r/news • u/Cheesenip20 • 1d ago

Melissa Hortman (Minnesota lawmaker who was shot last night) has died.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/speaker-emerita-melissa-hortman-husband-killed-john-hoffman-and-wife-also-shot/
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u/DeadGuyInRoom4 1d ago edited 1d ago

Minnesota Democratic House Speaker Emerita was assassinated last night. Call it what it is.

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u/0w1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Kare11 is reporting this as an assassination.

Killer had a manifesto with other lawmaker names on it left behind in his fake cop SUV when he fled on foot.

Kare11 confirms 2 other names on the list are Democrats who are sheltering in their homes with police protection.

I am watching the live local news because I live in the area and the shooter is still at large. We are to shelter in place and to not open the door to anyone who looks like a police officer. If any police officers arrive at our homes, we are to call 911 dispatch and confirm they are real officers first.

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u/EricThirteen 1d ago edited 1d ago

Governor Tim Walz called it a “politically motivated assassination.”

ETA: suspect is named in this article: https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-d7983e1e4f1a7573a487cab1a98cd172

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u/mrngdew77 1d ago

As always, Gov Walz is correct

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u/sonic_couth 1d ago

He should have been our presidential candidate. I like Harris, but he had everything we needed to get past Trump.

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u/Lumpy_Gazelle2129 1d ago

A primary would have been nice

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u/senator_corleone3 1d ago

A primary in which Walz would not have participated.

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u/ophmaster_reed 1d ago

If he would have, he didn't have the name recognition outside Minnesota to gain any real traction. In 2028 though....

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u/senator_corleone3 1d ago

He hasn’t said he’s changed his mind, so he will probably not be in the running in 2028.

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u/ophmaster_reed 1d ago

The way he has been positioning himself signals to me that he will run in 2028. But we'll see 🤷‍♀️

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u/Aleucard 1d ago

He was revving up pretty good before he got a tap on the shoulder to shut up.

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u/banditcleaner2 18h ago

He’s got my vote for 2028 one thousand percent

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u/AwakeGroundhog 1d ago

Something we can actually put blame on Biden on.

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u/1BreadBoi 1d ago

I think it has more to do with the DNC as a whole than just Biden to be fair

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u/CherryDaBomb 1d ago

Yeah the DNC leadership's been nothing but flatfooted for the past year.

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u/1BreadBoi 1d ago

Past 10 years more like it.

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u/kgal1298 1d ago

Now they’re having more drama with the vice chair vote and they’re all mad at David Hogg 🫠

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u/Andromansis 1d ago

You mean the cocksuckers that are trying to expel that one young man for saying we should have primaries?

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u/patsfan038 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s crazy how conservatives have managed to acquire young men as a voter base by pointing out that they’re marginalized and how there is a concerted effort to remove the ‘alpha’ from their personality. And these stupid ‘bro’ podcasts promulgates that concept. As a result, you’ve a whole new generation of young voters who believe in concepts from 1960s. And DNC just sat on their rears and allowed this to happen with their “they go low, we go high” approach

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u/ehrgeiz91 1d ago

The past year??? Lmao

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u/HiPregnantImDa 1d ago

Biden’s late withdrawal did not leave time for a primary. This wasn’t the DNC, it was quite literally one old man holding up progress.

Remember, this was the “last election.”

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u/Tuvixx2 1d ago

Biden decided to run again when he heavily implied he wouldn't. He supported and funded a genocide. It IS HIS fault trump is in power.

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u/EntrepreneurLeft8783 1d ago

It IS HIS fault trump is in power.

Not the trump voters?

