She emerged a minute later talking to Lee in an adjacent hallway. The 2 spoke for a couple of minutes before the #Minnesota #Democrat emerged.

“Let me gather myself,” #TinaSmith said as she left, declining to comment initially.

She eventually told reporters she wanted #MikeLee to hear from her directly “about how painful that was & how brutal that was to see that on what was just a horrible, brutal weekend.”

#PoliticalViolence #MelissaHortman #ethics

Sen #TinaSmith (D-MN) on Monday confronted Sen #MikeLee (R-Utah) over of series of comments he made blaming #Democrats for the fatal #shooting of a #Minnesota state lawmaker & her spouse.

Shortly after the #Senate began its Monday evening vote, Smith was seen walking into a conference room where #Republicans were about to hold a meeting to discuss the text the Finance Cmte had just unveiled for the party’s massive tax bill.

#PoliticalViolence #MelissaHortman #ethics
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The police have not announced any arrests.
The suspect left behind a “manifesto” & a list of potential next targets that included #TimWalz, acc/to ABC News.

The list, whose existence was confirmed by law enforcement earlier on Saturday, contained the names of many top #Minnesota #Democrats, including Walz, Rep. #IlhanOmar, Sen. #TinaSmith, & AG #KeithEllison, law enforcement sources told ABC.

#MelissaHortman #JohnHoffman #criminal #law #PoliticalViolence #Minnesota
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Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed, State Sen. John Hoffman wounded in 'targeted political violence'

The suspected gunman, identified as Vance Boelter, remains on the run.

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