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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

The time is 1.22 p.m. Eastern on Monday, June 16th.

I'm Elena Moore. I cover politics.

I'm Odette Youssef. I cover domestic extremism.

And I'm Domenico Mentionaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And today on the show, we're going to look at the increase in political violence in the U.S.

Over the weekend, two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota were targeted and shot.

One, former Speaker of the House, Melissa Hortman, was killed along with her husband.

The second, State Senator John Hoffman,

was severely wounded, along with his wife. The suspect in these shootings is in custody.

Odette, these events are the latest in politically motivated violence, and obviously that topic

is one you've been following for a really long time. And studies have suggested politically

motivated violence like this is only increasing in frequency, right? Yeah. I mean, Elena, you,

I'm sure recall the discussions that we've had on this podcast and elsewhere about election

officials experiencing an increase in harassment and abuse. We've talked about members of

Congress. We've seen, you know, reporting from the Capitol Police about increases in harassment

targeting of public officials. For this one, the people that we know to have been targeted so far, these were state legislators and their families.

And so I was able to speak with someone at the Brennan Center for Justice.

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