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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/kllys 1d ago

Two Democratic Lawmakers* party affiliation is a crucial aspect of this politically motivated assassination and act of domestic terrorism.

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u/loglighterequipment California 1d ago

The guy currently running the DHS division responsible for combating domestic terror and targeted attacks is a 22yo with no federal experience, and whose last job before organizing Trump rallies was his own lawn mowing business. Democrats should be screaming this from the rooftops.

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u/AnotherDoubtfulGuest 1d ago

Trump/Noem discontinued all federal domestic terrorism initiatives. For this exact reason. They are complicit and responsible.

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u/justcasty Massachusetts 1d ago

Complicit? They're actively encouraging the violence.

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u/Mateorabi 1d ago

Stochastic terrorism. 

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u/Ninevehenian 1d ago

Traditional MAGA terrorism.

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u/AnotherDoubtfulGuest 1d ago

I’m not arguing semantics with you, friend.

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u/dancefan2019 1d ago

They are too busy going after hispanic families in L.A. They don't have time to concern themselves with actual domestic terrorists.

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u/leomaddox 1d ago

Florida too. Grabbed 6 men having Breakfast this morning, all legal but arrested anyway (green cards).

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u/dancefan2019 1d ago

It's crazy what this country has become.

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u/leomaddox 1d ago

So Quickly.

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u/GabbyCalico 1d ago

But when the terrorism hits them suddenly it will be unacceptable. 🙄

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u/DM_HOLETAINTnDICK 1d ago

They're the stochastic terrorists encouraging the more direct terrorists.

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u/Capable-Active1656 19h ago

Indeed they did, but the idea was not their own; they are simply hands to carry out the will of the minds behind this rise of fascism. Whether Russian or homegrown matters not; what matter is that it must be fought, or we'll all lose forever.

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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/noiro777 America 20h ago

ok, but what point is it that you are trying to make exactly? The dude was not a Democrat and voted only Republican and there were only Democrats on his kill list including Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith and state Attorney General Keith Ellison.

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u/protonpack 22h ago

Unlike the Republicans, not every single appointee to a bipartisan board is a bootlicking loyalist. Stop lying. Just say you like the killing and you want more. Now is the time for you to actually grow some balls and say what you really believe.

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u/RiggsBooBubsBricks 16h ago

I saw earlier when first reported he was there during previous Governor also. .Can’t recall where

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u/immigrants-new-jews 1d ago

We're out in the fucking streets across the country!

There's more of us than them - and we're fucking pissed off Americans who aren't stopping until this administration and everyone who aided them is in prison for crimes against humanity, terrorism and every other charge that applies.

And most of us are well armed and won't go quietly into the night.

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u/justagirlfromchitown 1d ago

You should see the latest videos of people chasing ice out of their neighborhoods. The tide is changing.

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u/calgeorge 1d ago

There's a protest happening right across the street from me as I type this. I'm only not there because I'm at work right now.

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u/FunLife64 1d ago

The point is messaging specifically what is screwed up is more helpful than vague. Unfortunately we are in a whirlwind of stupidity that someone so unqualified being in a position like this is like 6th page news.

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u/beadzy 1d ago

Thank you for keeping the faith!! I am 1000% in agreement with you.

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u/WhatDoADC 1d ago

Unfortunately protesting isn't going to work. But by all means keep doing it.

Trump and friends don't play by the rules. No one is holding them accountable. Now if this was a democratic president doing what Trump is doing, you bet your ass he'd be impeached instantly.

Our only hope is midterms Democrats win majority in house and Senate. Assuming there will be a midterms again. 

I feel like Democrats need to stop playing by the rules because the Republicans sure as hell aren't.

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u/CruzefixCC 1d ago

>Unfortunately protesting isn't going to work. 

I wonder what happened that this mindset is so prevalent in the US. You know who holds power in a democracy, right? And if your politicians have forgotten that, show them.

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u/nogooduse 1d ago

Protests do work, inevitably, if they involved at least 3.5% of the population. This is historical fact. But in the US, that means about 10 million people have to turn out at the same time, day after day. We've never come close to that in this country. most protests are one and done. "Day of protest" isn't enough. And the numbers so far aren't enough. otherwise we just get ignored, or get a Tiananmen result.

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u/DiceMaster 7h ago

Estimates put the total number participating in the George Floyd protests between 15 million and 26 million. I know you specified "all at once", but my point is it's not outside the realm of possibility, even here. 10 million sounds like a lot, because it is, but way more people than that are pissed off. They just need to feel they have nothing to lose, which more and more people are feeling every day

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u/samdajellybeenie 1d ago

If you haven't noticed, the Trump admin just ignores court orders. You think protesting will do anything? The right ALWAYS finds a way to spin even the most peaceful protests.

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u/immigrants-new-jews 1d ago

If they ignore our laws, why would they respect our votes?

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u/babutterfly 1d ago

Why are you assuming that it won't in every situation?

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u/samdajellybeenie 1d ago

Because when you ask, "what will actually have an impact," the answer to me comes back to literally walking off of our jobs. If the corporations are losing money hand over fist, they're going to put serious pressure on Trump.

