Posted on 06/14/2025 12:12:38 PM PDT by Morgana
A leaked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo eerily foreshadowed the type of violent attacks that culminated in the tragic rampage shootings of Minnesota Democrats State Sen. John Hoffman and State Rep. Melissa Hortman, as well as their spouses.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday morning that state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband did not survive the attack at their home. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are alive, but wounded.
The politicians were shot in their homes overnight in two separate attacks by a suspect who may have been impersonating a police officer. Gov. Walz said the attacks are believed to be “politically motivated” assassinations.
Police encountered the suspect at Hoffman’s home, but he was able to escape during a gun battle.
“At which time, Brooklyn Park police officers encountered an individual who immediately fired at them, and they exchanged gunfire and the individual was able to escape during that exchange of gunfire,” Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said during a press conference on Saturday.
At the time of writing, no suspects have been named or arrested.
The document, obtained by ABC News last year and republished in the wake of the shootings by Mediaite, reveals DHS concerns about rising domestic threats, specifically highlighting the potential for lone-wolf attacks targeting law enforcement and civilians at their homes in politically charged environments.
ABC News reported at the time:
A concerning "recent uptick" in personal residences targeted has left well-known people in both the public and private sector, their families and their staff "vulnerable to attack" in their own homes – and comes at a moment already marked by historic partisan tensions and volatility, analysts at the Department of Homeland Security said in a briefing memo issued on March 11.
The confidential memo, obtained by ABC News, details how threat actors, espousing a range of ideologies and promoting these attacks online, have moved beyond more traditional targets to those with less robust security measures – like home addresses. The pivot has posed "multiple challenges" for law enforcement working to detect and disrupt insidious plots.
"The threat to high-profile public and private sector officials and their families and staff has likely increased, judging from a recent uptick in online messaging promoting attacks at their homes, doxing and swatting incidents, and several notable attacks," the bulletin warned. "Recent attacks at private residences have occurred during a period of overall increased political polarization, target hardening of more traditional attack locations, and the prevalence of conspiracy theories targeting industry and government officials."
Private homes "lack" more "robust security measures" deployed where high-profile officials have typically been targeted "like government buildings and corporate offices," the memo said – and with personal information exponentially available on the internet, the threat grows more complex, even as social media provides a platform for extremist thought.
And while "traditional targets" have hardened troubleshooting security measures, the memo said, that "probably drives potential attackers to prioritize private residences," perceived as "accessible with limited obstacles.”
Legislators in the area have been urged to take extra safety precautions as the manhunt continues.
In other words, the Left, during the Biden Admin, had developed a new, sneaky way to make Republicans look bad.
This is who Walz’s hired, geez the guy was a total loon how fitting
DHS or DNC?
This was when Paul Pelosi was injured.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/06/14/minnesota-police-large-number-of-people-on-alleged-shooters-manifesto-shooter-identified/
“Reports indicate the shooter has been identified as Vance Luther Bolter. Bolter was appointed by Governor Walz to the Workforce Development Board in 2019 and by then-Governor Mark Dayton to the Workforce Development Council in 2016.”
Actually this isnt a ‘lone wolf’ episode. In fact elements of the left have been radicalizing their base for just such a purpose. The democrat base has plenty of such ppl who would murder for the slimmest of reasons.
🤔 I’ll take hand gun for $400 Alex!
Looks like the far left is sending the moderate left message: Toe the line or else. No wonder Dems cling to losing issues like men in women’s sports and open borders. They’ve been given an offer they can’t refuse.
Doxxing officials and lawmaking should now be felonies and carry serious penalties.
It’s going to bite them.
The Left has adopted a large string of deeply unpopular, divisive positions on issues that many people really care about. The Left is extremist and unreasonable and incorrect on all of these. And the word has gone out: no Leftist is allowed to deviate from any of these unpopular positions. The penalty is death.
Rampage shooting? Seems like a hit.
This is one shoe, waits patiently for the “He was on our radar” shoe to do the same.
How about doxxing anyone? Aren’t we all equal under the law?
TGP is usually better about framing this sort of stuff.
Anyone who is watching knows that Western Civilization is undergoing collapse.
Have they contacted Lucas Davenport yet?
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