Dag, I agree with both of you.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
This beatitude does NOT say that those who persecute and slander the righteous have any excuse for their conduct. But it does say that those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness will be blessed.
So, yes, I think it’s right both to say that Obama is a dirty slanderer for permitting that ad, but that Gianna has someone who has already found a blessing in suffering, and can probably find a further blessing in being attacked like that, since she is doing it for the sake of babies whom Obama would prefer to kill.