Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota and Melissa Hortman
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) suggested “imbalanced” people are reading “hateful rhetoric” that is making them violent. Klobuchar appeared Monday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot.
Senator Amy Klobuchar said Sunday morning on “Meet the Press” that the large-scale manhunt for Vance Boulter has spread throughout the Midwest, including South Dakota.
"When you hear about statistics about political violence and threats, I just want people to know who we're talking about," Klobuchar says of slain Minnesota lawmakers.
Senator Amy Klobuchar shared on her social media pages a text message she received from Yvette Hoffman on the condition of her husband, Senator John Hoffman.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar said that authorities believe Vance Boelter, the suspect in a pair of "politically motivated" shootings, is still in the Midwest, noting that authorities have put out an alert in South Dakota.
Lawmakers and officials, both local and national, are issuing statements expressing shock and outrage over the shooting deaths of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.
Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, who were both shot in their home by the suspect who is believed to have later killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, in a “politically motivated assassination” on Saturday,