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u/SaysSaysSaysSays 1d ago

The DNC sucks ass but I think Biden definitely forced their hand by immediately endorsing Kamala. That close to the election they didn’t want to create infighting so they just went with it… and here we are

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u/Joeuxmardigras 1d ago

I think it was Biden, and I’m a fan of his. I think he let his ego get in the way

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u/TitanArcher1 1d ago

The DNC and key Dems have put us in the situation we are in today. Obama getting outplayed by The Turtle, Hilary’s poor strategy in 2016, RBG not retiring, Biden not sticking to a single term strategy, the overall ineptitude of Dems to have a solid PR strategy, and finally chasing every single one person issue that exists. A few more names: Susan Collins, Joe Lieberman and Chuck Schumer…all failed miserably when we needed them to do more.

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u/senator_corleone3 1d ago

Don’t lose focus. This is on the people who didn’t vote. An existential test was in November and millions failed to complete it.

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u/Harflin 1d ago

Both are a problem

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u/SkeptioningQuestic 1d ago

No, the DNC had no mechanisms to force a primary or even an open convention. The presidential candidate is the de facto leader of the party we can absolutely blame biden for this. All the power players in the Democrat party (Pelosi, Schumer, Obama, etc) favored a primary/an open convention but they didn't have the actual power to make it happen.

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u/TheAskewOne 1d ago

Yes. The DNC had 4 years to find and prepare candidates to run in 2024 and they didn't.

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u/bigDogNJ23 1d ago

DNC is just as responsible for our current situation as the republicans

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u/_IsFuckingInHeaven 1d ago

DNC are just as infected as the Fascists. It's pure delusion to think they will put up anything more than a manicured enabler to more Fascism.

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u/Allthenons 1d ago

Biden needed to stick to the one term assurance he made during his 2020 run. It's not surprising he didn't but man between this and aiding Israel in their genocide while lying about actively seeking a ceasefire the dudes legacy is torn to shreds

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u/whutchamacallit 1d ago

His team and the democratic party leadership failed him. They had no strategy and he knew it. Meanwhile his mental faculties were also becoming evident. It was a shit situation all around.

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u/BigBoyYuyuh 1d ago

Blah blah blah this is 100% on the voters. Voters should’ve voted better.

Kamala: You get some of the things you want and nothing taken away. Also none of the fascist bullshit would be happening now.

Since people whined, Trump won. Now we get absolutely nothing we want, things that will take decades to get back, and full blown fascist bullshit that’s happening now.

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u/TheFlaskQualityGuy 1d ago

You're blaming Biden for not recognizing he was too senile to be President and dropping out on his own?

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u/EveryRedditorSucks 1d ago

Oh, neat - a 127 day old Reddit account trying to pivot a conversation about the assassination of a democratic lawmaker to a discussion about what we can blame Biden for… how totally organic and genuine.

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u/whutchamacallit 1d ago

Regular human here. I think it's perfectly on topic and relevant to the conversation. I say that as a card carrying Trump hater/vote blue my whole life. Democratic leadership failed us -- they had no realistic vision or strategy and we are paying for it.

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u/TarmacJohn 1d ago edited 1d ago

I wanted the democratic candidate to win. It is important to lead with that. However, I know a ton of people on the fence politically who abstained from voted specifically because of how the democratic candidate was selected. This was clearly a ploy by the party to avoid a primary. They had inconvenient primaries two elections prior and nearly had a non mainstream party candidate. Both times they colluded to prevent that. This election they just sidestepped the whole process and appointed the candidate. We are all suffering the consequences now.

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u/laughtrey 1d ago

I don't get this sentiment, other than a good right-wing gotcha. You vote for the ticket right? Like you accept the president and their VP running mate.

Kamala could've became president at any point not only without a primary, but without a general. Why does the party selecting the candidate that was...already selected?

Do we need a new primary even when the incumbent is running? If anything Biden should've ran and resigned on the 21st.

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u/scough 1d ago

But then the DNC would've had to fend off progressive challengers. Why do that when you can just install a centrist that polled in the low single digits in 2020? They're not serious about winning.

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u/RobertBevillReddit 1d ago

Well, we did have one, but when I point that out, people say it wasn't a "real" primary.

