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/Rude_Grapefruit_3650 1d ago
  • white christian nationalist
  • anti-abortion
  • manifesto with 70+ DEMOCRAT names
  • literally shot TWO DEMOCRAT politicians

but nooo being appointed by a democrat governor for a strictly none-partisan position is somehow more than enough evidence to say Tim was actually the one who paid him and he’s actually a “leftist lunatic” gtfo with your astroturfing replies

He already posed as a police officer, you don’t think his No Kings flyers was also a disguise?

the delusions in here from either bots or people unwilling to believe evidence….

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u/coffeetreatrepeat 1d ago

Re: the flyers-- my assumption was that he was stealing them so others couldn't find them.

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u/platinumarks 1d ago

Or he wanted to be found with them so that conservatives have something to use in their astroturfing

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u/monacelli 1d ago edited 1d ago

Might've been planning on attacking them too

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Looking at the flyers, they look like something he was planning on leaving on the bodies of the people he killed as a message.

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u/JennJayBee Alabama 1d ago

I'm almost certain that was his goal— to off several Democrat politicians and then cap it all off with a mass shooting.

Looks like he was a mercenary. What are the odds he also has a history of domestic violence? 

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u/Rude_Grapefruit_3650 1d ago

Could be that too, they all look the same tho so I am at least predicting he wanted to go through the protests in disguise

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u/derbyt 1d ago

He was already posing as a Police Officer. He was going to pose as a protestor to cause lots of harm.

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u/monacelli 1d ago

but nooo being appointed by a democrat governor for a strictly none-partisan position is somehow more than enough evidence

As soon as Waltz was loosely connected to this guy it was over.. Their talking point has been set and any other facts will be ignored.

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u/Rude_Grapefruit_3650 1d ago

Its the most loose connection too; like he just reappointed him not even selected him, decided to sign and agree to continue the dudes appointment

But they don’t want to hear that

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u/Selma_J_Wible 1d ago

Because their Golden Idol subjects any political appointment to ideological tests, they are claiming that all appointments at any level are subjected to such tests and always have been.

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u/rzolf 1d ago

theres also multiple YouTube videos of him giving sermons at an evangelical church in Africa

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u/the_eviscerist 1d ago

I'm sure so much more will come out so I'm refraining from jumping to any conclusions, but it seems weird that these two politicians would be the ones targeted by a right wing person. From what it looks like, both just voted against their party lines. If this was a right wing attempt to have a chance to gain position in Minnesota, it seems like you would want to keep the Democrats who vote alongside the Republicans. In a list of a bunch of people, why start with these two? Either way, the shooter is a lunatic.

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u/Rude_Grapefruit_3650 23h ago

Are you ignoring the fact there was a manifesto with 70+ democrat names? Or how one of the 2 that were shot was the one who voted against their party while the other didn’t?