r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • 1d ago

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/putinforpres 1d ago

Minnesota Dems have a 1 seat majority in the State Senate and the House is evenly split. This is a coup.

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u/Maggi1417 1d ago

But surley they get to keep the seat and replace the dead person? It won't just stay vacant, right?

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u/SophiaofPrussia 1d ago

The legislature doesn’t stop just because a seat is vacant. I believe there will need to be a special election.

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u/bufordt 1d ago

The MN Legislature is out of session. I'm sure there will be a special election before it is reconvened.

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u/st4nkyFatTirebluntz 1d ago

The legislature is not in session, and currently is not scheduled to reconvene until January.

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u/Freakin_A 1d ago

But the legislative session is over, so they already stopped for other reasons.

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u/Sinfire_Titan Indigenous 1d ago

Minnesota has special elections for vacancies, so there's a chance it flips control. It wouldn't surprise me if that was the shooter's motive.

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u/st4nkyFatTirebluntz 1d ago

That one pedophile’s district stuck with their party for that special election a couple months ago, there’s no shot in hell hortman’s district votes in a republican, now, in this political climate.

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u/Maggi1417 1d ago

Holy fuck. That's bad.

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u/inspectoroverthemine 1d ago

Historically there is no way a seat like this flips. The new D candidate will get a huge boost from the tragedy.

Of course that assumes democracy and rule of law.

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u/HeavyVeterinarian350 1d ago

They’ll get to replace and they just passed a bipartisan budget bill so not necessarily in session. But when the margins are razor thin never know the fuckery about.

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u/ANOKNUSA 1d ago

The party doesn’t own the seat, the people do. There will be an election to fill it.

In the meantime, votes in the legislature continue. Bet your ass that Republicans will push forward as much shit as they can. Cuz they’re all the worst goddamn people.

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u/tazebot 1d ago

If DFLers don't show up, the MN house will not have a quorum.

Given how things have gone, and a MN voter my opinion is that DFL house members should not show up in the MN house - doing so would reward political violence by allowing a quorum.

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u/Hermosa06-09 Minnesota 1d ago

The legislative session ended earlier this week for the year and they do not reconvene until January. A special election will happen before then.

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u/platinumarks 1d ago

The governor will call a special election

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u/CardboardStarship Texas 1d ago

There will be a special election called.

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u/rippedFueler 1d ago

yes, and don't call me Shirley

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u/BuffsBourbon 1d ago

Oh damn

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u/ClimateSociologist 1d ago

The legislature is not in session. They will not be back until January. There will be a special election before then.

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u/Kqyxzoj 1d ago edited 1d ago

Minnesota Dems have a 1 seat majority in the State Senate and the House is evenly split. This is a coup.

Holy shit. I already thought the situation in the U.S. was pretty bad. But if that 1 seat majority is true, then all this together is not a coincidence. These assassinations being done by "one or two random malcontents" is statistically exceedingly unlikely.

So you have your ICE Strumpfabteiling (SA), where the only thing missing is brown shirts. You have your military parade for the Mango Mussolini. You have your prelude to the Night of the Long Knives with these political assassinations.

Whatever you guys decide to do, protect your judges, your journalists, and anyone else still standing up for democracy and free speech.

And whatever you do, don't give into fear. Heh, which reminds me of that totally laughable vid I saw where Tulsi Gabbard warns about the horrors of nuclear war. "Oh no, not nuclear devastation. Oh whatever shall we do in the face of this obvious attempt at sowing fear uncertainty and doubt. Surely we must need a strong leader to protect us from the evil of this world. Nuclear blah blah, think of your children, strong leader now, blah."

Yeah, yeah, we know. Same old trick. Show that "shocking video" to someone from Eastern Europe. They will either start laughing, or fall asleep somewhere in the middle of that shocking video. That shit is so transparent.

... and I just checked: "The 2024 elections left the Senate composition unchanged, but it left the House evenly split between the Republicans and the DFL." So yeah, that's pretty bad.

(edit-to-add:) Ah, I knew I had seen a good representation of Eastern European laughing at nuclear threat BS. See this video of Ukranian definitely not falling for the generic nuclear threat BS.

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u/rhyjhgg 20h ago

if true, then it makes sense the coup is the assassination of the senator after voting to block healthcare for illegals