Europe EditionBiden pays respects at Minnesota Capitol for slain Democratic lawmaker
- Former President Joe Biden attended the Minnesota Capitol rotunda, joining over 7,500 mourners as Melissa and Mark Hortman and their dog Gilbert lay in state.
- That June 14 attack involved a man impersonating a police officer who shot Melissa and Mark Hortman at their Brooklyn Park home as part of a broader plan targeting Democratic lawmakers.
- Vance Boelter surrendered after Minnesota's largest manhunt, remains in custody facing federal and state murder charges at Sherburne County Jail.
- Minnesotans across party lines mourned the tragedy, with leaders including former President Donald Trump condemning the attacks and honoring Hortman's legacy.
- More broadly, authorities recovered a notebook listing about 45 politicians as targets, highlighting how rising polarization fuels threats against U.S. officials.
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Political violence is part of the American story. It is also changing. - West Hawaii Today
Minnesotans awoke on a recent Saturday to reports that an assassin had spent the night ticking his way down a list of Democratic targets, wounding one state lawmaker and his wife and then, just as the police closed in, killing another, along with her husband and their dog.
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Slain lawmaker's funeral held
MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral Saturday where former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris joined more than 1,000 mourners.
Biden, Harris, Walz Attend Funeral for Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman
MINNEAPOLIS—Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral Saturday where former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris joined over 1,000 mourners. Hortman was fatally shot two weeks earlier by a man posing as a police officer in an attack that Minnesota’s chief federal prosecutor has called an assassination. It and another shooting …
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