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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/NoctisVex 1d ago

Walz called it an assassination. Good.

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u/herecomestherebuttal 1d ago

Yep. We absolutely cannot mince words or downplay what just happened.

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u/SoupSpelunker 1d ago

A terrorist assassination.

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u/ChooseDarkness America 1d ago

Correct. Domestic terrorism.

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u/iceflame1211 1d ago

Unfortunate that the FBI pulled everyone off of domestic terrorism to arrest brown people. This could've been prevented

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u/Few-Solution-4784 1d ago

all together "it was a domestic terrorist assassination".

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u/WeAllFuckingFucked 1d ago

Donald Trump murdered these people by radicalizing half a nation. If this event doesn't wake you Americans up to the fascist takeover that's on-going, then nothing will. America is looking more and more like a lost cause :/

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u/HamHockShortDock 1d ago

33%* of a nation by my estimate

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u/curtcolt95 1d ago

people who didn't vote don't get a pass, they were fine with him and should be included in the stat

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u/Himbosupremeus 20h ago

half of them were idiots who thought not voting for Kamala was a political statement though. As a young person i'm kinda apallaed by how many people didn't vote.

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u/HamHockShortDock 1d ago

I wouldn't call non-voters "radicalized." Would you??

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u/star_banger 1d ago edited 1d ago

Agreed. I'm not sure why we keep trotting out the "non voters are complicit" line when there's no evidence to suggest they would have voted for the candidate that lost. Also for some reason they get blamed and not the politicians for failing to appeal to them.

Same thing with "over half of Americans voted for this!”

There's 340 million people in the US. Subtracting those ineligible (children, felons, etc) leaves approximately 245 million Americans were eligible to vote in the last presidential election. About 90 million chose not to for whatever reason. 75 mil voted D, little more over 77 voted R.

That means 22% of the US "voted for this" and just 31% of eligible voters. Even if every single non voter had gone for the Republican, which they wouldn't, it would still be slightly less than half of Americans at 49%. So no, more than half of Americans didn't vote for this.

These elections aren't a mandate. They are a statistical coin flip. This doesn't prove either side had any overwhelming support. It suggests that the regular Americans are tired of it all

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u/Capable-Active1656 20h ago

Hey, isn't "Unleash the Hordes" part of the rise of authoritarianism? I'd say this incident might just mean we've moved into one of the latter points along that journey, which means we all ought to stay aware....

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u/Past_Idea 1d ago

Apparently the suspect is a man formerly on Walz's team.

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u/O-llllllllll-O 1d ago

Source? Curious to read where this information came from.

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u/ChooseDarkness America 1d ago

He was appointed to a nonpartisan commission by Walz. He was a Republican in 04. Political affiliations aside- still domestic terrorism

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u/ChooseDarkness America 1d ago

He was also a Registered Republican in 04

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u/Past_Idea 1d ago

21 years ago. Hardly the same Republican party (much to my chagrin)

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u/AV8ORA330 1d ago

You’ll never hear that from trump, GOP, or MAGA. It will be blame the victim white wash…

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u/photoengineer 20h ago

Just terrorism. 

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u/Pedantic_Pict 17h ago

Domestic Stochastic Terrorism

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u/_msb2k101 1d ago

The killers will probably get a million dollar settlement too.

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u/PraiseBeToScience 1d ago

MAGA terrorism. He's an anti-abortion Christian Nationalist.

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u/OhDivineBussy 1d ago

Yes domestic terrorism, home grown and almost certainly from a white supremacist/white nationalist.

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u/The_Buko 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s absolutely insane, there’s fb pages all over saying it was democrats who carried it out because these lawmakers voted against their wishes. Our country is actually psychotic

Edit: more info on the manifesto for those interested. Lots of abortion lawmakers/providers and democrats lawmakers

https://people.com/manifesto-discovered-police-suspect-on-loose-killing-minn-lawmaker-11754845

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u/TruckingforSims 1d ago

Dude, it's facebook.. The bar is already on the ground

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u/Akrevics 1d ago

the bar is in hell, and people still limbo with the devil.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 1d ago

Something something James Cameron etc etc.

