"I'm incredibly grateful to our Minnesota Task Force 1 K-9 Unit for stepping up and traveling to assist our neighbors in this time of tragedy."
"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."
"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."
"Her mission was to get as much good done for as many people as possible."
"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."
"Melissa Hortman woke up every day determined to make our state a better place. She served the people of Minnesota with grace, compassion, and tirelessness."
"targeted political violence"
"I think I understand where that’s at."
"a politically motivated assassination"
"Violence has no place in American politics."