Tim Walz

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Hortman's death a political assassination.

You can rest assured that we will put every ounce of effort that the state of Minnesota has to make sure that justice is served and the individual responsible for this serves the time for the unspeakable act.

The capture of Vance Boelter in a sparsely populated area capped a 'two-day manhunt' and 'two sleepless nights.'

This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences.

Melissa Hortman was the core of who our values were.

That's 48 hours that law enforcement [was] involved in a complex and dangerous manhunt, spent Father's Day away from their families to deliver justice for Melissa and Mark Hortman, and their children, who spent this Father's Day alone.

Today Minnesota lost a great leader. A formidable public servant and a fixture of the state Capitol, Melissa Hortman woke up every day determined to make our state a better place.

The attack appears to be a politically motivated assassination.

This was an act of targeted political violence.

She served the people of Minnesota with grace, compassion, and tirelessness. Minnesota's thoughts are with her loved ones.

Peaceful discourse is the foundation of our democracy.

This was an act of targeted political violence.

The deaths of Hortman and her husband were a political assassination.