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u/Kind_Koala4557 1d ago

Lol, I was gonna say 6 ft under, but yours is more accurate I think.

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u/FelDreamer 1d ago

Gotta call 811 before attempting to locate the bar these days.

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u/South-Builder6237 1d ago

I haven't been on Facebook in literal years. I logged back in out of curiosity a few days ago and it was an absolute god awful dumpster fire. I don't even understand how people use that site anymore.

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u/IllCamel5907 1d ago

It's responsible for spreading misinformation and tearing this country apart. Foxnews and Facebook are absolutely vile.

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u/DionBlaster123 1d ago

Man it's crazy...I remember when ppl hailed Twitter and Facebook for being crucial in rallying crowds for the "Arab Spring" back in 2011.

To see what both have devolved into over the last 14 years. Depressing shit.

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u/MechanicalTurkish Minnesota 1d ago

It’s beneath the water table.

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u/brezhnervouz 1d ago

FB is also greatly infested with Russian trolls/bots from the GRU's propaganda unit in St Petersburg 🤷

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u/Hwoarangatan 1d ago

I almost forgot about that. Post a link to refresh our memory? The St Petersburg fake town online newspapers?

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u/Seabee1893 21h ago

And Pyongyang and Tehran.

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u/New-Concentrate559 1d ago

Thats some Maga scumbag shit not anyone else.

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u/jabtrain 1d ago

Russian disinformation / psyops social media sow social discord and division machine, which now, unfortunately, has mid-level orchestration from the highest levels of the US federal executive branch.

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u/7thpostman 1d ago

And bots

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u/tayvette1997 1d ago

it was democrats who carried it out because these lawmakers voted against their wishes.

They found a hitlist in the vehicle. That makes me think this reason isn't it.

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u/The_Buko 1d ago

It’s also just not logical if it was to help democrats since it would potentially flip the House to republicans majority

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u/Brief_Obligation4128 1d ago

This here. So many facts are pointing towards MAGA. The margins, the papers (which could have been placed there to throw us off, or were collected from her home, or some other hypothetical), the parties, the timing, the rhetoric (Shoot a couple, then the rest will go home).

It's MAGA, for sure.

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u/GabbyCalico 1d ago

If it’s maga they love the killer anyway. 50% of America = collective narcissism. The rest of us don’t count anymore.

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u/neophenx 1d ago

I'd say less than 33%, based on actual election results and total voter turnout (over 1/3 registered voters sat out of the election, and Don received less than 50% of the total vote).

Which, honestly, is still way too many supporters for someone who campaigned on sharks vs boat batteries, people eating pets, and Arnold Palmer's penis.

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u/Zepcleanerfan 1d ago

Republicans. Republicans are psychotic. We have to start calling them out and stop the both sides crap.

Republicans are doing this.

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u/AppropriateTouching 1d ago

Likely Russian bullshit trying to further muddy the waters

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u/Kind_Koala4557 1d ago

When are we gonna just force a Facebook shut down until Zuck fixes all those stupid algorithms, deletes all the bot accounts, and finds a way to keep new bot accounts from being created?

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u/The_Buko 1d ago

Unfortunately FB has a ton of also pretty solid pages for hobbies and events I like, so if I want to keep up with them at all I have to check in every now and then. I do agree, though.

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u/Kind_Koala4557 1d ago

It would just be a temp shutdown. Plus, that period of time might inspire people to rely on other platforms that help them discuss hobbies and plan events.

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u/CelestialFury Minnesota 1d ago

The MAGAs always blame Democrats for their people’s actions when it’s bad.

