Minnesota Democrat Lawmaker And Husband Assassinated, Another Democrat Lawmaker and Wife Wounded.

trenchfoot · Saturday at 11:24 AM

The hunt is on for a suspect that has murdered a state politician and her husband and wounding another state politician and his wife in Minnesota. More details are forthcoming. Suspect posing as police officer.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: former House speaker and husband killed in politically motivated shooting

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in a politically motivated assassination. A second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded. The wounded lawmaker was identified as state Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, was first elected in...

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Jaskalas · Saturday at 11:53 AM

On this day, of all days.

ShortsTemp · Saturday at 12:14 PM

I doubt any of you care, but I grew up in Brooklyn Park.
If that sounds familiar its because Jesse was my mayor.

BonzaiDuck · Saturday at 12:39 PM

Both minnesota state Democratic lawmakers. Minnesota state police are now advising people not to attend ANY "No Kings" demonstrations, but only two of those gatherings have been called off.

So all Trump needs is a murderer masquerading as a policeman in all 50 states to kill one or two public servants, and there goes the "No Kings" gatherings when he's dishonoring our military and us taxpayers with his multi-million-dollar birthday celebration.

Birthday. How many wish the sumbitch had never been born?

Jaskalas · Saturday at 1:18 PM

MAGA already "know" it was an antifa Democrat who is going around shooting Democrat lawmakers......
Case closed I guess, just ban Democrats. So sayeth the MAGA.

pete6032 · Saturday at 1:54 PM

Police are looking for people of interest, say they found a manifesto in shooters car naming other democratic party lawmakers.

pete6032 · Saturday at 2:01 PM

Suspect idenified

MSN

soulcougher73 · Saturday at 2:20 PM

Disgusting. America is so fucked in the head

feralkid · Saturday at 2:28 PM

ShortsTemp said:
I doubt any of you care, but I grew up in Brooklyn Park.
If that sounds familiar its because Jesse was my mayor.

Cool story.

Amused · Saturday at 2:29 PM

pete6032 said:
Suspect idenified

MSN

People are honing in on the fact that Walz appointed him to the Workplace Development Board.

Pens1566 · Saturday at 2:31 PM

Amused said:
People are honing in on the fact that Waltz appointed him to the Workplace Development Board.

Nevermind the fact that he and his wife were staunch Republicans with years of donations to GOP and GOP candidates.

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I'd be interested to know how many people were on that "board". And, how much it was real role vs some type of participation trophy for local businesses.

It also appears like he was first appointed to it by a GQP governor.

Jaskalas · Saturday at 2:32 PM

Amused said:
People are honing in on the fact that Waltz appointed him to the Workplace Development Board.

They cannot imagine any facet of life being non-partisan.

SteveGrabowski · Saturday at 2:40 PM

America 2025 not looking too different from Germany 1933

feralkid · Saturday at 2:46 PM

Amused said:
People are honing in on the fact that Waltz appointed him to the Workplace Development Board.

Walz.

pete6032 · Saturday at 2:49 PM

Amused said:
People are honing in on the fact that Waltz appointed him to the Workplace Development Board.

I saw that. People have no clue how state/local government works. Governors are elected and just keep the previous appointees on these advisory committees all the time. No one is vetting low level advisory committee appointments, especially the non partisan ones. That would be a massive waste of time.

I read he was on the local Workforce Development Board. He was probably appointed to be the small business voice on the board. Saw he was appointed by gov Mark Dayton, then gov Tim Walz.

nOOky · Saturday at 3:23 PM

My wife is at a rally in Minnesota right now with a couple friends. She's posting pictures on social media of Trumpanzees driving by in their trucks trying to get them with diesel smoke, rolling coal on them. I know the Republican Minn. state senator, it will be interesting to see what he says, he is a nice enough guy for the party he is in. MAGA assholes are already blaming the Democrats "dangerous rhetoric" for the killings, putting it completely on the other side. God I wish trump would keel over already from a Big Mac Attack, but his two successors are just as bad.

brycejones · Saturday at 3:45 PM

nOOky said:
My wife is at a rally in Minnesota right now with a couple friends. She's posting pictures on social media of Trumpanzees driving by in their trucks trying to get them with diesel smoke, rolling coal on them. I know the Republican Minn. state senator, it will be interesting to see what he says, he is a nice enough guy for the party he is in. MAGA assholes are already blaming the Democrats "dangerous rhetoric" for the killings, putting it completely on the other side. God I wish trump would keel over already from a Big Mac Attack, but his two successors are just as bad.

