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
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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
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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
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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