Posted on 06/14/2025 2:14:54 PM PDT by Morgana
A veteran Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were killed, and another longtime state senator and his wife were critically wounded in what authorities believe were politically motivated, targeted attacks at their suburban homes early Saturday morning.
Melissa Hortman, 53, a Democrat who had served in the Minnesota House since 2005 and was its former Speaker, was gunned down alongside her husband, Mark, at their Brooklyn Park home just after 3:30 am, officials said. Who was Melissa Hortman?
Melissa Hortman was one of the most powerful and influential Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota politics. Representing a suburban district north of Minneapolis, she held her House seat for two decades after winning her first race in 2004 - and was re-elected 11 times.
She served as Speaker of the Minnesota House from 2019 through early 2025, steering the chamber through major legislative victories on reproductive rights, voting protections, paid family leave, and early childhood education.
After the 2024 election, in which Democrats and Republicans split the chamber 67-67, Hortman was named Speaker Emeritus and Party Leader as part of a rare bipartisan power-sharing agreement.
Hortman was widely known for her policy expertise and progressive advocacy, particularly on issues of democracy and bodily autonomy.
'The most rewarding piece of legislation we passed - for me - is paid family and medical leave,' she said at the close of the 2024 session.
She also pushed for voter protections, including pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds and tougher penalties for election interference.
Born and raised in Fridley, Hortman earned her bachelor's degrees in philosophy and political science from Boston University, a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, and a master's in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School.
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Apparently they voted “wrong” about immigrants.
Oh please, these were mostly PEACEFUL encounters, other than some banging sound that quickly ended.
(how the Media would describe a hit on Republicans)
Not only that but there is talk one of them was thinking about switching parties.
Complete headline failure on this one. The victims shot someone?
What party were going to switch to?
“Hortman was widely known for her policy expertise and progressive advocacy, particularly on issues of democracy and bodily autonomy.
‘The most rewarding piece of legislation we passed - for me - is paid family and medical leave,’ she said at the close of the 2024 session.
She also pushed for voter protections, including pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds and tougher penalties for election interference.”
Prayers for the families.
AS THEY ALL KNOW, he’s a Democrat who targeted Hortman after she voted to repeal state aid to illegal aliens. Their cult did this, right after @GovTimWalz called for #Democrats to get more aggressive. He and his wife have both worked for Walz. He had “No Kings” fliers in his car.
The FBI needs to drag Sparty Booker, Skyhook Hakeem, Mad Maxine, Chunky Bigmouth Schmeer and Amy Klobutcher into their offices by their asses and interview them. I’ve got a feeling they know what is going on here. They are the assassination experts.
Supposedly she was considering it
She was also the Democrat speaker of the House when they had control. I suspect the one that was considering switching sides was Hoffman who lived through his shooting. My guess is he won’t be real happy with his party if it turns out they were behind this
Biglee on abortion
They were shot by a crazy supporter of Walz.
They voted wrong about aid to immigrants. The guy who shot them looks like a flake.
It’ll turn out like this: a Democrat killed other Democrats they disagreed with and was going to try to make it look like a Trump supporter did it.
Unhinged loon gets gun, accurate police uniform, embarks on murder spree. By sheer luck he is interrupted after his second shooting, sparing who knows how many more innocent people.
The most anger and recriminations are reserved for those who are ideologically close. The Sunnis and Shias are both Muslim. They’d probably kill each other before they’d kill a Christian. Go back a few centuries and there were wars and massacres between Catholics and Protestants. I was watching a Democratic politician saying they had overplayed the trans thing and needed to stop talking about it. A trans guy on the stage screamed at her and looked for all the world like he’d kill her. In any case, her chance to talk to the audience was ruined. It’s not how far ideologically away your opponent is, it’s that he’s close but not exactly what you want so, “YOU MUST DIE.” To sane people this makes no sense. I’m friends with tax-the-rich Republicans even though I think that’s a dumb idea. I won’t even argue with them. They have the right to believe as they wish. But that’s not how Democrats play.
The Sunnis and Shias are both Muslim. They’d probably kill each other before they’d kill a Christian.
Nah, it’s a hit:
The guy had a mask on and dressed in full cop clothes with a cop looking car. Neighbors don’t call the cops if cops are there
The guy lived in a million dollar farmhouse and his wife was both the CEO of his security firm and a former Walz intern.
The guy had some weird red lion NGO for shipping to the congo. He also is on video introducing himself as a frequent worker in funeral homes.
He sounds like a clean up guy. This sounds like a hit x100 - they have a guy that’s been around dead bodies for years who also can impersonate a cop? I also bet that the hit payer called the cops on him at the second home to get him shit and killed so they could blame it on right wingers, which is why she showed up with the skin head mask at the door.
<>They voted wrong about aid to immigrants.<>
Tsk, tsk.
They voted wrong about aid to aliens with no legal presence in the US.
Big diff.
Good analysis—makes sense.
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