The whole chain of succession from the 25th is just as bad.

HomerJS · Saturday at 3:50 PM

BonzaiDuck said:
Both minnesota state Democratic lawmakers. Minnesota state police are now advising people not to attend ANY "No Kings" demonstrations, but only two of those gatherings have been called off.

So all Trump needs is a murderer masquerading as a policeman in all 50 states to kill one or two public servants, and there goes the "No Kings" gatherings when he's dishonoring our military and us taxpayers with his multi-million-dollar birthday celebration.

Birthday. How many wish the sumbitch had never been born?

I’m just coming back from the Philly NK rally. They announce at the start of speeches. Didn’t know until then.

BTW if I had known I still would have attended

Fuck Trump and all his people

kage69 · Saturday at 4:22 PM

brycejones said:
The whole chain of succession from the 25th is just as bad.

No, he sucks ass no doubt, but saying Vance is just as bad as Trump is giving Trump a gigantic pass.

Trump has a been a treasonous douchebag since the 90s, with a trail of crime, corruption, and suffering left behind him the whole time. He's raped people. He pulled an insurrection. He's the one with the cult.

Let's keep some perspective folks.

BonzaiDuck · Saturday at 4:43 PM

Jaskalas said:
MAGA already "know" it was an antifa Democrat who is going around shooting Democrat lawmakers......
Case closed I guess, just ban Democrats. So sayeth the MAGA.

Every day I go out in public, I have this thought in my mind that I'd like to give someone a roundhouse smack in the face and 5 years of reconstructive surgery. But I haven't done it yet: motives driven or contained by "Rule of Law".

And by the way. Has anyone actually created an "Antifa" that isn't a figment of GOP imagination? Because I want to join.

Tonight, -- this afternoon -- I'll be at a fundraiser for my congressman -- Takano. The question I take with me posed by several seniors in their late 70s: "Do you, the senators, and all of your responsible colleagues in congress -- have a 'plan'?" I'll tell him to take that back to DC.

[DHT]Osiris · Saturday at 5:21 PM

BonzaiDuck said:
And by the way. Has anyone actually created an "Antifa" that isn't a figment of GOP imagination? Because I want to join.

You're in luck, it was created 250-odd years ago when we formed the good ol US of A. If there's fascists in your midst, they're un-American.

cytg111 · Saturday at 5:26 PM

Coverage

brycejones · Saturday at 5:39 PM

kage69 said:
No, he sucks ass no doubt, but saying Vance is just as bad as Trump is giving Trump a gigantic pass.

Trump has a been a treasonous douchebag since the 90s, with a trail of crime, corruption, and suffering left behind him the whole time. He's raped people. He pulled an insurrection. He's the one with the cult.

Let's keep some perspective folks.

Completely disagree, Vance in some ways is even more dangerous, he understands how the system works and most of the time isn’t going to sound like your crazy uncle. I see no daylight between them in their desired policy outcomes.

pmv · Saturday at 5:42 PM

Quite annoying how many posts I see on various threads about this (not AT ones) from idiot Trumpists repeating disinformation they've gotten from their fellow idiots, claiming the identified suspect was a "Democrat", purely because Walz reappointed him to the non-partisan post he'd previously been appointed to by a Republican.

They're so damn smug in their belief they have access to some 'secret' knowledge, when they're just plain dumb - that's what makes it especially annoying (much as with climate change deniers).

[DHT]Osiris · Saturday at 5:56 PM

pmv said:
Quite annoying how many posts I see on various threads about this (not AT ones) from idiot Trumpists repeating disinformation they've gotten from their fellow idiots, claiming the identified suspect was a "Democrat", purely because Walz reappointed him to the non-partisan post he'd previously been appointed to by a Republican.

They're so damn smug in their belief they have access to some 'secret' knowledge, when they're just plain dumb - that's what makes it especially annoying (much as with climate change deniers).

The trouble with prematurely claiming political ideologies: looks fucking stupid if you're wrong.

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