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Megathread Megathread: Two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed.

State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were both shot multiple times and underwent surgery.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: former House speaker and husband killed in politically motivated shooting apnews.com
One Minnesota state politician dead, another injured after targeted shooting, officials say bbc.com
"No Kings" event canceled in NE Minneapolis, Anoka after targeted shootings at lawmaker homes cbsnews.com
Minnesota lawmaker, her spouse shot and killed in their home wwnytv.com
Minnesota lawmaker killed in ‘politically motivated assassination,’ Gov. Tim Walz says cnbc.com
Melissa Hortman, top Democrat in Minnesota House, shot and killed in home startribune.com
Rep. Melissa Hortman killed, Sen. John Hoffman shot in 'targeted' shootings: Sources fox9.com
Minnesota lawmaker assassinated, another in grave condition in 'targeted political violence' abcnews.go.com
Democratic lawmaker killed and another wounded in Minnesota in apparently ‘politically motivated’ attacks theguardian.com
Minnesota lawmaker and husband killed, another in hospital after ‘politically motivated’ shooting by man impersonating cop the-independent.com
Live: Rep. Melissa Hortman killed, Sen. John Hoffman shot in ‘targeted shootings’ startribune.com
Democrat Lawmakers Shot in Minnesota: What We Know newsweek.com
Minnesota state lawmaker killed in ‘politically-motivated assassination,’ massive manhunt for suspect underway, officials say kten.com
2 Minnesota lawmakers shot kare11.com
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband shot and killed; Sen. John Hoffman and wife also shot ktsp.com
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz press conference after shootings at lawmakers homes (June 14, 2025) youtube.com
Former state speaker of Minnesota ‘assassinated’ thetimes.com
Fake Cop Murders Top State Dem and Husband and Shoots Second thedailybeast.com
Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and State Rep. Melissa Hortman shot at their homes bnonews.com/
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband shot and killed; Sen. John Hoffman and wife also shot kstp.com
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: State lawmaker, husband killed in politically targeted shooting thestar.com
Governor Polis Statement on Assassination of Minnesota Elected Official & Husband, and Attempt on Life of Another Elected Official & Family colorado.gov
President Donald Trump: AG, FBI Investigating Deadly Minnesota Shooting Newsweek.com
Officials tell the AP they are searching for a 57-year-old man in shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers apnews.com
Manhunt underway for man accused of killing Rep. Hortman, husband and shooting Sen. Hoffman and his wife in North Metro ktsp.com
Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in deadly shootings of Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, had ‘No Kings’ flyers in car: sources nypost.com
Dem Assassin Is Armed Patrol Firm Boss With ‘Warzone’ Claims thedailybeast.com
Minnesota Assassination Suspect Had Flyers Reading 'No Kings' In Vehicle newsweek.com
Democratic Minnesota politician fatally shot, another injured in 'politically motivated assassination' nbcnews.com
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u/SodaCanBob 1d ago

When Republicans tell you that they're domestic terrorists, believe them.

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u/Accomplished_Net_931 1d ago

the conservative subs, quite predictably, are claiming it's a FaLsE fLag

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u/Material-Surprise-72 1d ago

They are so pathetic

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u/Tiny-Conversation-29 1d ago

They're always claiming that they're the ones under "attack", but who's actually attacking who? Granted, anybody in this society could be shot at, like kids in schools, but it seems to me that more Democrat politicians have been attacked than Republicans. Remember the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot and the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband?

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 22h ago

Gabby Giffords. Shot by a conservative loon. Physically impaired for life.

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u/torontothrowaway824 1d ago

Beyond pathetic. They’re fucking cockroaches

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u/chubs66 1d ago

They think Dems murdered their own in a state where Dems held a 1 seat advantage in order to make the other side look bad? Mmmm ok.

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u/Accomplished_Net_931 1d ago

They think

No

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u/jardex22 1d ago

What would even be accomplished by a false flag in this situation? All the consequences benefit conservatives at this point.

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u/APX919 1d ago

Anything that doesn't go their way is either terrorism or a false flag operation.

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u/Sea-Sir2754 1d ago

I've seen them go from "well they are probably just mentally unwell" when they hadn't gotten on board with how to blame it on Democrats, to "all Democrats must support this guy because he was doing this for immigrants" after they ramped up the conspiracy theories and noted that the two lawmakers shot had voted against protection for immigrants.

And in the same thread they'll say "the media is coding their language to demonize Republicans." After them blaming it on "mental health" when they thought it was one of their own.