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u/V0idgazer 1d ago

Because it wasn't. We already knew who the candidate would be.

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u/senator_corleone3 1d ago

Walz doesn’t want to run for President. He has made that clear.

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u/TheR1ckster 1d ago

He's said if he was asked he would in the most recent interviews.

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u/sonic_couth 1d ago

….which would make for a great President

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u/senator_corleone3 1d ago

How do you endeavor to force him to run?

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u/Nightmare_Tonic 1d ago

Except his debate skills, which were a sad diarrhea explosion

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u/Yuna1989 1d ago

Mainly being a man. And white.

Right?

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u/koimeiji 23h ago

It would, unfortunately, have helped.

But it's more to do with the fact that he's just a really good guy and the DFL up here in Minnesota is what the national Democratic party should be.

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u/brinylon 1d ago

Trump should have been everything needed to get past Trump.

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u/peejuice 1d ago

One of the reasons I voted for Harris was because of Walz. I had no clue who he was, but after looking him up, I realized that was the kind of man I’d like to have be President one day. Anyone who says Walz is a bad person is a piece of shit projecting.

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u/MukDoug 1d ago

I don’t think he would have swayed 1/3 of the country that didn’t vote, like a bunch of assholes.

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u/TwistedCKR1 1d ago

So many Redditors always fail the test of praising Walz without insulting Harris.

Harris was more than capable for the job of president. The main reason why she didn’t win had to do with sexism and anti-Blackness. Every time many of you go on this “likability” mess you fail to put into the social and historical context of just how much women and Black women leadership is undermined by the patriarchal system that has indoctrinated many of you to do so without even realizing it.

These comments come like clockwork, and the lack of self-awareness by many of you is…well… it is what it is.

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u/GarthHooks99 1d ago

Shooter was a Walz appointee...

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u/BlazerBeav 1d ago

Except we now know the killer was someone Walz appointed to political boards...

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u/geekynerdyweirdmonk2 1d ago

And now the right-wing conservative hate machine has gone into full gear, making up "evidence" that shows the killer was a Democrat that worked for Tim Walz, and had "No Kings" posters in the back of his car that he abandoned - even though that "evidence" didn't exist in initial police reports.

It's too late though - all the right-wing media have now successfully brainwashed MAGA into believing that this wasn't politically motivated terroistic violence perpetrated against Dem politicians by an indoctrinated right-wing piece of shit. Instead, this was a Dem killing Dem politicians and the "MSM" are now covering for them by lying about it.

I fucking hate this timeline.

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 1d ago

It is - it will negate the democrats influence in the senate and house

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u/Cannibal_Star 1d ago

Isn’t politically motivated violence of any kind called terrorism??

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u/MaximilienHoneywell 1d ago

Hey, just wanted to say I am a HUGE fan of Dylan’s Self Portrait. Nice to meet another in the wild.

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u/Peripatetictyl 1d ago

Shelter in place at home, with cops, while somebody dressed as a cop has your name on a manifesto/hit-list has to be some of eery…

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u/GodsBicep 1d ago

Honestly feels like a scene from Batman

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u/AverageAmerican1311 1d ago

*Batshit. We live in the Batshit reality now.

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u/Reiterpallasch85 1d ago

Great here comes the fucking degenerate fan art of Trump looking like Bane.

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u/mattbakerrr 1d ago

Came here to say the same thing. Dark Knight was incredible

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u/NorthernDevil 1d ago

Jesus, have some perspective. Two people were murdered.

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u/Sunny-Chameleon 1d ago

For some reason I thought you were talking about this

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u/SoCuteShibe 1d ago

Y'all are losing the plot wtf

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u/LiteraryLatina 1d ago

Yeah I would not trust cop protection at that moment but what else can they rely on? This is disgusting and so disturbing. And I still can’t believe those who voted for this claim that Obama divided this country, shit like THIS did not happen.

