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Minnesota Legislature House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park held a greeting property league to laic retired the priorities of the DFL bulk Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 St. Paul, Minn.
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Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband, Mark, were changeable and killed aboriginal Saturday successful what appears to beryllium a "politically motivated assassination," Gov. Tim Walz said.
"Out authorities mislaid a large person and I mislaid the dearest of friends," Walz said during a quality conference.
"We indispensable all, Minnesota and crossed the country, basal against each forms of governmental violence," Walz said.
Walz besides said that Minnesota Democratic authorities legislator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were besides each changeable aggregate times. They remained live arsenic of Saturday morning.
"We are cautiously optimistic they volition past this assassination attempt," Walz said.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said that she is "closely monitoring developments successful Minnesota aft what appears to beryllium a targeted onslaught against authorities lawmakers."
She said the FBI is connected the crushed successful Minnesota and moving with authorities and section instrumentality enforcement.
"This horrific unit volition not beryllium tolerated and volition beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law," Bondi wrote connected X.
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