Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Assassinated in ‘Act of Targeted Political Violence,’ Gov. Walz Says

Two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers have been shot in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz referred to as acts of “targeted political violence,” at their respective homes early Saturday morning.

Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed by a person pretending to be a police officer. Hortman was the top Democratic leader in the Minnesota House, serving as Speaker since 2019.

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“Our state lost a great leader and I lost the...