Children of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman
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Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith honored the late former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, on the Senate Floor on Tuesday, June 17.
Tuesday, June 17, at 4:30 p.m. CT, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith will deliver remarks on the Senate floor honoring the life and legacy of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
The bodies of Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were brought to a Minneapolis funeral home under police escort Tuesday.
A candlelight light vigil will be held in remembrance of State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in St. Paul on Wednesday. The vigil is scheduled for Wednesday from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the steps of the State Capitol, the Minnesota House of Representatives announced.
Gov. Tim Walz called the event a “politically motivated assassination," with the attack marking the latest such incident over the last several years.
Just hours after House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded, top MAGA voices used those revelations to inaccurately paint Boelter as a Democrat.
Early Saturday morning, when a man dressed like a police officer knocked at the home of a Minnesota state legislator, marked the start of nearly 40 hours of violence and fear that swept through towns in an arc around Minneapolis.