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Political violence hits Minnesota.

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Isaac Saul

International News, Politics, Election, Nonpartisan, Us Politics, Local News, News Commentary, Biden, Us Senate, Independent, Us News, Congress, Trump, News, Us House Of Representatives

4.8672 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On Saturday morning, Minnesota House Representative Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband were shot and killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, MN. Earlier that morning, state Senator John Hoffman (D) and his wife were also shot in their home in Champlin, MN, but both survived. Authorities identified a 57-year-old male suspect and, after a two-day manhunt, apprehended him on Monday. Hortman, 55, served as Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019–2025.



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From executive producer Isaac Saul, This is Tangle.

1:18.9

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place

1:25.4

we get views from across the political spectrum,

1:29.8

some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take.

1:36.7

Today is Wednesday, June 18th, and we are covering the shootings that took place in Minnesota over the weekend, the manhunt for the shooter and his arrest and some of the political

1:41.5

commentary about what has happened. A special episode today because we have

1:46.7

Will Kayback, who is a Minnesota native and a senior editor here at Tangle, who wrote today's

1:52.8

my take and is going to record it here on the pod. Will's also been filling in for John this week on

1:58.5

the podcast because John is on vacation. So you're getting a lot of

2:02.6

Will today. And I think you had a really thoughtful take that you guys will find interesting.

2:08.5

Before I pass it over to Will, I do want to give you a quick heads up on a couple of things.

2:11.9

First of all, we're off tomorrow. It is Juneteenth, which is now federal holiday. We observe all federal bank holidays here at Tangle. So I'm giving the team off tomorrow. It is June 10th, which is now federal holiday. We observe all federal bank holidays here

2:19.3

at Tangle. So I'm giving the team off tomorrow. So there won't be a newsletter or podcast coming out,

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