Rep. Melissa Hortman and Senator John Hoffman, who are renowned legislators of Minnesota, were shot early Saturday morning in Champlin and Brooklyn Park. Hortman and Hoffman were present in the area with their husbands, who were also shot by a person who pretends to be a police officer.
Hortman and her husband were killed in this incident while Hoffman and his husband were, according to reports, each shot five or six times. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz confirmed the death of a rep. Hortman and her husband, and at the same time said that John Hoffman and his wife were out of surgery and doctors remain optimistic for their healing.
Netizens criticize the death of a democratic leader
Social media is flooded with reactions to the death of one democratic leader in this shooting incident. The user X said, “That’s sad! I hope the murderer is brought to justice and faces death. Fans to make her, that it is fans to make it as fans that she is done on a fans.
To do this, the User X rewrite, saying“This is exactly what I think happened. No conservatives would have any reason to hurt any of these people. And shooting innocent wives of lawmakers and leave two children orphaned is even more crazy, which would be more likely to be a liberal murderer.”
Congressman for the 32nd Texas district Julie Johnson responded to the incident and said: “Political violence is never an answer. I am disgusted by the tragedy that occurred in Minnesota, and to maintain the family of Hortman’s prosecutor and Senator Hoffman in my ideas.
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