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 shootings revealed that America’s political fractures have penetrated even into the homes where elected officials sleep.
Minnesota law enforcement officials said June 14 a list of individuals, potentially targets, was found in one of Boelter's vehicles, NPR reported. At a press conference, officials said the names on the list were largely in midwestern states, including Michigan.
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.
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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.
The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in
Republicans and Democrats said Saturday's killings in Minnesota were a chilling reminder of the threats they receive regularly.