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.
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.
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 shootings revealed that America’s political fractures have penetrated even into the homes where elected officials sleep.
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The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in
Political leaders from both sides of the aisle are condemning political violence following the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins The Weekend to discuss this plus the massive turnouts for “No Kings” protests in the face of Trump’s military parade.
Republicans and Democrats said Saturday's killings in Minnesota were a chilling reminder of the threats they receive regularly.