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By Nathan Layne BLAINE, Minnesota (Reuters) -From the pulpit on Sunday, Father Joe Whalen exhorted his parishioners to avoid the kind of extreme partisanship and hate that appeared to be behind the killing of one of the church's own,
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The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at their homes are the latest in a grim and alarming surge of U.S. political violence.
The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in
Threats and violent acts have become part of the political landscape, still shocking but somehow not so surprising.
Authorities are on the second day of the hunt for a man suspected of killing Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their house. The suspect also is believed to have shot State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their home.
Republicans and Democrats said Saturday's killings in Minnesota were a chilling reminder of the threats they receive regularly.
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman was shot in her Brooklyn Park home, while fellow party member Sen. John Hoffman was targeted roughly 8 miles away in Champlin, sources told 5 Eyewitness News. A manhunt is on for the suspect, who was wearing black body armor over a blue shirt and blue pants.