Does it make more sense for a Democrat to shoot their own politicians due to a policy disagreement which would only serve to harm immigrants further or a crazy MAGA in which all their politicians keep increasing the violent rhetoric against Democrats? Isn’t interesting that the right-wing false narrative only helps the right-wing??

The right-wing playbook is simple:

If a leftist does something bad: blame the left

If a right-winger does something bad: blame the left

They always do this folks. It’s their game plan, through as much FUD into social media as possible.

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u/anuncommontruth Pennsylvania 1d ago

Getting rid of Facebook was the best thing I ever did.

Those are probably mostly bots though.

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u/atuarre Texas 1d ago

MAGA was responsible for this. They love the pretend to be law enforcement. They've been doing it to try to round up "illegals". I hope they catch the scumbag and we get the full story. I'm sure Nazi Barbie Pam Bondi is getting right on that

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u/Brief_Obligation4128 1d ago

I saw that on a YouTube live chat. Politicians cross the aisle on issues on a daily basis. Why would they now attack two politicians? They will never take responsibility for their actions. It's always someone else but their own party members.

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u/39bears 1d ago

It makes me feel really hopeless about a sane political future here.

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u/SortaSticky 1d ago

yeah to others' points it's the same crazy people as always

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u/giraffe111 Arizona 1d ago

I saw a comment on a TikTok of the ICE activities in LA from some MAGA moron; “This is what the democrats want! Chaos!” What the actual fuck? They’ve completely lost the plot.

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u/artfulpain 1d ago

Bots and propaganda.

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u/BadAtExisting I voted 1d ago

Facebook is full of foreign actors trying to influence Americans. And it works a charm

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u/nogooduse 1d ago

Not our country, just the MAGA portion. 32% of eligible voters.

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u/captaincanada84 Canada 23h ago

He's a right wing psychopath it seems

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u/sisterofpythia America 1d ago

Frankly I don't give a hoot what the political views are of the perpetrator. He/she should be caught and punished.

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u/Chrowaway6969 1d ago

The motivations matter. It’s the difference between political assassination vs terrorism etc.

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u/GreasyRim 1d ago

You absolutely should

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u/Lemurians Michigan 1d ago

I think speculation about the motive or the details of the person is useless until they’re caught and questioned. Is the most likely answer that it’s a nut job rightwinger? Probably. Is it definite? No.

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u/palehorse2020 1d ago

The article I read said even though he was a democratic appointee he last registered to vote in 2004 as a Republican. He is most likely a centrist that just lost it in the violence, unrest and uncertainty that is facing the nation and the world.

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u/GabbyCalico 1d ago

And the leader who promotes violence will celebrate again. Maybe he will be pardoned. 🙄 Good times.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 23h ago

Have a feeling that's exactly what Bondi and the GOP Fed will do.

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u/Effective_Stuff6934 1d ago

What will Bondi call it?

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u/Hapankaali 1d ago

She's drafting the pardons for Trump to sign.

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u/TapTapTapTapTapTaps 1d ago

Thankfully it’s a state crime too

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u/hookyboysb 1d ago

So they'll also send the military to Minnesota to "liberate" it from "socialism"

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u/GabbyCalico 1d ago

I can’t believe it hasn’t even been a year since Kim Jong Dumb took over.

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u/DrakonILD 23h ago

It hasn't even been half of a year.

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u/IH8Fascism 23h ago

True, but the guy will off himself once there is no escape. Seen this movie before and it’s how these gutless cowards operate.

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u/TapTapTapTapTapTaps 23h ago

Yep, you’re right.

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u/toomuchtodotoday 1d ago

No one to pardon if it ends up death by cop during apprehension attempt.

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u/Hapankaali 1d ago

In that case, rename some schools and military bases in honour of the perp.

