke about a National Conversation and urged people to debate to heal not harm others.
Evidence: President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Together We Thrive: Tucson and America memorial on January 12, 2011, held in the McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus. It honored the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting and included themes of healing and national unity. He urged that presently polarized national debate be conducted "in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds."