Both democrats according to other reporting. The shooter was posing as a police officer and also shot the spouses of the politicians.
Jesus
It is like police should be identifiable or something. But you got ICE in plain clothing trying to hide who they are because they don't want to deal with social consequences of being fascists and live freely in their communities.
Making it easy for any bad actor to impersonate police or ICE also.
“Aren’t you a little short for an ICE agent?”
Jesus fuck they just reported hortman died. This is insane
The FBI released the suspect's photo.
This is what happens when you pardon terrorists. No doubt this was Trump's plan from the start. He knew that sooner or later, his cult would start shooting his enemies for him.
My knee jerk reaction is a Republican dressed as law enforcement to try and stir Democrats into extreme anger or violence for protests today so that law enforcement has a powder keg that allows them the force they want to use.
My instinct is Republicans sending brownshirts to take care of any Democratic majorities
A source familiar with the matter tells ABC News that two of those shot are state Sen. John Hoffman of Champlin and state Rep. Melissa Hortman of Brooklyn Park
Why these two? I did a search for recent news articles about them and nothing notable jumped out at me, but hitting two Democratic state lawmakers feels too coincidental to just be dumb spree killing.
Democrats had a 1 seat majority.
HAD a one seat majority. Until the special elections take place, the Republicans now have a one seat majority.
Yes, that was my point
My bad
All good, far preferred to someone saying that we need to be respectful to cops or else we're responsible for their actions
Towards the end of the article it's also mentioned a list of politicians was found in the shooters car. The names of both politicians he shot were among the names on the list.
If they found his car they must know who he is and what he looks like. Shouldn't they be putting his picture on the news?
Looks like the police have released the shooters identity now. https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/57-year-old-suspect-sought-in-targeted-shootings-of-minnesota-state-lawmakers/
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