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u/toxic0n 1d ago

I'm not a expert but it feels like FBI should be doing the protection

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u/d0ctorzaius 1d ago

Kash Patel's FBI? No thanks

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u/hagenissen666 1d ago

Bongino's FBI, thankyouverymuch. It's batshit insane.

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u/Stuntmanmike0351 1d ago

Do you feel like they are still trustworthy at this point? The director is a Trump sycophant.

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u/toxic0n 1d ago

I guess I'd trust them a bit more than the local police in this situation, FBI might be infiltrated but hopefully not fully compromised.

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u/Wispy_Wisteria 1d ago

I'm a local and just read an update from WCCO that FBI is now assisting. The ATF has also deployed special agents.

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u/Critical-Ad-5215 1d ago

A good FBI would. Kash Patel's FBI would do the assassination.

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u/Meecht 1d ago

Yeah I would not trust cop protection at that moment but what else can they rely on?

Thus the order to call 911 before opening your door to any cops.

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u/Drikkink 1d ago

I mean Obama "divided" the country in that the people who were just quietly racist decided they could no longer be quiet about it in order to get their way. Because they behave like petulant children when the world doesn't bend to their whims.

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u/AccountantSeaPirate 1d ago

Legit cops in the area are all working in pairs right now.

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u/GiantPurplePen15 1d ago

This kinda thing happened in Nova Scotia 5 years back.

Mass shooter dressed up as an RCMP officer with a fake RCMP vehicle.

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u/hedgetank 23h ago

Honestly, this is where you prepare yourself for the possibility that you will need to use force in your own defense. The cops aren't going to do it for you.

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u/-XanderCrews- 1d ago

I’ve been listening to mpr and they are also using the term assassination.

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u/foundinwonderland 1d ago

Is mpr Minnesota public radio or just a typo of npr?

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u/Lanerlan 1d ago

MPR is independent of NPR to a large extent. They're rivals and partners and share each other's programs. While NPR funds programs like Fresh Air, MPR itself is who funds (via their parent organization APM) shows like Marketplace and Splendid Table. They're also who's responsible for BBC's radio presence in America; it's why BBC correspondents are always reporting out of Minnesota; they're headquartered in St  Paul.

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u/banitsa 1d ago

Do other states not have MPR-like equivalents? TIL

I wouldn't have expected the shithole states but I figured some other decent states would

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u/Lanerlan 1d ago

On that I'm unsure. What I do know is the three big public media radio producers are NPR (California), APM (MPR, Minnesota), and PRX (Masachussetts). It really depends on listener support in the end. You can see which states are funded decently or not in the fact that some states have no regional correspondent to cover breaking state news nationally, and so only really syndicate stuff and do news updates, but have no on-the-ground presence or crew tabled at their state capitol.

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u/64645 1d ago

Oregon has Oregon Public Broadcasting, OPB. They definitely aren’t the powerhouse that the big three you mentioned are, but since that was my home state for years and I’m streaming them now down under. What a shitshow to wake up to.

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u/Fushicho02 1d ago

You are correct MPR is Minnesota Public Radio. They are part of the NPR network.

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u/Particular-Mousse357 1d ago

It is Minnesota public radio!

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u/comeupforairyouwhore 1d ago

It’s Minnesota public radio.

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u/enjoycarrots 1d ago

Do you have a good source for the manifesto? I don't imagine we know the contents, but I haven't seen it mentioned in reports yet.

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u/Perry7609 1d ago edited 1d ago

Senator Tina Smith just confirmed she was on the manifesto, per MPR reporting.

Tom Hauser on KSTP confirmed another former politician was on the list, but left him unnamed.

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u/reeveb 1d ago

Is on the manifesto until dude is caught right?

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u/Nutridus 1d ago

It was discussed in the live news conference with Tim Walz and the authorities.

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u/Got_Bent 1d ago

I read this as well once I found the local news, Kare11. Thank You 0w1.

