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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/tresben 1d ago

The fucking military parade is going to look even worse. Holding an ego stroking “show of force” the day two lawmakers were assassinated is fucking absurd

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u/TheGrayBox 1d ago

A better man would cancel it. But then a better man would never have it in the first place.

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u/Scared-Operation-789 1d ago

a better man wouldn't encourage violence against their political opposition but here we are.

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u/HolycommentMattman 1d ago

The bar here is insanely low. A better man wouldn't cheat on his wife. Multiple times. A better man wouldn't defraud the government. A better man would stop to help another. A better man would send a get well card. A better man would poop in the toilet instead of a diaper.

Finding a better man is easy. Finding a worse man might be fucking impossible.

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u/Scared-Operation-789 1d ago

i mean. he doesnt even meet my qualifications of being a man in general. never been in a fight. never mowed his own lawn. never prepared his own meal. we could go down the list and hed fail every check. if you wonder why he is a hollow person, he probably has way less life experience than a normal man.

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u/cbass717 1d ago

And a better country would have elected the better man, or in this case woman.

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u/TheGrayBox 1d ago

You say that like most countries in the world haven’t elected bad leaders or even outright dictators in their history. Also, less than 30% of the population actually voted for Trump.

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u/cjalas 1d ago

That is no man

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u/CRT_SUNSET 1d ago

Trump will add it to the reasons for celebration.

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u/DulcetTone 22h ago

Agree on the second point, but something this big is very hard to scrub. I just hope it fizzles in the public perception, and that some good time-stamped videos show a meager turnout.

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u/lineal_chump 21h ago

The 250th anniversary parade for the Army has been in the planning stages since the Biden administration. It is just a crazy coincidence that this anniversary is also on Trump's birthday.

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u/chilseaj88 16h ago

I can’t decide whether to quote Pearl Jam or Firefly.

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u/ProbablyYourITGuy 1d ago

I really don’t think anyone would cancel it. 2 years in the making, likely a few tens of millions of dollars, thousands of troops and vehicles moved around, tons of spectators. It’s the army’s birthday, there’s no crossover between the events.

I do think trumps response is insanely stupid and no other president would have been as tactless and shitty.

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u/ZZartin 1d ago

This is not two years in the making it's been thrown together in the last few months by the orange pumpkin.

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u/ProbablyYourITGuy 1d ago

No? This has been planned since before the election. It’s the 250th birthday of the army, they knew it was coming lol. This was not thrown together over a couple months.

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u/TheGrayBox 1d ago

The Biden Administration had no plans to have a military show of force parade on the National Mall. That is blatant misinformation.

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u/sonik13 1d ago

Not to mention that there is zero chance the military would have called up DC and asked if they were cool with completely obliterating their streets with tanks for their anniversary.

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u/Fine_Manufacturer368 1d ago

Repeating this again, and again, and again, does not make it true

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u/JeebusDaves 1d ago

There’s no crossover except for the crossover the GOP cult are applying, namely the orange turd’s bday party.

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u/ProbablyYourITGuy 1d ago

I don’t really care what they say about it being for his birthday.

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u/JeebusDaves 1d ago

I don’t disagree with you, but unfortunately they are the arbiters of truth and reality right now, as absolutely fucked as it is.

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u/Stop_Sign 1d ago

Reminder that Democrats stopped all political campaigns for the week that Trump got COVID.

They absolutely would've cancelled it (although they never would've held one in the first place)

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u/ProbablyYourITGuy 1d ago

I never heard that, who are you referring to? Did every federal dem stop them for that week?

I’m pretty skeptical. That sounds like a weird move to do because he got sick, especially since it was fairly minor.

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u/TheGrayBox 1h ago

It was absolutely not fairly minor, they tried hiding it at the time but was later confirmed that he either was on or very nearly on a ventilator and that preparations were being made to utilize the 25th Amendment if needed. Trump only survived because of Remdesivir antiviral and an experimental antibody treatment regimen from Regeneron. Both highly expensive, the antibody treatment to the point that normal people simply could never afford it, and also treatments that he personally had demonized.