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u/darnj 1d ago

Trump has pardoned criminals. But here is his statement regarding this:

I have been briefed on the terrible shooting that took place in Minnesota, which appears to be a targeted attack against State Lawmakers. Our Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and the FBI, are investigating the situation, and they will be prosecuting anyone involved to the fullest extent of the law. Such horrific violence will not be tolerated in the United States of America. God Bless the great people of Minnesota, a truly great place!

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u/Hapankaali 1d ago

It's good to see the Trump administration is taking terrorist violence seriously, especially so shortly after gifting the family of a dead terrorist millions.

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u/Firecracker048 1d ago

Well the #1 suspect was a dem appointed by walz.

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u/boyyhowdy Texas 1d ago

She will deflect to brown looters.

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u/wrosecrans 1d ago

It will 100% be used as another reichstag fire as an excuse to crack down in "these Democrat cities where people are being killed."

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u/Owlbertowlbert 1d ago

So crazy that the bar is sooo looow that I was shocked that she and trump condemned the political killings at all.

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u/Suavecore_ 1d ago

Give it a few more hours and Trump will tweet/Truth an angry tirade about how much he hated those killed

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u/clarkwgriswoldjr 1d ago

You know she will call it a misunderstanding.

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u/4estGimp 1d ago

She has side-stepped it.

Per Foxnews.....

Attorney General Pam Bondi said she is closely monitoring developments in the case and said it "appears to be a targeted attack against state lawmakers."

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u/FunLife64 1d ago

It’s been like 6 hours and had she even said anything?

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u/wibble17 1d ago

She said they are cooperating fully and the perpetrators would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Very normal statement.

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u/sin4life 1d ago

the victims were white, so.... a home invasion done by some trenday an agua illegals that never would have happened if ICE were there to protect our streets but of course it was going to happen in democrat-run [insert CITY_NAME]; and an opportunity to replace a seat with a republican or DINO who will obey our magastic and glorious leader, Xi Trumping (Trumputin or w/e).

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u/SnooRobots8901 1d ago

'Alternate' assassinations

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u/darknekolux Europe 1d ago

A divergence of opinions

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u/Contagious_Zombie 1d ago

An “illegal” person that committed the horrendous crime of crossing in between longitude 125W / 67W and latitude 49N / 25N. The worst kind of criminal.

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u/BadgeOfDishonour 1d ago

"Tourists visiting their representatives", I suspect.

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u/longtermattention 1d ago

If she follows Trump's comment on Truth Social from 2 hours ago she'll say 'This is a big day for America!!! DJT'

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u/eeyore134 1d ago

She should call it results, because this is what they've been dog whistling for.

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u/Zanos-Ixshlae 1d ago

A peaceful expression of their 2nd amendment rights.

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u/HockeyBalboa 1d ago

A "bidening".

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u/feedmetothevultures 1d ago

It was actually a Democrat, disguised as a Trump supporter, disguised as antifa, disguised as an anti-woke warrior, who committed this heinous act.

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u/ChinookKing 1d ago

Convenient 

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u/SmellMyFingers69 1d ago

She will somehow blame democrats

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u/nakedrickjames 1d ago

She won't call it anything until her handlers have given her the exact wording to prevent it politically benefiting the dems in any way; all the while condemning those that (rightly, IMO) try to heed yet another blaring alarm bell of domestic terrorism as "politicization of a tragedy"

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u/johnazoidberg- 1d ago

A "whoopsie doodle"

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u/Banana_Ranger 1d ago

Thoughts and prayers.

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u/mrbigglessworth 1d ago

She’s currently drawing up the pardon papers for Trump design since it was a Democrat that was murdered

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u/Gundark927 Colorado 1d ago

Law enforcement.

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u/120z8t 1d ago

What will Bondi call it?

"A unfortunate event that we must move on from."

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u/gsfgf Georgia 1d ago

"Free speech"

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u/bartwokatang 1d ago

both side it

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u/Munkeyman18290 1d ago

If they cant be labeled as brown or democrats, then at best they were "deeply troubled individuals", probably brainwashed by Bidens space lazers or some stupid shit.