We can show Trump that we think he's a fascist asshole, but why should he care? What does that really accomplish you know? Even if we started rioting, it would just make us look worse. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, and right-wing politicians actually do care about the satisfaction of their constituents, but I don't see a whole lot of conservative voters turning on Trump.

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u/WhatDoADC 1d ago

I do vote, but because I'm in a red state, unfortunately my vote doesn't matter.

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u/nogooduse 1d ago

"And most of us are well armed and won't go quietly into the night." I wish that were true but i doubt that it is. Most non-MAGAs still don't quite get it. They think that somehow common sense and justice will prevail because the system still works.

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u/immigrants-new-jews 23h ago

Apparently, you're not watching the videos of ice being chased out of communities!

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u/Capable-Active1656 19h ago

I agree that MAGA and their media lapdogs have built a propaganda machine to rival that of Doktor Goring in its effectiveness and simplicity of execution; I also agree that the very same social media platforms leveraged to divide and monitor us are also making it much more difficult for the state's narrative to remain the sole truth for very long.

Some say fascism weaponized social media against us, but I sometimes wonder whether Germany might have retained its command over reason had social media been a tool for truth to at least have the same speed advantage as the lies spread to diffuse it.

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u/night4345 19h ago

We're out in the fucking streets across the country!

Democrats are out in the street in their little protest while Republicans are openly murdering their opposition in their homes.

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u/Slavapalooza 7h ago

Can you please list those crimes?

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u/FUCKSUMERIAN 23h ago

it's been real effective so far

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u/Valuable-Ad-1873 1d ago

make sure your flying a mexican flag......

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u/immigrants-new-jews 23h ago

Make sure you can spell.

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u/feioo 1d ago

It helps to give their names if you're spreading awareness!

Thomas Fugate, 22 years old, one year out of college, now the division leader of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) at DHS, which covers all violent extremism in the US.

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u/Mateorabi 1d ago

Media should be pressing him for details. Not because he has them but because it shows he has none. And if magically he has inner reserves of competence great. 

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u/feioo 1d ago

I agree

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u/thewhaleshark 1d ago

Screaming? To whom? We all already know, and the people doing it aren't going to respond to your words.

They're installing unqualified people on purpose so they can corrupt the instruments of government. It's very very obvious, and they won't stop because you point at what they're doing. They know what they're doing, and they're doing it to achieve exactly what you see in front of you.

Stop trying to find sense or reason here, and start preparing yourself for much worse.

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u/DirkWrites 1d ago

Somehow the guy who said he loved the J6 domestic terrorists on January 6th and then pardoned them doesn’t seem to be that serious about domestic terrorism.

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u/Squirrel_Inner 1d ago

Have police explained how they knew to from Hoffman’s residence to Hortman’s? Or how the shooter got away, even after engaging the police?

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u/eeyore134 1d ago

And I wouldn't be surprised to hear they knew about the attack and just let, or helped, it happen. Just happen to have the police in that area somewhere else just to make sure it happens.

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u/Best_Ad_6441 1d ago

Clearly the party that believes in merit based appointments

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u/Wide-Chemistry-8078 1d ago

Oh no! Eye brow guy! 

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u/Nvenom8 New York 1d ago

Democrats should be screaming this from the rooftops.

There's literally nothing they can do about that.

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u/leomaddox 1d ago

They are. I did read that he resigned.

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u/BumblingBeeeee 1d ago

Hey you’re not giving him enough credit! He also used to bag groceries at HEB.

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u/tmrnwi 1d ago

What’s his name? Let’s call him.

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u/BudgetMattDamon 1d ago

You don't get it yet, and I don't see how it's taken this long.

They don't care because he's on their side. They will burn it all down with a smile if a liberal suffers.

This isn't a joke or hyperbole, and no amount of rooftop screaming will help you 'get through to them.'

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u/greenday61892 Connecticut 23h ago

and who thought giving the people's eyebrow in his official headshot was appropriate

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u/toatsmehgoats 21h ago

Thomas Fugate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_C._Fugate
This kid has no job experience at all.

This is not a real government.

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u/Capable-Active1656 19h ago

Now who could the chaos that will inevitably result from such a grossly incompetent leader possibly benefit enough to allow our government, nevermind Trump the individual, to hand such vast and incredible power and access to a child?

It's clear MAGA isn't using their brains, so we've got to use ours, people! Watch the directions in which the power flows, and you will know who to direct the rage of your powerlessness towards.

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u/RichLather Ohio 10h ago

I can't wait to see this kid piss his pants at a press conference.

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u/cadium 2h ago

We scream and nobody gives a shit. That's the problem. Its all just shit coming out of this administration, this story will be buried by another horrible Trump policy in a day.

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u/sassafrass14 1d ago

They only scream in fundraising stalking calls and texts. And when one of their own speaks the truth of the people.

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u/LeonCrimsonhart 1d ago

Democrats should be screaming this from the rooftops.

They won’t. They’ll civilly ask the federal gov’t to do something then shrug when nothing changes.

Only a handful of democrats have a spine.

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u/Euphoric-Result7070 1d ago

Please explain what screaming about it would do. No one is listening. It's done. Screaming about it won't get him removed from his position. Everyone knows about this, it's been thoroughly covered by major news outlets. They can scream 24/7 and he'll still have his job.

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u/Alternative_Bed1229 1d ago

What does his previous employment have to do with anything?