'Political violence is never acceptable': Iowa leaders decry shooting of Minnesota lawmakers

Shooting of Minnesota legislators has worried Illinois lawmakers

If you had any interaction with a state legislator since the shootings, you know this horrific crime has struck many of them at their very core.

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Minnesota lawmaker shootings underscore frequency of US political violence

Two Minnesota lawmakers were shot, one fatally, on Saturday in an apparent assassination plot that underscored the growing frequency of political violence in the US.Authorities said a gunman impersonating a police officer killed a high-ranking state representative and her husband in their home, before targeting a senator and his wife.Like school shootings, politically motivated attacks are an “inescapable reality” in the US, The New York Times w…

Minnesota shooting: Injured state senator and wife have ties to Iowa

The Hoffmans spent decades in Central Iowa and were well-known community figures.

Assassination Sweepstakes: The Shooting of Minnesota Politicians Unleashes Partisan Fingerpointing

It is arguably the most disheartening aspect of the “Age of Rage.” Almost immediately after the shooting of Minnesota politicians and their spouses, the press, pundits, and politicians leaped to capitalize on the tragedy by blaming the other side for political violence. There is a sick, almost hopeful, quality to the commentary as political pundits hope that they win this round of the assassination sweepstakes with a criminal associated with the…

Manhunt underway after shooting of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota

The shootings occurred on a day when hundreds of thousands of people throughout the country marched to the streets to oppose Republican President Donald Trump's policies