Minnesota Shootings and Political Violence in U.S.
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Federal officials say the suspect in the Minnesota lawmaker shootings had notebooks with a list of over 45 state and federal officials to target. Rep. Kelly Morrison, who says she was on the list, joins Chris Jansing to discuss how “traumatic” the shootings have been on her community and why she fears the political violence will have a chilling effect on the country.
The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.
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Rep. Kelly Morrison of Minnesota joins The Weekend to discuss the murder of her former colleague in the Minnesota state house Melissa Hortman and the chilling impact of the politically motivated attack.
The assassination of a Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife at their homes are just the latest addition to a long and unsettling roll call of political violence in the United States.
Republicans and Democrats said Saturday's killings in Minnesota were a chilling reminder of the threats they receive regularly.
California state Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R-Santee) issued a joint statement with Senate President pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-North Coast), saying “the shocking and tragic assassination and targeted political violence in Minnesota are sickening.