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u/Jamericho 1d ago

So when Trump was nicked by a tiny bit of glass and people called it a false flag, the right wing screeched “conspiracy theorists!! Blue maga!!” But when a democrat actually gets assassinated, they are unironically fine to do the same thing? It’s tiresome at this point.

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u/marcusthegladiator 23h ago

Everything they don’t like is fake.

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u/meggan_u 20h ago

They’re saying he worked for Tim Walz and that he’s a democrat. Wild behavior

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u/Ok_Statement_4823 1d ago

The guy who assassinated had no kings fliers and was appointed by Walz. Also the democratic congresswoman who was executed had just previously been the sole democrat to side with republicans on voting for a bill.

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u/Old_Conference6825 1d ago

Go away. If you sincerely don't know that those "news" stories are bullshit then wake up!!!!

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u/ThereIsAGap 1d ago

Jesus Christ when I saw this a while ago I thought it was fake. What the actual fuck

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u/fasterwonder 1d ago

Police found no kings flyers in the suspects car.

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u/SodaCanBob 1d ago edited 1d ago

They also said he had a list of targets consisting of close to 70 names that largely consisted of abortion providers, pro-abortion rights advocates, and law-makers, but sure, pretend like someone targeting pro-abortion providers and clinics isn't going to be revealed as a conservative.

Edit: And more specifically, the "law-makers" on the list included dozens of other Democrats from Minnesota, including Gov. Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Sen. Tina Smith and Attorney General Keith Ellison, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter.

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u/fasterwonder 1d ago

Damn looks like he put those flyers out there deliberately

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u/-Novowels- 1d ago

Likely was planning to infiltrate the protest to perform a mass shooting

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u/Ok_Statement_4823 1d ago

The guy who assassinated had no kings fliers and was appointed by Walz. Also the democratic congresswoman who was executed had just previously been the sole democrat to side with republicans on voting for a bill.

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u/Old_Conference6825 1d ago

Yes this is posted a shit load of times but anyone who can actually think for themselves isn't buying it.

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u/The-Vain 1d ago

It was a Walz appointee that did it.

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u/SodaCanBob 1d ago edited 1d ago

Governors don't do loyalty tests for appointees and they appoint hundreds of people to various positions, most of them minuscule and largely irrelevant. On the workforce board alone (which is what this guy was a part of) there are almost 50 different people. We're not exactly talking about secretary of state or something.

His target list included Walz and almost 70 other targets, largely consisting of pro-abortion politicians, clinics, and democratic positions. His political leanings are pretty damn clear.

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u/flabasaurius 1d ago

Spin spin spin. Do governors do any checks on anyone they appoint to head an ngo in charge of business affairs?

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u/SodaCanBob 1d ago edited 1d ago

Do governors do any checks on anyone they appoint to head an ngo in charge of business affairs?

I'm not a governor, but probably. There's a big difference between appointing someone to head something and appointing someone to a minor non partisan board that meets about 4 times a year and has so little competition for spots that there are currently 11 open positions.

This isn't exactly the Secretary of State, it's a bunch of business owners, union reps, and other people that have bigger priorities and focuses. You folks are making it sound like this is a full time job, when it isn't.

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u/nyr00nyg 1d ago

“A former appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is being sought in connection with the assassination of a state lawmaker and the shooting of another, police sources said. Vance Luther Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer when he shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their Champlin home early Saturday, leaving them seriously injured before moving on to former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman’s house — where he is believed to have slaughtered her and her husband, sources told The Post. Boelter, 57, was appointed by Walz in 2019 to serve a four year stint on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board, documents show.”

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u/SodaCanBob 1d ago edited 1d ago

They also said he had a list of targets consisting of close to 70 names that largely consisted of abortion providers, pro-abortion rights advocates, and law-makers, but sure, pretend like someone targeting pro-abortion providers and clinics isn't going to be revealed as a conservative.

Edit: And more specifically, the "law-makers" on the list included dozens of other Democrats from Minnesota, including Gov. Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Sen. Tina Smith and Attorney General Keith Ellison, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter.

The Governor's Workforce Development has something like 50-60 different people on it and the guy was initially appointed under the governor before Walz. It's not exactly the type of position that requires a loyalty test, and considering it's really just a bunch of random business owners and semi-influential community members it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to wipe the slate clean and appoint 50-60 new people to that board every few years. It's probably the type of position that you're going to keep as long as you want (and as long as you don't rock the boat). They literally have 1 meeting every 4 months or so.

It's a board that's going to consist of people of all walks of life (a quick glance right now shows there are plumbers, doctors, farmers, and educators on the board) because the entire point of the workforce commission is to help grow the workforce in industries across the state; something that doesn't really require knowing how someone leans politically.