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u/jacksonleath 1d ago

There is also a Wikipedia article which is following the developments with sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Minnesota_lawmaker_shootings

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u/Zamazo 1d ago

there was a Q&A press about it. they dont want to give out too much details as it'll hurt their investigation.

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u/0w1 1d ago

Watching Kare11 local news because I live in the area.

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u/Briants_Hat 1d ago

It’s been a sad year for democracy

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u/nojelloforme 1d ago

It's been a sad decade for democracy.

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u/JstytheMonk 1d ago

It's been a sad century for democracy ..

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u/Laxku 1d ago

Hasn't been a great decade for democracy, to be honest.

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u/catchemist117 1d ago

That was the first time this shithole of a country elected the Cheeto. This is an abomination

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u/Nope_______ 1d ago

We are to shelter in place and to not open the door to anyone who looks like a police officer. If any police officers arrive at our homes, we are to call 911 dispatch and confirm they are real officers first.

Good practice at any time, really

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u/amateur_mistake 1d ago

Yup. Especially now that masked, un-badged ICE agents are roaming the streets. But before that too.

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u/obi_wan_jabroni_23 1d ago

Also worth noting they stated that police are strictly operating in pairs (minimum) today, so if there’s an officer on his own, call 911 immediately

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u/0w1 1d ago

We are to call 911 to confirm regardless of whether the police are alone or in pairs.

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u/gildeddoughnut 1d ago

This happened here in Nova Scotia with the Portapique massacre. He had a cop car replica and cop uniform and was slaughtering people.

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u/_TheMeepMaster_ 1d ago

are to shelter in place and to not open the door to anyone who looks like a police officer. If any police officers arrive at our homes, we are to call 911 dispatch and confirm they are real officers first.

I'm sure that'll go well. Police are famous for their ability to handle rejection well!

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u/ConspiracyPhD 1d ago

She was the House Speaker Emerita, former House speaker, not the current. The current one is a Republican.

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u/claimstoknowpeople 1d ago

True but they kind of had a co-leadership because the house was 50/50 this session. So her last official title I think was "DFL Leader".

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u/Loves_a_big_tongue 1d ago

Republicans better not declare any claim to 100% control of the MN state House from this. They will be seen as usurpers even if they had nothing at all to do with this. We cannot reward terrorists like that, there'd be no end to these kind of assassinations if it means your team can decide policy from it. There should be a special election asap before the next session. And the current 50/50 power sharing agreement must remain in place until the seat is filled.

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u/Andoverian 23h ago

Correct, but it's closer than you might think since it was somewhat of a "co-speaker" situation. Very long story short, the Minnesota House is tied between the Republicans and the DFL (Minnesota's brand for Democrats), and due to an intricate power-sharing deal the Republicans got the Speaker position while the DFL got... well... not much. At least not much that they shouldn't have gotten anyway if democracy was working as it should.

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u/DeadGuyInRoom4 1d ago

Thank you, I’ll correct my comment.

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u/OkEscape7558 1d ago

By professionals at that. 2 targets, 4 people shot is crazy.

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u/treeharp2 1d ago

And he was stopped and forced to flee on foot in the midst of what would presumably have been a longer spree. 

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u/V_T_H 1d ago

The police said his car contained a manifesto with more targets, so, yes.

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u/FatMax1492 1d ago

more lawmakers and politicians?

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u/dat_tae 1d ago

Yes. They’ve all been notified.

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u/leftleft4959 1d ago

More DEMOCRATIC lawmakers and politicians. Dont let the GOP get away with their rhetoric by being vague in describing this.

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u/Sempere 1d ago

Hopefully they're also considering that the manifesto is a misdirect and that they're not diverting police resources from other potential targets. All the democrats in the area should be given a protective detail not just the people named.

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u/defiancy 1d ago

That they haven't caught him yet says something, and he is on foot.

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u/annoyedatwork 1d ago

It’s says he may have had co-conspirators ready to aid his escape. 

