Minnesota Legislature Home Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park held a morning press convention to put out the priorities of the DFL majority Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 St. Paul, Minn.
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Former Minnesota Home Speaker Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband, Mark, have been shot and killed early Saturday in what seems to be a “politically motivated assassination,” Gov. Tim Walz mentioned.
“Out state misplaced an awesome chief and I misplaced the dearest of associates,” Walz mentioned throughout a information convention.
“We should all, Minnesota and throughout the nation, stand towards all types of political violence,” Walz mentioned.
Walz additionally mentioned that Minnesota Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his spouse, Yvette, have been additionally every shot a number of occasions. They remained alive as of Saturday morning.
“We’re cautiously optimistic they’ll survive this assassination try,” Walz mentioned.
Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi mentioned that she is “intently monitoring developments in Minnesota after what seems to be a focused assault towards state lawmakers.”
She mentioned the FBI is on the bottom in Minnesota and dealing with state and native regulation enforcement.
“This horrific violence is not going to be tolerated and might be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the regulation,” Bondi wrote on X.
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