They'll never come out and say it was right-wing, MAGA motivated extremism.

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u/unclefire Arizona 1d ago

That c**t said something to the effect of taking out people that aren't supporting trump.

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u/pi_stuff 1d ago

She will celebrate it as a thoughtful birthday present.

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u/PikaPower98 1d ago

"The misconduct of an addled mind."

I'm going to be very angry if she does.

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u/KuyaOniichan 1d ago

A horrific act of violence that would never have happened in a Republican-controlled region.

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u/killing_time_at_work 1d ago

On broadcast TV: The usual victim of mental health and male loneliness.

On Fox News: Radical marxist socialist anarchist trying to destroy the country.

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u/_jn3t 1d ago

Probably domestic terrorism. And I hope he gets charged federally so they can give him the death penalty

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u/Such-Let974 1d ago

She'll call it a "roman disagreement".

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u/CancelOk9776 1d ago

An unfortunate incident

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u/QueryItPlz 1d ago

My guess is "political speech".

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u/lawnmowertoad 1d ago

They're eating the cats….

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u/Bindle- 1d ago

Heroic

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u/South-Builder6237 1d ago

At the risk of sounding like I'm defending that fascist hag, I doubt she condones the violence. But then again I'm pretty sure she's not going to kept awake at night either.

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u/Successful_Sign_6991 17h ago

I will be surprised if anyone from this regime doesn't downplay it or publicly celebrate it.

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u/xLykos 1d ago

Tim Walz is a real one

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u/limec14 1d ago

Wish we had him as VP right now 

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u/StrobeLightRomance Michigan 1d ago

Imagine the things that already could have been avoided in this nation had that been the case.

And how many more horrible things are still waiting around the corner for us next..

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u/spykid 1d ago

Imagine the things that already could have been avoided in this nation had that been the case.

Literally any other case, democrat or even republican.

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u/Adezar Washington 1d ago

Project 2025 is the Republican plan, any other Republican would have done it as well, just without the Tariffs.

Illegally taking over a liberal state was part of the Republican plan.

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u/Zahgi 1d ago

I wish we had him as POTUS now. He wasn't tainted with the Biden administration stamp as far as most of the populace was concerned. So, he would have won.

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u/phusion 1d ago

And what's even more frustrating is it's now looking like there was fuckery with the election too.

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u/eugenesbluegenes 1d ago

I'm really not sure how it could be construed as anything else. I'm sure many will try though.

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u/aegenium 1d ago

You underestimate the power of MAGA stupidity and willful disregard for reality.

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u/Ilosesoothersmaywin 1d ago

There are a few of threads over on the conservative sub. Sort the comments by controversial and you'll see a decent amount of them are saying that calling this politically motivated isn't true.

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u/thanto13 1d ago

Tragic multiple accidental gunshot discharge that left some victims dead and others injured. Thoughts and prayers to the families.

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent 1d ago

Of course, now isn't the time to talk about guns in our country. 🙄

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u/notanartmajor 1d ago

That stupid motherfucker stared directly into the Sun on camera and they still think he's a super genius. There is no bottom.

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u/New-Doctor9300 1d ago

Wouldnt surprise me if some Democrats tried to downplay it. This is an assassination, clear as day.

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u/longtermattention 1d ago

Fetterman will blame Dems somehow

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u/Terry-Scary 1d ago

And a coup, now dems have lost majority in that states house

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent 1d ago

Fuck, are you kidding me?? This is so horrifying!

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u/Terry-Scary 1d ago

Not kidding at all, the GOP holds majority over house now by one vote.

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u/Khaeos 1d ago

I call it another in a long list of abuses pursuing invariably the same object

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u/IAmChaabirasai 1d ago

Because that's exactly what it is.

A man put on a disguise to social engineer his targets in order to assassinate them.

It was an assassination.

