Millions of Minnesotans get to live their lives better because she and Mark chose public service and politics.

Melissa Hortman will be remembered as the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history – and I'll always remember her as a close friend, a mentor, and the most talented legislator I've ever known.

Her mission was to get as much good done for as many people as possible.

Maybe this is a moment when each of us can examine the way we work together, the way we talk about each other, the way we fight for the things we care about.

But let's not do it because of the way Mark and Melissa died. Let's do it because of the way they lived, and the way they led.

I know that in these times of this inexplicable, unexplainable tragedy, all of us are searching for some kind of meaning, some kind of lesson that we can learn to help ease our loss.

She certainly knew how to get her way. No doubt about that. But she never made anyone feel that they’d gotten rolled at a negotiating table.

Maybe it is this moment where each of us can examine the way we work together, the way we talk about each other, the way we fight for things we care about.

A moment when each of us can recommit to engaging in politics and life the way Mark and Melissa did ― fiercely, enthusiastically, heartily, but without ever losing sight of our common humanity.

We’ll probably also do something similar up at Camp Blanding, which is where our National Guard headquarters train there.

The state of Florida is all in on President Trump's mission.

You know, we’ve got across this country about 750,000 illegals that have already been ordered to be removed by an immigration judge.

We’ve got a massive runway right behind us where any of the federal assets … they want to fly these people back to the country.

So, we’ll have a formal announcement on both of those very, very quickly.

It’ll be a force multiplier. It’ll help DHS. It will help our state and local law enforcement with relieving some burden on resources.

I mean, the sheriffs and the police chief, the jails — we can’t have every illegal housed in our jails because we actually have non-illegals who need to be housed there when they commit crimes too.

They’ll have the ability to consult legal rights—if they have that.

The state of Florida is all in on President Trump’s mission.