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A long-simmering fight over congressional security roared back to the surface this weekend following a pair of shootings against Minnesota state legislators at their homes that left two dead and two others hospitalized.
As stunned officials decried the violence, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said more security measures are underway in Albany,
Threats and violent acts have become part of the political landscape, still shocking but somehow not so surprising.
Republicans and Democrats said Saturday's killings in Minnesota were a chilling reminder of the threats they receive regularly.
Authorities have identified 57-year-old Vance Boelter as the suspect in the targeted shootings of Minnesota lawmakers Melissa Hortman and
Authorities are calling Saturday’s attacks a “politically motivated” assassination after State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning.
Authorities are searching for Vance Boelter in connection with the shootings of Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and state Sen. John Hoffman.
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Leaked DHS Memo Warned Of Attacks Like Minnesota ShootingsA confidential Trump DHS memo obtained by ABC News last year warned about the risk of attacks like the targeted shootings of Minnesota Democrats.
Minnesota officials said they are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, who was last seen in the Twin Cities area.
Riley started her career at CBS Minnesota in June 2022 ... issued by the Department of Homeland Security and FBI warned domestic extremists "pose a threat of violence to a range of targets ...
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BREAKING: Minnesota Speaker Emerita Assassinated as Police Look for Suspect In ‘Politcally Motivated’ KillingsMelissa Hortman served in the Minnesota House of Representatives beginning in 2005 and as the Speaker of the Minnesota House for five years.
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