Minnesota lawmakers targeted in shooting
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Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in a shooting at their home on Saturday morning.
A police manhunt is underway in Minnesota after two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot overnight in a "politically motivated assassination," Gov. Tim Walz told reporters Saturday.
A Minnesota state representative on Monday admitted to being an illegal alien during remarks on the state House floor and said her father had misrepresented his familial relations in the paperwork.
Picket signs lined both sides of Grand Avenue as participants in the Glenwood Springs demonstration of the “No Kings Day” national protest — potentially in the thousands by headcount — walked to and from Sayre Park on Saturday morning to express dissatisfaction on a number of issues.
“We’ve entered into this especially scary time in the country where it feels the sort of norms and rhetoric and rules that would tamp down on violence have been lifted,” said Matt Dallek, a political scientist at Georgetown University who studies extremism. “A lot of people are receiving signals from the culture.”
Gov. Tim Walz and Republicans sparred over whether Minnesota is a "sanctuary state." Who's right? A look at the state's laws and policies.
In Texas, the state capitol and capitol grounds were evacuated Saturday afternoon because of a "credible threat against state lawmakers planning to attend" the No Kings protest there, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson.
Meanwhile, thousands of "No Kings Day" protests are set to be held across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration and to counterprogram the military parade in Washington, D.C. Protestors wearing shirts reading "make out not war" climbed on top of a military vehicle ahead of the Army parade.
The assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman followed political violence in LA and the roughing up of a U.S. senator.