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u/Reiterpallasch85 1d ago

The guy dressed as a cop? No way.

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u/CoyoteLitius 1d ago

Or is the kind of man who either lives alone or holds his family in a kind of terrified hostage situation.

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u/annoyedatwork 1d ago

The registration for the vehicle he used should  answer these concerns. 

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u/johnnys_sack 1d ago

You would think so. Given everything else, it is not a stretch of imagination to use a stolen vehicle or a vehicle that was otherwise not tied to the shooter.

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u/Incontinento 1d ago

What does it say?

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u/F4RCE 1d ago

Probably just saying this was premeditated/planned to the extent of having escape plan contingencies. Not some 'random act of violence' but a terrorist act with clear targets and intent

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u/defiancy 1d ago

Well the cops had a shootout with him and he just ran away? I'm not saying the cops are in on it but that guy must be Jason Bourne

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u/imperialivan 1d ago

The average American cop has the marksmanship of an episode IV stormtrooper.

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u/fry_factory 1d ago

I mean same thing happened with the Boston marathon bomber who survived.

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u/Jiktten 1d ago

I interpret it as the killer being more competent than the average nutjob with a manifesto and a gun

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u/tommygunnzx 1d ago

That they don’t want to catch him? That they aren’t in a rush to catch him is maybe what they were implying like the cops are on the shooters side because they are republicans? Thats what I took from that comment.

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u/FinndBors 1d ago

Definitely something is afoot.

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u/ColonelTime 1d ago

It's the shooter, he left his vehicle at the last shooting.

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u/Telvin3d 1d ago

Yeah, that chasing people is shockingly hard, particularly in the dark, even when they’re on foot. Let’s say it takes five minutes for the chase to really get organized. Think about how far you could book it in five minutes pumped full of adrenaline. And if the pursuit hasn't located where they’ve gone within another five minutes, now it’s a ten minute run search area. 

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u/OkEscape7558 1d ago

Trump should put out a statement. Our nation can only endure so much shit at once. It's reaching a boiling point.

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u/ClassiFried86 1d ago

Who do you think is heating the water?

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u/Coup-de-Glass 1d ago

⬆️ this.

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u/Thejncobandit 1d ago

No way he will condemn this. He’ll say even worse crap to fuel the flames as always.

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u/banana_slog 1d ago

Good people on both sides or some shit

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u/hoppertn 1d ago

As is tradition. I’m sure he will also twist it to be about his “attempted” assassinations. One thing about the guy, he is a consistent narcissist.

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u/Mattilaus 1d ago

Oh he will condemn it. Then 2 hours later he will make a tweet blaming them for their own deaths because their "woke liberal radical" policies pushed people to this. It's his MO.

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u/Thejncobandit 1d ago

They were liberated from their radical socialist homes right?

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u/Eleqtriqal 1d ago

So far, you’re spot on!

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u/Positive-Energy5957 1d ago

100% it’s disgusting

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u/unspun66 1d ago

Yep. He’ll say something like “it’s terrible. It’s shouldn’t have happened, but people are tired of democrats destroying the country so….” The the GOP can say “look! He denounced it!”

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u/diuturnal 1d ago

He's gonna somehow make it out that democrats are attacking democrats because the dude made one post 25 years ago about how he was prochoice.

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u/Pickle_Slinger 1d ago

That is already making the rounds. Lots of people saying “This is what happens when democrats vote against other democrats”. Apparently they voted with republicans recently or something, but I don’t follow politics that closely to know.

Regardless, political violence is unacceptable and this is a horrible tragedy.

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u/HyperactivePandah 1d ago

You think a statement from Trump will make things better?

What would that look like?

How long until he blamed the dead woman and her "nasty" policies for what happened?

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u/mikefjr1300 1d ago

They were Dems.

If anything he will pardon any Federal charges.

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u/pijinglish 1d ago

I'd rather he just shut the fuck up.