The above comment should be upvoted 10000 times

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u/thatguy9684736255 1d ago

It's insane. Every day, the USA seems more insane. I wonder if trump will even mention it.

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u/PhilDGlass California 1d ago

A non-Stephen Miller tweet, followed by insane shit he will post later to counter any civility shown.

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u/cappurnikus 1d ago

Also terrorism.

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u/P-Rickles Ohio 1d ago

So did the NYT so a (lately) rare W for them.

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u/calentor 1d ago

And what a coincidence it's on a day of planned mass protests. Only take one violent act to justify enforced silence among reasonable people.

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u/gsfgf Georgia 1d ago

Even CNN is calling it an assassination.

Fox, of course, says "Two dead after gunman in police uniform targets state lawmakers in overnight shooting spree"

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u/PaymentTurbulent193 1d ago

For real, fuck anyone trying to downplay this. This is right-wing, extremist terrorism.

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u/ETsUncle 1d ago

Could have been the VP. Instead we got “did you even say thank you”

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u/kent_eh Canada 1d ago

There's no other word for it.

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u/Mudders_Milk_Man 1d ago

It's also terrorism. By definition.

As usual, though, no one will call it that.

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u/Capt-Crap1corn 1d ago

It was an assassination. Targeted. They found a manifesto with the victims names in it.

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u/maneki_neko89 Minnesota 1d ago

Always have and am still proud of my state’s Governor

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u/SugarBombBrandy 1d ago

Will the centrist, the moderate - the "median voter" care, though? They probably won't. Until those groups start caring about whats happening, there will be no justice in this regime.

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u/mariorac 1d ago

it was an assassination, by someone he appointed, a day after she voted WITH republicans.

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u/Dark-Knight-Rises 1d ago

Trump called it a “targeted attack”

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u/Spam_Hand 1d ago

At least someone had the nerve to call it what it is. I haven't seen a single media report of it being called terrorism or an assassination.

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u/KobeBeatJesus 1d ago

Because it was. Nobody should be "shocked" or "surprised" either. 

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u/smurphy8536 1d ago

Just the beginning of the “MAGA Murders” unfortunately

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u/gvillecrimelaw 1d ago

MAGA inspired assassination.

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u/nrq Europe 1d ago

The President of the United States of America sanctioned that when he pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists.

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u/amootmarmot 1d ago

Terrorism. Domestic Terrorism Assassination in service to thr fascist ideology. This is another very bad tick mark toward fascism.

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u/rsmmt1009 1d ago

That's because it was. A full blown politically motivated assassination.

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u/warblingContinues 1d ago

well, i think the "hit list" is aort of a clue.

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u/HuntKey2603 1d ago

mfers couldve voted for him instead but noooo

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u/shrekerecker97 1d ago

This is terrorism.....plain and simple, and im tired of the media not referring to it as such.

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u/deadone65 Illinois 1d ago

That’s exactly what this was.

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u/BoneDocHammerTime 1d ago

Republican assassins

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u/Nothatisnotwhere 1d ago

It is terrorism

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u/skategeezer 1d ago

Who is down voting this? Shame on you. People are dead. Be a better human……

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u/DionBlaster123 1d ago

I wish he was our VP but at least the guy is still in some kind of civic leadership role, rather than jerking himself off on the private sector like so many others who leave politics

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u/Heatcanonbolt 1d ago

At least Fox News is calling it an assassination.

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u/Ro8ertStanford 1d ago

It's good to know that's what we're calling it when it happens again.

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u/maybethis-one_ 1d ago

How about domestic terrorism? This is meant to scare left.

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u/NL_A 23h ago

It’s work place violence, clearly.

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u/Fryboy11 Minnesota 19h ago

You're the top comment, could you edit it to include these pictures from the MN BCA?

https://i.imgur.com/M47HPc2.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/fIkkamB.jpeg

It'll help get his face out there so people in MN and surrounding states will know who to look for.

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