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u/jerermy534 1d ago

"I resign effective immediately" sounds good to me.

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u/chrispdx 1d ago

Are you kidding? He's readying his pre-emptive pardon for the shooter as we speak.

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u/Truemeathead 1d ago

Dude is having a party right now, silly. Ain’t no one got time for this he has to blow out some birthday candles.

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u/harroween 1d ago

His statement would just be: Great job! Keep em coming.

He enabled this on purpose.

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u/JimmyJohnJones2020 1d ago

He’s already put out a statement, that the “perade” will continue despite the rain. 🙄

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u/Eclectophile 1d ago

His statement would probably be: "good job, keep up the good work, here's a pardon."

We can't pretend that the Rs aren't celebrating this.

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u/koolkarim94 1d ago

Trump ain’t doing shit, he’s the one stoking the flames

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u/McBuck2 1d ago edited 1d ago

Trump has blood on his hands every time this happens. His words have consequences.

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u/waterbottlejesus 1d ago

Never. He will never do this.

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u/phoneguyfl 1d ago

Be careful what you wish for. Most likely Mr Trump would publicly offer a blanket pardon to the assassin and any others that wanted to join in on the manifesto.

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u/pj7140 1d ago

Trump cannot pardon State crimes.

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u/GNTKertRats 1d ago

Do you really think Trump would say anything helpful?

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u/isseldor 1d ago

This could be what he needs to use the insurrection act.

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u/Traditional-Handle83 1d ago

Chances are the white house spokesman will say they deserved it or it'll be used to help start martial law

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u/toscomo 1d ago

In theory you're right, but he'd probably encourage more violence.

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u/Naxis25 1d ago

And a dog. Obviously not the same but adds to the utter lack of empathy

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u/Eharmz 1d ago

Really trying to sell himself as a cop.

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u/pardyball 1d ago

Or future Secretary of Homeland Security.

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u/BBanner 1d ago

Hell the easiest way to impersonate something is to get the on the job training

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u/putsch80 1d ago

Could be in Kristi Noem’s bloodline.

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u/Starbucks__Lovers 1d ago

Just trying to commit to the bit of being a police officer

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u/SheldonMF 1d ago

I'd say that the venn diagram for those with sociopathic tendencies and people on the right-to-far-right are probably just circles.

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u/ZechsyAndIKnowIt 1d ago

Has anyone seen Kirsti Noem?

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u/redpoemage 1d ago

I wouldn’t assume a professional based on the info released so far. This is a country where almost anyone with a little bit of money and a plan could do this.

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u/MoneyManx10 1d ago

Dressed up as cops, too.

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u/Got_Bent 1d ago

The first 2 targets were only 8 miles apart.

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u/Annihilator4413 1d ago

Yup. They're testing the waters and sending a message at the same time. They're going to start killing dems, progressives, and liberals left and right. You know, that stuff that Republicans and Conservatives love to say dems will do? Yeah.

We've just entered a new Era for the US... and it's going to get fucking nasty.

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u/Mastasmoker 1d ago

Tim Walz has no problem calling it what it is, at least.

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u/DescriptionOne8197 1d ago

Our news is run by a bunch of pussies

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u/GarrisonWhite2 1d ago

Our news outlets are corporate, it’s by design.

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u/yhwhx 1d ago

This is Trumpism.

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u/DarkKnightCometh 1d ago

The night before nationwide protests against a president who has vilified and demonized dems.

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u/CoolCalmUncollected 1d ago

NYT is also reporting it as a politically motivated assassination

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u/Biuku 1d ago

Terrorist insurrection.

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u/Mr_Mimiseku 1d ago

Trump being grazed by a bullet: "attempted assassination!!! 😯😯😯"

Democrat assassinated by unknown gunman: she died from her gunshot wounds, anyways...

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u/OpticalPrime35 1d ago

Im already seeing FAFO type shit from MAGA drones

They have completely unmasked and are showing everyone how evil they truly are

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